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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 4, 2021 15:28:42 GMT -5
Two years ago (has it really been two years?!) in honor of March Madness here in the States, I did a Top Superhero Team Tournament (which the Avengers won easily). This year, with March Madness back, though I’m getting a late start, I decided to do a tournament to decide the top decade between the Big Two, i.e. Marvel and DC.
The first round matchups are just Marvel vs. DC for each decade of the 1940’s through the 2010’s. I’m not quite sure yet how to determine the matchups for the subsequent rounds, though it’s my goal to have the two “best” decades not meet until the finals.
I'll leave each round's polls open for about a week.
This one closes March 11, 6 AM EST.
So which company's output do you like better - 60's Marvel or 60's DC?
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 4, 2021 15:29:31 GMT -5
Another easy one, this in favor of Marvel.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 4, 2021 15:33:12 GMT -5
Darn, I see a typo in the title of this thread, but it doesn't look like I can change it now!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 15:55:18 GMT -5
Marvel. Just because of the explosion of ideas.
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 4, 2021 16:00:44 GMT -5
Nuff said.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 4, 2021 16:16:20 GMT -5
Marvel. Not very close though DC did come on in the last few years of the decade when Infantino took over.
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Post by Farrar on Mar 4, 2021 16:17:31 GMT -5
dbutler69 I believe if you click to edit your first post, that should allow you to also change the thread heading.
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 4, 2021 16:28:33 GMT -5
while DC started the Silver Age in the 50s, Marvel defined it in the 60s.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Mar 4, 2021 16:38:40 GMT -5
Marvel for the 1960s.
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Post by brutalis on Mar 4, 2021 16:39:58 GMT -5
Marvel Zombies were born and the comic world changed. Thank you Stan, Jack, Steve and those who followed...
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 4, 2021 16:48:31 GMT -5
dbutler69 I believe if you click to edit your first post, that should allow you to also change the thread heading. You're right. Thanks!
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Post by badwolf on Mar 4, 2021 21:16:02 GMT -5
No contest, Marvel.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 5, 2021 0:19:15 GMT -5
Well, I didn't want DC to get no votes, so I voted for them. To me, it is down more to specific titles, characters and creators, rather than companies. For all of the talk of 60s Marvel, a lot of that material doesn't do a lot for me. On the other hand, DC had a lot of interesting experiments then, like The Secret Six and DC's war comics had better stories than any of the superhero books from either company, for my tastes. For me, Marvel has never been the entire line, but specific works. For the 60s, its the FF, Captain America (in Tales of Suspense) Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (but more when Steranko arrives), sporadically X-Men, sporadically Avengers (more when Roy comes on to write it). I never really enjoyed Spidey, due to the soap opera, which always felt whiny to me, though there are some specific stories that I enjoyed. I always preferred him in MTU, without the soap opera. Dr Strange I enjoyed Ditko's visuals, but little else. Daredevil never really got good until Gene Colan came on the art, for me, but soap opera dragged it down often. Sgt Fury I loved; but more when they had some wild mission, rather than tried to do a serious story. I never thought they found a good balance to those, until Gary Friedrich was working with Dick Ayers and John Severin.
With DC, I enjoyed many Superman stories, the revamped Batman stuff (both the Infantino stuff and the Adams stuff), JLA, the Flash, the odd Green Lantern; but, I loves me some Sgt rock, Enemy Ace, Unknown Soldier, M'lle Marie, War That Time Forgot, Losers, and Haunted Tank. Then there is stuff like Batt Lash, the afore-mentioned Secret Six, Doom Patrol, the Legion, Aquaman, Teen Titans. Not always consistently good, but a lot of great material there.
The DC war books make it DC for the 60s, for me. The 70s are another matter.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 5, 2021 6:09:26 GMT -5
Well, I didn't want DC to get no votes, so I voted for them. To me, it is down more to specific titles, characters and creators, rather than companies. For all of the talk of 60s Marvel, a lot of that material doesn't do a lot for me. On the other hand, DC had a lot of interesting experiments then, like The Secret Six and DC's war comics had better stories than any of the superhero books from either company, for my tastes. For me, Marvel has never been the entire line, but specific works. For the 60s, its the FF, Captain America (in Tales of Suspense) Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (but more when Steranko arrives), sporadically X-Men, sporadically Avengers (more when Roy comes on to write it). I never really enjoyed Spidey, due to the soap opera, which always felt whiny to me, though there are some specific stories that I enjoyed. I always preferred him in MTU, without the soap opera. Dr Strange I enjoyed Ditko's visuals, but little else. Daredevil never really got good until Gene Colan came on the art, for me, but soap opera dragged it down often. Sgt Fury I loved; but more when they had some wild mission, rather than tried to do a serious story. I never thought they found a good balance to those, until Gary Friedrich was working with Dick Ayers and John Severin. With DC, I enjoyed many Superman stories, the revamped Batman stuff (both the Infantino stuff and the Adams stuff), JLA, the Flash, the odd Green Lantern; but, I loves me some Sgt rock, Enemy Ace, Unknown Soldier, M'lle Marie, War That Time Forgot, Losers, and Haunted Tank. Then there is stuff like Batt Lash, the afore-mentioned Secret Six, Doom Patrol, the Legion, Aquaman, Teen Titans. Not always consistently good, but a lot of great material there. The DC war books make it DC for the 60s, for me. The 70s are another matter. Hey, me too! And I thought I was the only one who wasn't ga-ga over Spidey and that I've been missing out on something all these years.
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Post by MDG on Mar 5, 2021 8:47:55 GMT -5
I'm giving this one to Marvel, but they had an advantage. That is, through most of the 60s, DC was content (and safe) maintaining the status quo. Marvel was the bight, shiny, upstart with nothing to lose by being different. And you gotta hand it to Stan for building a line with a distinctive voice and generating a lot of excitement. (But without opening that whole can o' worms, no way in hell he achieves that without Kirby and Ditko.)
However, once you hit '68 or so, DC starts pulling ahead again (artistically, if not commercially.)
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