DC vs. Marvel

Who ya got?


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I know a lot of people think that Aquaman is lame, But I have been reading the 2012 Geoff Johns run and it is pretty damn good.
 
*flashes*

But I can't! I actually like characters from both. However, for you...
Marvel it would be, if I had to pick just one.

Flashes?? I have an inbox for that.



No really. I do.


And I voted the same way.
 
Well it's good to know that Professor X's junk still works.


Impressive, Charles. Most impressive.
 
My collection is pretty much all marvel with some image and darkhorse for good measure. i have some batman as well. Now if youll excuse me im acutallly gonna read this thread.
 
My meager collection is probably 50/50 Marvel and DC.

Maybe 60/40

I dont have much. Only a few hold value. Ive got the two issues for the x men days of future past graded. I also have a mini run called marvels. Theyre worth some money now and a damn good read with amazing art
 
I can remember when comic books were 12cents, then 15cents. I always liked Marvel: The story lines were better and didn't insult my intelligence. DC was always "Good versus evil" and no shades of gray.
 
I can remember when comic books were 12cents, then 15cents. I always liked Marvel: The story lines were better and didn't insult my intelligence. DC was always "Good versus evil" and no shades of gray.

I remember when 52 pages was the standard size and they cost a dime. "World's Finest" was larger and cost 15 cents and included stories of several DC heroes, including Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow.
 
I know a lot of people think that Aquaman is lame, But I have been reading the 2012 Geoff Johns run and it is pretty damn good.

aquaman gets a bum rap because of the talking to fish thing and, you know, everyone forgetting about everything else. that being said, namor is still his superior in every way including the fact that he'll fuck pretty much anything and he's a total prick.

and, yeah, i always preferred marvel. then, briefly, image. then i grew up and realized that was a foolish mistake and just stop reading the fucking things. and then my nostalgia led me back to marvel.

though it would've been cerebus if dave sims hadn't gone all psycho.

also, i had a weird fondness for the blue devil as a kid that i still can not explain. i still have some comics. also, the green lantern, but that ended quickly. fuck you, kyle.
 
Make mine Marvel. Back in the 80s to early 90s I collected comics and Marvel had better stories.
 
Make mine Marvel. Back in the 80s to early 90s I collected comics and Marvel had better stories.

I agree. DC has come a long way the past few years as far as writing is concerned. Geoff Johns or Jim Lee's stuff is particularly good.

(Although Jim Lee's Fantastic 4 is killer as well)
 
i only had the first issue. it was very pretty and well done, but so annoying fragile. i think that is one of the books the ended my caring about the future value of comic books, because fuck it, man. if you wanna actually read the fuckers chances are they're gonna lose value.
 
Don't get me wrong, I respect that people want to collect comics the same way I respect that people want to collect Beenie Babies or stamps or something. In the case of comics it drives me a little nuts because it really ended up hurting the industry and it still hasn't recovered.

The reason the originals (Superman, Ironman, Batman) are expensive is because nobody respected them. And then all the owners when off to WWII and then their mothers recycled them so they were rare. Which was great, but you could still pick them up everywhere.

The reason the 80's and 90's are expensive (Spawn, Vampirella) is largely because the industry trying to recreate those wildly expensive comics printed limited first editions of every fucking thing. And collectors snatched em up and promptly sealed them in vaults never to be read. Which lead not surprisingly to them not being read and in many cases not becoming popular because there was no copy floating around the school locker room or anything. Talk about unintended consequences.

I've got a handful of comics that I bought in the hopes they'd one day go up in price (and I bought two of those so I could read the cheap one) but that's why I largely read Graphic Novels now. Wait until a story is worthy of being collected in one place and call it a day.
 
The value took a nose dive on that series. Used to be about 50 bucks a book now I can get the whole run for under 30. Hate to see what my days of future past books are worth now :(
 
It's hard to tell, Days of Future Past I imagine will go way up as they become increasingly rare.
 
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