Most popular Marvel character in the DCU?

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Sin I AM Madame Mort
Originally posted by Smurph
If Spider-Man could carve out some space in the (relatively) less dense DC setting of non-Gotham street-level adventuring, he could do really well. The others would come too close to existing characters and fall in their shadows (as Phil was saying).

Thats what i was thinking but id have to be an all new city tailored specifically for him cuz every other city hed be in their shadow

Smurph tu quoqumber

Outside of the OP list, I think Iron Man or Wolverine could do well too, just because they don't have obvious prominent A-list analogues in DC. Certainly lots of characters that are similar, but still with room for them to shine.

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by marwash22
lol. okay.

He's a great, unique character, in a niche not populated by the most popular DC characters, who are either hella street/Bat family, or top tier/JLA members/space heroes/gods.
He's going to be popular, capture the imagination, no matter what.

Or you can just go with he's Spider-man, that works too!

Smurph tu quoqumber

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Thats what i was thinking but id have to be an all new city tailored specifically for him cuz every other city hed be in their shadow
Maybe. Or just a less visited part of an existing setting, like Metropolis or Keystone City.

riv6672 Senior Member

New York would still work.
EVERY hero in the MU is in New York, and Spidey still does fine.
DC on the other hand is mostly one city per hero, and those heroes dominate their cities.
New York is sort of a neutral zone for DC.

marwash22 HELL YEAH.
Originally posted by Sin I AM
Thats what i was thinking but id have to be an all new city tailored specifically for him cuz every other city hed be in their shadow
Originally posted by riv6672
New York would still work.
EVERY hero in the MU is in New York, and Spidey still does fine.
DC on the other hand is mostly one city per hero, and those heroes dominate their cities.
New York is sort of a neutral zone for DC.

good point.

New York doesn't exist in DC the way it does in Marvel, I mean, it's there, but not really. You could put him in NY and build around him.

so yeah, after a while of building up NY, Spider-man would likely be the most popular.

that's a better answer than... "He's Spider-Man"

Mindset Senior Member

Originally posted by marwash22
good point.

New York doesn't exist in DC the way it does in Marvel, I mean, it's there, but not really. You could put him in NY and build around him.

so yeah, after a while of building up NY, Spider-man would likely be the most popular.

that's a better answer than... "He's Spider-Man"

He is Spiderman though.

SamZED Senior Member

Spider-man would be more popular in DC. They know how to make their poster boys/girls shine during big events. Marvel usually have Spider-man/Wolverine etc. take a back seat to other heroes during major events.

meep-meep What are you angry about?
Originally posted by SamZED
Spider-man would be more popular in DC. They know how to make their poster boys/girls shine during big events. Marvel usually have Spider-man/Wolverine etc. take a back seat to other heroes during major events.

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riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by Mindset
He is Spiderman though.

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Yeah, I could see them building up New York. The JSA and the SCW might have had some parts there, but it's not the same as how the other cities have been built up.

riv6672 Senior Member

^^^The only other NYC centric property (where the city is a big part of the book's feel) DC has had is The New Teen Titans.
Under Wolfman & Perez the city was a minor chacter in the book.

Yeah, Spidey'd have no problem making DC's NYC his own stomping ground.

shadowknight Senior Member

1, Spiderman

2. Blue Marvel

3. Thor

"Id" The Man of Tomorrow

Spidery>the reset.