All in All who is the better Super Hero Superman or Captain Marvel aka Shazam

Started by I-Drop12 pages

Even though Supes had to bite off CM to be cool? Even though the only way Supes could outshine CM was through litigation.?

Originally posted by I-Drop
Even though Supes had to bite off CM to be cool? Even though the only way Supes could outshine CM was through litigation.?

that was a long, long time ago...

you could argue about how many characters robbed from superman, yet nobody gives them shit about it...

Originally posted by I-Drop
Even though Supes had to bite off CM to be cool? Even though the only way Supes could outshine CM was through litigation.?
That was decades ago.

And being cooler isn't being a better hero.

Superman.

Originally posted by Raoul
that was a long, long time ago...

you could argue about how many characters robbed from superman, yet nobody gives them shit about it...


That's because Sentry sucks.

Kind of ditto. None of these characters who robbed from Supes stole from him while also using litigation to keep him down. None of these characters who stole from him ever amounted to much either. I like all of them better than Supes(especially Hyperion from Supreme Power), but none of them can touch Supes in popularity(& I wouldn't put any of them on my top ten). If they did, DC'd go the bit<h route again & sue.

PR, name some of these cats you consider to have robbed from Supes. Some of them are probably homages. & have these guys stolen as much from Supes as Supes stole from Cap'n Marvel?

Originally posted by Ha Son
That's because Sentry sucks.

obviously.

Originally posted by I-Drop
Kind of ditto. None of these characters who robbed from Supes stole from him while also using litigation to keep him down. None of these characters who stole from him ever amounted to much either. I like all of them better than Supes(especially Hyperion from Supreme Power), but none of them can touch Supes in popularity(& I wouldn't put any of them on my top ten). If they did, DC'd go the bit<h route again & sue.

PR, name some of these cats you consider to have robbed from Supes. Some of them are probably homages. & have these guys stolen as much from Supes as Supes stole from Cap'n Marvel?

so because DC sued people, that's superman's fault? he wouldn't be the character he is to so many without lawsuits?

Originally posted by Raoul
obviously.

so because DC sued people, that's superman's fault? he wouldn't be the character he is to so many without lawsuits?

I think people are just upset because Superman won the only Supes vs. Capt. Marvel fight that ever really mattered... 😉

Nah. I think it's the company wank Supes gets w/out being all that great of a character

Originally posted by Raoul
obviously.
so because DC sued people, that's superman's fault? he wouldn't be the character he is to so many without lawsuits?
Probably not. Logically, Capt. Marvel would probably be the character Superman is to so many. Supes would probably have been ran outta the biz. Cap'n Marvel was outselling the shit outta Supes. He wasn't good enough to compete against CM. The lawsuit is DC's fault, not Supes. I can't say it's his fault because as a fictional character, he's not capable of litigation against real people.

btw, I may not like hal all that much, but that new GL sig ya got is awesome.

Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru
That was decades ago.
Yes. Decades ago, Supes stole shit from CM that he still reaps the benefits from 2day.
Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru
And being cooler isn't being a better hero.
Yeah it does.

CM's origin involves a little boy finding a wizard in a subway...he was obvously never destined for the mainstream popularity that Superman currently enjoys.

Originally posted by I-Drop
Yes. Decades ago, Supes stole shit from CM that he still reaps the benefits from 2day.

Yeah it does.

Superman is a character in a comic book. The fact that you blame him for shit he personally is not involved in is somewhat humorous.

Really?

Superman, despite all his power, is the golden standard of humanity, he represents the ideal good, honest human in terms of personality.

No matter how "cool" Captain Marvel is, he will NEVER be the gold standard that Superman is.

Superman defines the superhero genre.

Superman is he first Superhero in comic. He will always have that title along with the best hero.

One could argue that because he was the 1st, those that followed are all better, because they improved on what we got from those 2kids who created Supes.

Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru
Superman is a character in a comic book. The fact that you blame him for shit he personally is not involved in is somewhat humorous.
Jaxx. Maybe you're not paying attention. I just said I can't blame him for things because he's a fictional character. You alright?
Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru
Superman, despite all his power, is the golden standard of humanity, he represents the ideal good, honest human in terms of personality.

No matter how "cool" Captain Marvel is, he will NEVER be the gold standard that Superman is.

Everything Supes represents would have likely been represented better and less boringly by Cap'n Marvel if DC hadn't went the bit<h route & kept it out of the courts. That's lame.
Originally posted by Eel O'Brien
CM's origin involves a little boy finding a wizard in a subway...he was obvously never destined for the mainstream popularity that Superman currently enjoys.
Then why was he way more popular than Supes and outselling him with ease? Who knows how popular CM would have gotten it DC hadn't been such punks? He was already more popular than Supes. With the way they changed Supes powers & then changed Lex to be more like CMs nemesis, I'm surprised they didn't have Supes lame @ss find a wizard in a subway too 😄

Originally posted by I-Drop
Nah. I think it's the company wank Supes gets w/out being all that great of a character Probably not. Logically, Capt. Marvel would probably be the character Superman is to so many. Supes would probably have been ran outta the biz. Cap'n Marvel was outselling the shit outta Supes. He wasn't good enough to compete against CM. The lawsuit is DC's fault, not Supes. I can't say it's his fault because as a fictional character, he's not capable of litigation against real people.

how many years ago was that, though?

are we talking about the fame superman has, or the actual character himself? how he's written and developed, etc?

btw, I may not like hal all that much, but that new GL sig ya got is awesome.

thanks man...

You're welcome

The character himself. Think about it. Many of his best feats, the ones that make people think he's such a great hero, (pulling planets &shit, flights through space @near lightspeed) are possible ONLY because of what he stole from CM. Everytime you see Smallville or that awful Supes Returns movie & you see Lex, think "He's only bald 'cuz CM had a bald badguy". Lex is supposed to have a head full of red hair. Subtract all that stuff from Supes. Change "You will believe a man can fly" to "You will believe a man can jump high as a muthafuka" 😂 because that's how Supes was b4 CM. You guys can call them equals if you want, but Supes can't be who he is w/out what he got from CM. He can't be the better hero.

Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru

Superman, despite all his power, is the golden standard of humanity, he represents the ideal good, honest human in terms of personality.
.

Boy scout.

Originally posted by I-Drop
One could argue that because he was the 1st, those that followed are all better, because they improved on what we got from those 2kids who created Supes.

Jaxx. Maybe you're not paying attention. I just said I can't blame him for things because he's a fictional character. You alright?

Everything Supes represents would have likely been represented better and less boringly by Cap'n Marvel if DC hadn't went the bit<h route & kept it out of the courts. That's lame.

1. Going by that because CM inspired Superman's powers apparently, Superman is better. 🙂 Not to mention CM and Superman's powerset are the basic superhero package anyway.

2. Your own words say different.

"Supes stole shit from CM that he still reaps the benefits from 2day"

3. Which is a speculative assumption based on what you think could have happened, and Superman is not a great hero because he is powerful, it his his actions, his general character. Not because his makes won a fvckin law-suit or he "stole" powers from someone. THAT is what you don't seem to get.

Originally posted by I-Drop
He can't be the better hero.
Sure he can. By being more heroic.

Originally posted by Final Blaxican
Boy scout.
You're thinking of Batman.

American flag.