Since the creation of Superman marked the dawn of the Golden Age of Comics, Marvel and DC have been locked in decades of competition. From one decade to the next, the rivals have chased each other’s success, with one typically following the trends set by the other when they needed a sales boost. While some of these have been unabashed parodies of each other, others have played it a little closer to the chest.With DC having firmly eclipsed Marvel in comic book stores, readers are more sensitive than ever about the need of one company to learn from what works for its competitor. Historically, this has come in the form of borrowing formats, story arcs and initiatives, not always direct one-to-one copies. From dark fantasy epic sagas to covert pastiche rip-offs, these prove the Big Two are at their best when they borrow from each other’s success.It was thanks to runs like New Mutants and Chris Claremont’s Uncanny X-Men that Marvel managed to steal DC’s thunder as the most energetic and striking universe in comics. To date, people still look back on the ’80s as the ultimate time to be a fan of the 616, and New Mutants fans are almost guaranteed to find what they love in the earlier Teen Titans book.
Since the creation of Superman marked the dawn of the Golden Age of Comics, Marvel and DC have been locked in decades of competition. From one decade to the next, the rivals have chased each other’s success, with one typically following the trends set by the other when they needed a sales boost. While some of these have been unabashed parodies of each other, others have played it a little closer to the chest.
With DC having firmly eclipsed Marvel in comic book stores, readers are more sensitive than ever about the need of one company to learn from what works for its competitor. Historically, this has come in the form of borrowing formats, story arcs and initiatives, not always direct one-to-one copies. From dark fantasy epic sagas to covert pastiche rip-offs, these prove the Big Two are at their best when they borrow from each other’s success.
It was thanks to runs like New Mutants and Chris Claremont’s Uncanny X-Men that Marvel managed to steal DC’s thunder as the most energetic and striking universe in comics. To date, people still look back on the ’80s as the ultimate time to be a fan of the 616, and New Mutants fans are almost guaranteed to find what they love in the earlier Teen Titans book.
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