comix750 wrote:
Oh come on. I'm as much of a Marvel Zombie as the next guy but man are there some great DC stuff. Especially in the 80's. New Teen Titans by Wolfman/Perez, Justice League International/Europe by Giffen/DeMatteis, Man of Steel by Byrne, Batman Year One by Miller/Mazzuchelli, Dark Knight Returns by Miller, Watchmen by Moore, Swamp Thing by Moore...

then modern stuff like New Frontier by Darwyn Cook, Superman Birthright by Waid/Yu, All-Star Superman by Morrison/Quitely, All the Batman/Superman/Challengers of the Unknown/Catwoman Loeb/Sale collaborations, Batman Hush by Loeb/Lee, Arkham Asylum by Morrison...

And don't get me started on Vertigo. Y:The Last Man by Vaughan/Guerra, Sandman by Gaiman, Doom Patrol by Morrison, Animal Man by Morrison, Shade by Milligan/Bachalo...

and all this is off the top of my head! This is the tip OF the tip of the iceburg!

I mean, sure, overall, I definitely prefer Marvel. I dunno why, I just am a Marvel Zombie. But you can't write off anything non-Marvel just for the sake of it. Even in the 60's DC had some pretty good stuff. Most not as good as Marvel, sure, but there's a lot worth checking out. Flash and Justice League in particular, IMO. And then in the 70's Kirby showed up with his Fourth World and Demon and Kamandi and Losers and Sandman and OMAC and all that.......

Jeez. There's a lot of great DC, Dark Horse, Image, and other non-Marvel stuff. You can appreciate other companies and still prefer Marvel. Just...broaden your horizons.


Agree with some of that. In the 1980s, DC became very "Marvel-ized", thanks to an influx of former Marvel talent like Wolfman, Colan, Thomas, Perez, etc.

I think, however, at this point in my life I only have so much time and money to "broaden my horizons" only so far. At this point, I pretty much know what I like and don't like.

One thing is for certain.......I cannot stand Vertigo or other similar "adult" oriented comics. Too dark and serious for me. There are distinct DC periods that interest me: WWII-era and pre-War Golden Age; The Neal Adams material; some of the short-lived titles (very Marvel in style) of the late 70s/early 80s such as Steel or Firestorm; occasional issues of Batman/Detective have been quite good.

But overall, I like the balance of fun and seriousness Marvel had from 1960-1980. They hit a stride in those years that was perfect. That was Marvel's genius....BALANCE.

Most of the DCs from that period (and going back to 1950), are just TOO silly. I mean...."Caveman Batman"?? "Batman, Indian Chief"??? "The Day Superman Became the Flash"?? Superman fighting crime as a millionaire and a hobo?? Krypto and Bizarro and Bat-Mite and Mr. Myxitplik or whatever his name was...... Ugh. Superman and Batman really could've been developed into great characters, but DC, for whatever reason, chose the silly route.

Anyway, I didn't mean to sabotage this thread, but I've always found the differing philosophies between the two companies interesting....because, at one point, they were so very different - and each was fully convinced their way was the right way.

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