Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to superheroes. One might prefer a superhero that can fly, but another might prefer a superhero that can control steel. Different preferences creates a battle between Marvel and DC, which takes place in the aisles of comic book stores and subconscious of comic fans for decades. Marvel is a comic company established in 1939 in New York City who collaborates with Disney since 2009. Since the 1960s, it has been one of the two largest American comics companies, along with DC Comics (“Marvel comics history and Marvel comics background”). On the other hand, DC comics has started in 1935 in California, who later became a subsidiary of Warner Bro. in 1989(“ DC Comics”). However, Marvel is better than DC in many perspectives, including the fact that Marvel’s comics target positive themes whereas DC comics target negative themes, Marvel has a lager audience than DC and Marvel benefits from collaboration with other companies whereas DC is restricted by hierarchy.
The themes of Marvel’s productions reflect an aspiring side, but the themes of DC’s comic sometimes reflect a dispirited aspect. DC characters are extremely dark whereas the growth environments of Marvel’s heroes are, in general, more positive. For instance, in the case of Batman, “As a young child, Bruce Wayne watched his parents murdered before his eyes. Thomas and Martha Wayne were walking home with their son, when they were held up at gunpoint by a mugger who demanded the pearl necklace that Martha was wearing. When Dr. Wayne refused to surrender it, both he and Martha were shot dead in the streets” (“Batman (Bruce Wayne)”). This incident indicates reasons that create character traits like being cold and aloof towards others in Wayne’s character. However, as one of the most famous roles in Marvel- Iron Man, grows up in a family which owns a prominent US firm, and graduates with 2 master’s degrees by aged ...