Mutants - Marvel - Though DC had the first Mutant, Captain Comet
Alien heroes (on earth) - DC
Sidekicks - DC
Teen heroes - Split, if you think about Teen Titans
Science and scientists - Marvel, by far, they are a Science Universe
Established future - Split, both have enough alternate Futures
Speedsters - DC
Magic - DC is more magical than science imo
Gods and best defined pantheons - Split, don't forget New Gods and WonderWoman and the Greek Pantheon
WWII heroes - DC, though CA is a force to be respected
Street levelers - Marvel
Universal importance of heroes - DC, in DC Heroes play major roles in their Universes, they don't have as many abstracts, this role is reserved for the heroes instead
Universal, Abstract, hierarchy - Marvel, Celestials, M-Bodies of Abstracts etc.
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The most common Pantheons are for Marvel the Greek one and the Norse one. For DC it is the Greek one and the New Gods, both are very well established, though there are other Gods roaming around in both.
As for the Universal Importance.
Superman is for example the most important being in the DC Universe, take Final Crisis and Infinite Crisis, "everything comes from Superman". Also Kyle Rayner, Hal Jordan, Flash, they all performed Actions that changed the Whole Multiverse, they are the "Abstracts" that change things. Kyle as Ion, Hal as Parallax, Flash in Flashpoint. Also if you look at the Multiversal defense the DC Universe has, you won't find an army of Celestials or Galactus or whatever Abstracts Marvel has, you will find Heroes, united by Monitors to safe the Omniverse.
In Marvel, if something major happens, the Abstracts will gather and play their part, Watchers, Celestials, Galactus and LT.
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Then how did that make marvel less in the universal/multiversal?
Marvel had specific people per specific task vs DC supers doing double duty
Plus marvel may not be uni/multiversal in power but that didn't mean they are slouches in that respect, look at Infinity/Original Sin/the whole incursion stuff they're dealing with
I kinda feel like Captain America alone refutes any claim that DC holds a monopoly on WWII heroes, to say nothing of the rest of the Invaders. I get that DC has it's own share though, but that's exactly what Cap IS as a character concept...
Really? I would think in either category there would be way too many examples to give one company the edge. Didn't you have a thread a while back about DC vs Marvel geniuses and there were an obvious ton of characters to use for both companies?
Completely disagree.
Marvel has some if the best scientists in comics.
DC has the most prominent street leveler in Batman, but Marvel has the better defined street level scene.
Thanks, though!
Yeah, I created a few. And, IMO, the DC had the edge in terms of depth and formidably, even though Marvel has the 2 premier super geniuses, Doom and Reed.
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