Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24174049-20131117220811/@comment-1895174-20131118222551

Ace040390 wrote: I think it is a safe bet that Marvel's "unofficial trinity image" that represents everything about Marvel is Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Iron Man compared to DC's official trinity image is Superman, Batman, & WonderWoman(Arguably Green Lantern now). DC's not like that anymore, really. Wonder Woman has largely been unexplored in media outside the comics, and even then can you think of a good Wonder Woman-centric story? She's been passed by, known more now for what DC hasn't done with her than what they have. Green Lantern had his time in the sun during Geoff Johns' run, but that legacy was tarnished by the horrendous movie. Oddly enough, Green Arrow's more popular now than he's ever been because DC built a brand around him on the CW, even using his show as a vehicle to introduce somewhat obscure elements of the DC Universe (in other words, it's become what Agents of SHIELD should be but isn't).

Point is, this cross-media stuff matters. And matters big. Do you even realize how crazy it is that Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye are now household names? Marvel took a bunch of b-level heroes and turned them into superstars. The superstars of the whole industry, whose success they want to imitate. And Iron Man, who not all that long ago in the Civil War storyline was portrayed as a villain, is the star of that.

That's big.