[an0n]

I'm bored to tears, so I'm 'purchasing' a 'bundled box' of Green Lantern and Spawn comics.

And, due to my excessive viewing of Justice League, I got to thinking: Which universe is best?

Marvel: These guys have got all the good, solid, down-in-the-dumps superheroes. From the perpetually persecuted X-Men, who are forever doomed to die fighting Apocalypses robot armies; To Spiderman, who saves the world every day and still gets chase by the police and angry mobs.

The marvel universe is amazingly huge, with many dozens of super-heroes of all shapes and sizes spread across all time and space. If it's wierd and can be turned into a fight between good and evil, Marvel has it.

DC Comics:[/u] The slightly darker breed of comic, featuring infallible guardians of morality and justice such as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and the Flash.

The DC universe is a lot more black and white than Marvel. Good guys always do what's right. Bad guys always do what's wrong. Nice, clean, simple.

2000 AD:[/u] Horrifically graphic and very dark. Regardless of right or wrong, you're subject to the whims of those who defend the law. There's no morality, no ethical dilemmas, no questionable motives and no grey areas. You break the law, you die.

Spawn:[/u] My personal favourite outta the bunch. Spawn is about as far from a super-hero as you can get. He mopes around in constant pain, trying to resist the sweet scent of blood that his K-7 suit lusts for.

Spawn is by far the darkest of all the comic universes, featuring such lovely scenes as Al Simmons' partner being slowly hacked to death by Viet-Cong troops while Simmons is forced to listen to his screams, knowing that by simply telling them a set of co-ords he could end it all for both of them.

It's largely a tale of the balance between right and wrong and how the need for some context and purpose are more important than the trivials of the battle itself.



So, which do you 'tards like the most?

[Drew]

DC classics are deh 0wn

[Stryke 9]

Never read any 2000AD, bu DC Comics has Preacher and Transmet. No more need be said, really.

[waits for that one guy to come in talking about how the quality of the comics have no bearing on which publisher is best]

[Knight Templar]

I grew up on Marvel (X-men and Spidey mostly) but I'm really partial to Batman.

[Stryke 9]

Batman?

Seemed like it was only the bad guys that were really cool in Batman. 'Course, they were usually really cool (Joker kicked ass in every incarnation, even those silly TV episodes), but still, I don't think you're supposed to be genuinely dissapointed when the good guy wins.

[Knight Templar]

Well the newer Batman cartoons. (The New Adventures of Batman and Robin I think they were called, and Batman Beyond of course) The movies have never been all that great though, and Clooney's bit was a joke.

[Stunaep]

Never heard of any of those.

But Asterix is pretty good.

[Nico]

Asterix

Well I prefer spawn, I hate all those Lycra dudes.
But I'm much more into manga than comics anyway.

[Flaser]

I prefer to read Manga nowadays.

BTW an0n I'll officially apologise to you and everyone on NW.

I keep a distance unitl my exams on roll and I'm moving house in the middle of it, so I was a little frustrated.

Sorry for my insolence, l8ter.

[Gortef]

Manga, Asterix, Spirou and Fantasio (and other Franquin ones)

there's some

[karajorma]

I prefer Marvel in general cause I grew up reading Spiderman and Transformers.

Batman however can be dark too. Try The Dark Knight Returns. I loved that story (Especially since I absolutely hate Superman).

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Stunaep
Never heard of any of those.

But Asterix is pretty good.

Zigackly!

[Rictor]

I voted Marvel, but you probably should have included Image and Dreamwave on there.

BattleChasers was the **** back in the day, as was pretty much anything WidlStorm put out.

[Dark_4ce]

Marvel is really good. But my all time favorite is still and always will be DARK HORSE! They got EVERYTHING! Tarzan VS. The Predator is particularly good. Not to mention their whole Star Wars line of comics that just simply OWNZ!

[Nico]

Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Tarzan VS. The Predator

Come on, the very idea is ridiculous

[Shrike]

[mikhael]

I prefer Marvel for the superhero genre, because I really do like the Xmen and the Hulk. I don't know why.

My favorite single comic, however, is Sandman, and thus I like DC.

Darkhorse has only Star Wars (hit or miss) and Aliens vs [insert entity here] or Predator vs [insert entity here] for me. They come a distant third.

I also like a few of the off press books. I loved Dynamo Joe (BEST. MECHA. COMIC. EVAR. beats every mecha manga I've ever read. Hands down) and I like X-O Manowar. I've got the issue where they do the transparent layer overlays showing the workings of the good skin.

[Carl]

I like both Marvel and DC almost equally, with Marvel winning by a nose. The thing about Marvel is, the superheroes aren't as powerful, so you can get some interesting strategies and solutions from the heroes. On the other hand, The very fact that DC's Heroes are so powerful leads the writers to thinking up interesting trials can't be solved just by punching out an army of baddies.

[Gloriano]

I have been reading lot diffrent comic's around 1990 when i did have many comic's but not much anymore

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Nico


Come on, the very idea is ridiculous

Why?

Predators go to planets to hunt the most dangerous game to be found there. When they can't find anything truly dangerous, they seed Aliens and hunt those.

Tarzan is a badass in his jungle. Its a perfect matchup. The predator would likely limit himself to primitive weapons to make it a fairer fight. Epic battle ensues. It could seriously kick ass.