thebitterguy

That's a big part of why I always preferred marvel over DC...

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See, that's an analogy I don't buy. I've always enjoyed both (though, to be honest, I've always been able to look beyond the company and at the individual titles - over the years, I've loved me some serious shit outta both) and even as a kid, I could look beyond the whole DC vs Marvel issue.

Green Lantern, in outer space. Omega Men. Sun Devils. Atari Force (yes, Atari Force.) Adam Strange. Legion of Super Heroes - DC always ruled the scifi/outerspace comics.

X-men. The Fantastic Four. The Avengers. Marvel has always dominated with the relationship-of-a-group-of-heroes-fighting-to-save-the-world drama comics.

Thor (when Walt Simonson was kicking ass on it). Wonder Woman (since the COIE reboot). Even split on Great Mythological Comics.

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Maybe I'll turn this into a post, but right now I haven't eaten in over 20 hours, except for coffee in the morning, an iced coffee in the afternoon, and a frozen coffee in the late afternoon. I think I need to remedy that.

But the point is, I guess.... I love both companies. DC will always be my "fave" of the two, b/c, and simply b/c, it was my first.

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kynn.livejournal.com

Atari Force (yes, Atari Force.)

Yes! Atari Force!

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*high fives*

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It was a happy collecting day indeed when I finally got a copy of Issue #2, completing my AF collection. I even had a few of the comics that came with the Atari cartridges.

That was such a cool comic, particularly for what was essentially a glorified video game promotion.

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There was a strange period when some of the best comics out there were toy and media tie-ins. Micronauts, Atari Force -- even G.I. Joe of that era had some strong writing and critical recognition.

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Oh, man. GI Joe had GREAT stuff back in the day. That's why the ongoing shambling mediocrity of the GI Joe comics from Devil's Due (they started strong, or at least able to capitalize on Nostalgia) is so depressing.

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"Always" was a bit excessive, I grant. There have been numerous sucky titles and numerous good titles from each, and books should be taken on their own merits. What I meant is that, by and large, back when I was actually collecting comics, far more of the titles I liked were Marvel than DC (all the main DCverse stuff I ever really bothered to collect had to do with the Bat and/or the Cat), though the Vertigo imprint tends to be excellent.

I collected the Larsenverse branch of Image comics for quite a while too, so take my opinions with a grain of salt. ;)

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I used to read Savage Dragon; not sure what else falls under the "Larsenverse"; Savage Dragon was entertaining quite often, at least back when I read it. Erik Larsen, as a person, is a bit of a twat. As a creator, he's good, if not a bit too impressed by himself.

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Let's see... other books about his characters included Vanguard (not that impressive a book. I never collected it), Freak Force (I would have liked that book a lot better if they'd gotten a decent artist) and the SuperPatriot limited series... I got the first two of those, and they were excellent internally as well as beautifully drawn. Even though the character originally began as a parody of Cap. Dart was a larsen book too. It had pretty art and not much else going for it. Star was another.

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Hmmm, Vanguard and Freak Force are triggering little, "I think I've heard something about them before" bells. SuperPatriot, I vaguely know the character (which means I prolly own some issues, or at least did back in the day).. the rest, nothing.

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I do think that The Savage Dragon had the best supporting cast out of the entire Image line.

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I'll confess to enjoying the WildCATS 'universe' most of all.

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Most 'specially when they broke it wide open with the Return to Khera (or whatever the planet was called), when you realize how long the war's been over.

Quite enjoyed that part.

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Never read it that far, I guess.. or maybe that's part of the stuff I've forgotten over the years.

But, yeah, that sounds pretty wild.

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Of course, he's speaking of a specific time here, too. It's a late '70s version of the companies.

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Yeah, and that was a time period I was specifically reading both, and I still don't agree with it 100%. It's a difference of perspective; is said person is a member of the Marvel-is-better-than-DC school?

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kynn.livejournal.com

That's a big part of why I preferred DC!

I'm AQUAMAN IN THE TUB! ) ) ) ) ) )

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Yanno, Aquaman became cool when he ditched that orange and green suit and they started explaining that Atlantis had ties to the sorcerous Atlantis of history and to Arion and all that...

But I always wanted to be Namor, more than Arthur.

(And I was Namor in the swimming pool, fuck the bathtub!)

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Namor's cooler than aquaman. I don't remember any occasions when Aquaman teamed up with Dr. Doom, after all.

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True dat.

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I like The Maxx.

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I've never seen an actual physical Maxx comic book. I've seen a couple episodes of the cartoon, which was interesting, although a bit short on plot.

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The Maxx used to be in only two trades, but they recently rereleased all five. It's good, if you enjoy magic and superpowers being used as a metaphor (kinda) for psychoanalysis. Haha.

And the show... the show was awesome. *sigh*

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Five trades, eh? I might check into that once I'm caught up on Y and 100 Bullets.

The animated show is out on DVD, right?

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It's pretty... wacky.

Well, I checked, and it doesn't seem to be out on DVD. Which is stupid and lame.

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Seriously, though, I have no idea what this person is talking about. When I becoming aware of the difference, it was DC, not Marvel that came off as being the cool, maturer one. I suspect this comes from exposure to the original Batman cartoon (and lack of exposure to Superfriends, the 60s Batman, etc) and vague awareness of comics like Dark Knight Returns. Marvel, by comparison, had the X-Men and Spiderman cartoons, which were more focused on things like monsters and adventuring than the more subtle and low-key plots of the Batman cartoon.

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That's a difference of time. He's talking the late '70s.

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Exactly. Nowadays, most of the people I know from around who read comics are more likely to read Joe Sacco than Justice League.

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