Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-2153169-20170203013850/@comment-27700324-20170525124804

Stryzzar wrote:

Kir the Wizard wrote:

Berlanti is also working on a Titans live-action show, so all of you who hoped for an Arrow-Nightwing crossover might get their wish come true.

Steven Bomb 17 wrote:

Xandermcc wrote: Steven Bomb 17 wrote: I may not like Marvel much as I do prefer the slightly more hopeful tone DC usually has, but the MCU has made some of the best movies so far. Not everything's all dark and spooky, the characters that should be happy and/or hopeful in the darkest of times aren't usually borderline emo without a good reason. It is kinda the opposite. DC is the one who's biggest events usually involve death and suffering. Marvel usually doesn't. Really? I guess that's true, I don't exactly hear about the more controversial stuff from Marvel like DC. Still prefer DC in all but movies and some cartoons Of course it's not true. DC's events, as much as they can contain 'edge' and darkness, always end with hope and optimism. Marvel events are about "heroes" infighting and being, ultimately, politicians, not saviors. Their time of heroism has ended together with the Comic Code.

Which one is more "realistic" is, of course, up to debate. The main difference between Marvel and DC is, DC prefers to overpower their characters to make them "gods living among humans", while Marvel tends to have average joes being granted gifts but still remaining underdogs. Of course there are exceptions on both sides, like Batman for DC or Hulk for Marvel.

Another difference is DC has a fondness for sidekicks and legacy characters, while Marvel tends to give younger heroes their own identities. Nearly every major DC hero has a younger sidekick version of themselves running around, while in Marvel the main one that comes to mind is Captain America and Bucky.

Neither Marvel or DC is really darker or lighter than the other. Both have gotten dark plenty of times, but also contain moments of fun and humor. It really depends which hero. Nah, even in events starring light hearted heroes like Blackest Night, DC goes very dark. Also every reality altering event has death and destruction. (Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis etc) Marvel has some, but it isn't most of the time like DC. Civil War took things dark, and same thing with House of M. But there is also stories like Secret Wars and Avengers vs X-Men with not much in the dark department.