DC, not just animation but also storytelling. Hell, Batman TAS, Superman TAS, JL and JLU are what drew me into DC comics, when I used to be exclusively a Marvel fan.
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Spider-Man TAS is the reason I'm a Spidey fan. Long before I even owned a comic, that got me into it....and I naturally liked it better than X-Men (which was also good).
Recently, I'm loving JLU, which wins hands-down over everything. I'm not even a JLA fan in comics, but I love the series.
Interesting (sort of) sidenote, Firestar is one of the few comic characters whose first appearance wase outside of regular comic continuity (she was in this cartoon way before she was ever in any comic)
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I really liked Batman, Spiderman and X-men back then. More recently, JL and JLU is pretty cool aswell, but its kinda toned down abit more the the kids.
X-men definately had the best theme-song/ opening though!
Oh man, the part where near the end, the heroes and villains are running towards each other, then the words "X-men" pop up with electricity running across it...
DC has the edge on this in terms of the various toon dramas that they had. BTAS and the JL series were both absolutely fantastic. I particularly liked season 4 of JL for the watchmen elements. DC seems to have less bombs as well. Their lesser toons, teen titans/legion of superheroes/the batman are still quality when compared with Marvel's equivalents.
Marvel's best series has to be the x-men series, and I would put it right up there with JL and BTAS. Its last episode was absolutely monumental, in my opinion. Spiderman TAS was pretty good too, in that the show had a particular gravitas to it, but failed to balance that with the lighthearted portions of Spiderman's character. Its handling of villains was excellent, though.
Marvel DOES have the Spectacular Spiderman series though, which is not only true to the source material and character, but has so many blink-and-you-miss-it touches that allude to the difficult choices that Spiderman had to make and the ramifications, as well as the fallibility of the character. The show also had major cajones in pairing Pete with Gwen instead of MJ. If they follow up by actually killing Gwen off, that would further illustrate the series' willingness to break norms, and cement its budding greatness.
Spectacular spiderman is very arguably the best ongoing toon right now, save avatar.
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