Originally posted by leonidas
assuming for a moment marvel bought the actual rights to superman, if you don't think he'd immediately become marvel's top hero, as he is dc's, you're fooling yourself imo. imagine the hype that would cause?? it be the biggest thing in comics history and marvel would cash in on superman in every way possible. he'd absolutely be top dog.
I disagree, they would make him suffer losses at the hands of everyone just to show that Marvel is more powerful than DC.
Originally posted by Blue Area Vet
Why wouldn't it do them any good? Why make that blanket statement?
Because it's never enough to beat Superman on its own.
Any villain that can beat Superman wouldn't need Kryptonite in the first place. Any that would need it, won't win with it. Better have tried and failed.
But anyway, moving.
Originally posted by DiesldudeThat's silly.
I disagree, they would make him suffer losses at the hands of everyone just to show that Marvel is more powerful than DC.
For one if Marvel got the rights to Superman it is probably because they paid for it. And I don't see DC giving up those rights cheaply. So why would Marvel pay that much money to hose a character's reputation? It doesn't make good business sense.
Secondly as much as there is a DC vs Marvel rivalry going on, most people here and in the industry grew up with Superman. I think Marvel would have more respect for the character then just dumping on it.
Originally posted by Newjak
That's silly.For one if Marvel got the rights to Superman it is probably because they paid for it. And I don't see DC giving up those rights cheaply. So why would Marvel pay that much money to hose a character's reputation? It doesn't make good business sense.
Secondly as much as there is a DC vs Marvel rivalry going on, most people here and in the industry grew up with Superman. I think Marvel would have more respect for the character then just dumping on it.
No one said they would "dump" him. He would be and upper tier character, but would not be portrayed above Thor, Hulk or Surfer over time. I'm sure he'd have a great debut like Rulk.
The bottom line is Marvel is fundamentally different than DC and that would never change. Marvel would make a ton of money off Superman without having the universe job to him, and that's good business. Marvel heroes fight each other more than they do villians, so expect his inclusion in Marvel to lead to a round robin of battles with heroes. He'll beat many desicively, but not the top dogs. Then he'd move onto villians like Gladiator who he'd OUTSMART. Doom would eventually own him. You are dreaming if you think he'd ever have an h1's Superman portrayal in Marvel. He would adjust to the universe, not the other way around.
Originally posted by leonidas
assuming for a moment marvel bought the actual rights to superman, if you don't think he'd immediately become marvel's top hero, as he is dc's, you're fooling yourself imo. imagine the hype that would cause?? it be the biggest thing in comics history and marvel would cash in on superman in every way possible. he'd absolutely be top dog.
Yeah, they'll have him team up with the rest of the Avengers to take on Hulk.