Marvel And DC Comics

Marvel

      Ever since 1939, Marvel or Marvel Comics have taken  it's place as one of the worlds most famous industries, creating content such as: comics, films, books, merchandise and much more. From the beginning, where it was originally called Timely Productions, to the 1950s where it's name had changed to Atlas Comics, and finally  to present day where it has taken over the film industry under the ownership of Disney. Originally, Marvel Comics was firstly found by Martin Goodman, until Stan Lee took control after his success within his published comic books. Stan Lee created many comics such as: Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk. He also created Spider-Man, which publisher believed would be extremely unpopular due to the fact a lot of people dislike spiders, therefore they won't like spider man. However, Spider-Man turned out to be Marvels most important asset. Although, nothing could compare to the popularity of the Marvel Films, which have been released recently, including more to come. This includes one of the worlds most popular films, Avengers: Age Of Ultron which earned Marvel $1,405,035,767 worldwide. This is Marvels most famous film, and acts as Marvels IP(intellectual property) meaning this is Marvels main asset. The difference Marvel compared to DC, is that Marvel sets there story lines, in real places, for example: the most used setting is New York city, which is the setting for many popular superheroes such as: Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Avengers. Since the start of Marvels film industry, starting with Iron Man 1(2008), Marvel has spread their audience, to a much older age group, due to the fact, recently in their films they have inserted gags, swear words, innuendos, and mature violence. As well as all this, Marvel has multiple TV shows: Marvel: Agents Of Shield, and Agent Carter. Despite the fact, these aren't as popular as the films and comics, they both have still attracted a significant amount of people to the franchise. Overall, Marvel is a worldwide phenomenon, and remains as one of the worlds most powerful industries, with still more films to come, including 'Phase Three' of the Marvel Film Universe.

DC Comics

     Dc Comics is an American company which specializes in the Superhero genre, as well as Marvel. It was founded in the late 1939 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. DC has created many comic books, films, and TV shows. Recently, DC Comics is probably at it's highest point, as films such as: Batman vs. Superman, Suicide Squad are soon to be released, as well as the currently running TV-Shows, on the CW Network: Arrow(Season 4) and The Flash(Season 2), and Supergirl(Season 1).  DC Comics is a company owned by Warner Bros, which itself was owned by Time Warner. DC's most intellectual property, is most likely Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, including: Batman Begins(2005), The Dark Knight(2008), and The Dark Knight Rises(2012). These 3 films are DC's most popular films, especially The Dark Knight(2008) which has a reputation for being one of the greatest films of all time. DC is an industry mainly aimed at older audiences, considering there is a lot more mature violence, mature language, and a lot more darker and sinister characters(The Joker, Two Face). As well as that, there aren't as many heroes in the DC Universe, who don't actually have super powers, and therefore are vigilantes, this includes: Batman and The Green Arrow. This is also the same for the villains. Unlike Marvel, DC story lines are set in fictional places: Gotham, Metropolis, Central and Starling City. DC still remains as a strong industry with great films, and superior TV shows.