When did Marvel completely Surpass DC in popularity?

in comics and all other medium seem like the gap is at all time wide right now, just look at the marvel and dc official forum and you can tell

I grew up in the 90s and didn't start learning about comics till 2007 when I started reading green lanterns and know about superboy prime

back then in marvel I remember civil war was a huge event and everyone was talking about the tie-ins

back then marvel already surpassed dc in popularity

so when did it happen? 90s? 80s?

Originally posted by MrMind
in comics and all other medium seem like the gap is at all time wide right now, just look at the marvel and dc official forum and you can tell

I grew up in the 90s and didn't start learning about comics till 2007 when I started reading green lanterns and know about superboy prime

back then in marvel I remember civil war was a huge event and everyone was talking about the tie-ins

back then marvel already surpassed dc in popularity

so when did it happen? 90s? 80s?

X-men were all based off soap operas at the time.

Which explains why it was so bad.

Originally posted by cdtm
X-men were all based off soap operas at the time.

Which explains why it was so bad.

I mean....back in the 90s, they could cast Arnie and Clooney etc in Batman films, whilst Marvel were on the brink of bankruptcy and Michael Jackson was in talks to play Spider-Man. So yeah, I'd say it was probably the 2000s when Marvel started pulling ahead.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
In the 70's Marvel was already ahead.

70s would be my guess, too.

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But hell, even on the beginning, we had Cap punching Hitler in the face...

... while DC literally worships Donald Trump, Putin, nazis (Mussolini being the fave of Snyder) and "the glory days" of the Soviet Union, so...

Originally posted by -Pr-

Be glad you're busy with work and don't see even 1% of the posts Todd makes these days.

Btw, Paul, my love, here's a gift from Bada for you:

In the late 60's

Originally posted by MrMind
in comics and all other medium seem like the gap is at all time wide right now, just look at the marvel and dc official forum and you can tell

I grew up in the 90s and didn't start learning about comics till 2007 when I started reading green lanterns and know about superboy prime

back then in marvel I remember civil war was a huge event and everyone was talking about the tie-ins

back then marvel already surpassed dc in popularity

so when did it happen? 90s? 80s?

X-men in the late 80's and early 90's was already more popular than anything in DC... (or in Marvel with the exception of Spider-Man, for that matter). X-men were probably THE most popular comic franchise in the world in the early 90's.

But the rest of Marvel - i.e. Avengers, Fantastic 4, etc. lagged behind and were probably about on par with most of DC in terms of popularity during that time, but behind Batman in popularity.

By the early to mid-2000's with big cross-over events like House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, etc., that's when Marvel really pulled ahead with huge big-sellers drawing a lot of popularity for the other teams outside of the X-men.

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Only a handful of ppl tuned to watch the Justice League animated series(2000's) while EVERYBODY watched the xmen and spiderman series of the 90's.

I think Marvel’s telepathy interests fans.

Originally posted by MrMind
in comics and all other medium seem like the gap is at all time wide right now, just look at the marvel and dc official forum and you can tell

I grew up in the 90s and didn't start learning about comics till 2007 when I started reading green lanterns and know about superboy prime

back then in marvel I remember civil war was a huge event and everyone was talking about the tie-ins

back then marvel already surpassed dc in popularity

so when did it happen? 90s? 80s?

https://www.comichron.com/vitalstatistics/marketsharesyearly.html

But the 80s had DC comics publish Crisis on Infinite Earths, Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One, and reboot their entire continuity with brand new #1 titles for the Byrne-era Superman, Perez-era Wonder Woman, etc.

While Marvel published Secret Wars and Daredevil Born Again, what other 1980s-era classics did Marvel have? I'm 8 beers too many in to recall.

Originally posted by ODG

While Marvel published Secret Wars and Daredevil Born Again, what other 1980s-era classics did Marvel have? I'm 8 beers too many in to recall.

Kravens Last Hunt, Dark Phoenix Saga, Squadron Supreme, Days Of Future Past, Death Of Captain Marvel, Contest Of Champions, Evolutionary War, Xmen Inferno, Peter David started writing the Hulk.

^ Those storylines are indisputably classics in a different context but call me a DC fanboy... I believe they pale in comparison to the critical acclaim and financial success of the DC comics I listed... with possibly the exception of the Dark Phoenix Saga... which was 1980.

Originally posted by ODG
At least the 90s:

https://www.comichron.com/vitalstatistics/marketsharesyearly.html

But the 80s had DC comics publish Crisis on Infinite Earths, Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One, and reboot their entire continuity with brand new #1 titles for the Byrne-era Superman, Perez-era Wonder Woman, etc.

While Marvel published Secret Wars and Daredevil Born Again, what other 1980s-era classics did Marvel have? I'm 8 beers too many in to recall.

I argue that the 90s were Marvel's worst decade.... weren't they inching towards bankruptcy?

^ Very true. But they still had a larger market share at that time if I'm not mistaken. At least, that's what that article I linked seemed to suggest.

Yeah, they must have been really messing up somewhere.

Favreau really deserves a lot of credit.