User blog:William Colletti/DC vs. Marvel



This is not necessarily a "versus" blog, but rather, do you think that DC's characters are more powerful, in general, than Marvels? Personally, I have always seen the DC characters as modern-day "gods" rather than normal heroes who just save the day. Take the plaque in front of the police headquarters in the Flash tv series, it is an image of the Greek gods, and each is supposed to represent a DC hero: Superman is Zeus, the Flash is Hermes, Aquaman is Posiden, etc.

Meanwhile, the Marvel characters are the heroes who are more down to earth, with problems like we have, who have to be accepted by the planet. Sure, Kingdom Come had something like that, but every Marvel comic deals with the normal people and our politics as more than just background noise. I rarely ever read about regular people more than Alfred Pennyworth and Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, I almost never read about rights issues or public opinion, unless the opinion is an overwelming "approve" of whatever the heroes want to do.

With the riots and anti-police riots currently happening, I feel that this would make a great plot device for a Batman story, but DC would take it and make it a background story (at best) because Batman can do what he wants and the people just steer clear. Superman can be the champion to a faceless world. Wonder Woman can promote gender equality in an androgynous world.

I'm clearly biased toward the more "grounded" Marvel world.

Opinions?