Marvel or DC - Who do you prefer?

I prefer DC because it's easier to pick up and read particular titles without worrying about the annual Summer event coming in and getting in the way of storylines and character arcs. Look at Civil War II. Most of, if not all of the Marvel titles currently have Civil War II plastered on the covers regardless of how much any given issue actually ties into it. One thing I thought DC did right in the New 52 was not letting their events, like Forever Evil and Futures End, take over the whole line in a disruptive way. Any titles not involved in the main event weren't touched except for a month with one-off specials tied to the event.

DC also tend to do families of books, like Batman, Superman and Green Lantern, which mean that crossover events tend to be confined to those sets of books. It's far more manageable to read and collect than Marvel, who throw everyone they can into their crossovers.

I prefer Marvel, no question. They are the ones that have my favourite characters from when I was younger; Spider-Man is my favourite, and always was. Also, Marvel produce Star Wars comics once again. (And they are damn good!)

Batman is the only DC character that I have any time for. So I don't bother with DC comics too much. (I buy more from Titan and Image than DC.)

Marvel, for sure. I tend to enjoy Marvel's characters more, and the overall tone of their comics/movies/TV shows more. I keep trying to get into the DC comics more, but I'm struggling to ind a good jumping on point, especially since there's so many characters and so much history it's hard to know where to begin. Though, I have to say, I do love the Flash and Harley Quinn, from what I've seen of them.

But, yeah, overall -- Marvel.

Marvel. DC can be too serious and gritty, whereas Marvel comics are often fun and much more laid back.

so we are in the middle of DC rebirth and i gave been trying out a bunch of books and while i dont hate them they arent grabbing me. ill probably put nightwing back on my pull list. and i think ill buy blue beetle to put in my give to kids pile. but next month marvel rolls out another MARVEL NOW again. and i was putting together a list of books i want to try out and boy was it longer than i thought it would be.

avengers 1.1

prowler

dr strange sorcerers supreme

slapstick

uncanny avengers

hawkeye

gamora

the unstoppable wasp

the unworthy thor


i buy daredevil in trade. i will always buy captain america or captains america. i have a bunch of the new black panther that i have to read i read the first 2 they were good.

i buy nova and the all new avengers for my nephew his favorite hero nova is switching from avengers to the champions so my pull list will too. and i think ill try the teen titans rebirth with dc's biggest jerk damain. i can give that away to any kids in my life.

so right now i prefer marvel

Definitely DC. They've got Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, who are by far the greatest Superheroes of all time.

When I was reading comics regularly I was definitely DC over Marvel, by a long shot.

I honestly can't answer this. I wouldn't want to lose anyone of a dozen characters from each stable.

Of the two I prefer Marvel as the characters seem to have a more realistic background and motivation with the villains being a little more nuanced and varied than the cartoonish "Rogues galleries" of DC.

On the other hand, my first love and long-time favourite has always been the Phantom.