Marvel actually gets the sales (mostly), but my point is that DC still has some good/profitable properties. From Teen Titans (when it's good), JLA, Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, (At one point it was selling more than any Marvel book), JSA, etc...
DC is much more than Batman/Superman and they're not even my favorite characters of that universe.
You may not like any other character, but that doesn't mean "that's all they have". DC has had more critical acclaimed runs than Marvel (IMO) and they lead in the award category as well.
Well that's all DC/Warner Bro's is when it comes to movies Batman/Superman....yeah i know they've dabbled with some other properties such as Green Lantern, Constantine & Jonah Hex.
Right now, I feel Marvel's comics *and* movie divisions are doing far better than their competition.
DC's able to do high-sale events, but with author changes and direction changes they bleed off sales fast, and most stuff outside a few core titles isn't doing well. Marvel's able to retain sales much better and consistently provide longer comic runs allowing writers to develop things more.
DC's less diverse in the tone/'voice' of it's comics than Marvel, so people tend to cluster around a smaller number of books. Marvel's very good at remembering even when there's a big change, some won't like it, so they always provide an alternative to appeal to more readers, and thus their sales remain higher and they retain more people. Tend to use minor characters well a lot more too, often building them up, rather than treating non-big name characters as disposable.
On the flip side, I'd say DC's TV area has the edge. Agents of SHIELD may change this, but DC's Arrow is well received, Teen Titans Go is doing well, they've got a new Batman series...
They could have good money making properties (at least on the level of X-Men/Cap) if they had some good direction and writing. Constantine and Hex aren't good examples, obviously.
Man of Steel did very well at the box office and the success will only grow once Batman comes in the mix. A good way to bring even more characters and show them off.
The potential is there, no doubt. The hard part, which Marvel has done, hence their current superiority, is making those movies a successful reality.
Golgo, we're not discussing who has more or older characters, this forum is called Comic Book "Movies". And seriously as of now, not 5 or 10 years from now, today, Marvel is miles ahead of DC in that aspect. I REALLY hope DC gets their head out of their a$$ and consistently competes so Marvel can up THEIR game thus making ALL comic book movie fans happy. No more Catwoman or Green Lantern mockeries. There is a wealth of stories there, but they fail at every turn, other than Nolan's Batman and MoS. Like when WWF/WWE had competition. They had better shows and storylines, but without anything to compete against, WWE became stale. I hope that doesn't happen here. I HOPE TO GOD a good Justice League movie can happen, I'm rooting for it. The problem is that it takes more than 1 or 2 movies to catch up to where Marvel is. You must see that.
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Oh, speaking of missteps, the Wonder Woman TV pilot. And talks of WW movies keep following through. I do not think current DC higher ups get classic WW.
Yea, but largely in years past, and they aren't very good at leveraging those onto the screen (with some exception to the animated films).
You can't exactly do a "JLA Morrison Run" movie or TV show, after all.
A Green Lantern/Green Arrow would be cool, but dated. Ditto a lot of other classic runs.
Ones like Animal Man or Doom Patrol suffer from being such minor properties they likely aren't going to do well until you've really built up the brand already.
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