According to James Gunn, there is more a rivalry of Marvel and DC together against other movie genres, more so than Marvel vs. Things got heated in the FF letter columns, with Lee trashing “the Distinguished Competition,” and while a rivalry certainly existed, there is a strong argument to be made that, at this point, it mostly only endures within the minds of fans.Īlthough DC and Marvel have indeed always competed in the strictest sense of the word, there doesn’t seem to be much bad blood between the companies.
Because of the Comics Code Authority overhaul of the ’50s, DC Comics had largely cornered the market prior to Marvel’s First Family entering the scene. However, Marvel certainly reinvented the genre with the launch of Fantastic Four in 1961, thanks to Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
This brings me to my main issue, which is, why do we have to choose at all?ĭC left comics forever changed when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster introduced Superman in 1938, ushering in an age of superheroes. have a packed slate for their respective onscreen comic powerhouses, and viewers have more superhero content than ever to choose from. Whether fans are enthusiastically listing the ways in which WandaVision subverted the superhero genre or extolling the virtues of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the Marvel vs.
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