srankmissingnin
VP of Comic Knowledge
Originally posted by Prep-Man
Or any other category, IMO. Not just speed, but I think DC's streets can hang with Marvel's overall. I see no overall superiority, and I used to mainly just read Marvel. So no biased here. Unless we're talking about Wildstorm. 😖hifty:
Strength and durability is more or less the same across both companies, but that is besides the point. In DC the street skill level cap is cut off at slightly above Batman, the Marvel equivalent would be a skill cap at slightly above Daredevil... and that simple isn't the case. Marvel has character's that operate above those levels (some well, well, WELL beyond) because they simply have more diverse and expansive street level pantheon, and they are happy to let a variety of character's have some spot light, while DC has everything anchored firmly to the Batman franchise. Shiva or Dragon are never going to get a Iron Fist, or even a Shang-Chi or Electra power boost because it would make them too much for Batman. It's the same reason Marvel's big guns don't have FTL combat speed because it would make them too much for the Hulk. It's not a complicated situation, the truth and the rationale behind it is pretty straight forward... sadly Batman fanboys can't be objective or impartial.
Wildstorm is just awesome. RIP