Marvel v DC: Don't make me choose

We all like to get a bit tribal sometimes, and stand with our clan, but I never really got the point of blindly siding with one comic company over another. They all go through good periods and bad, but I'm not going to ignore great comics just because of the publisher.

So I was never a Marvel Zombie or a Johnny DC, I was always a bit of both, because it always felt so limiting to confine myself to one. There were times when I was reading one company more than the other, but that was just because that publisher happened to be putting out more things I was interested in, and it's never been lop-sided in any way since I was a little kid.

Sure, Batman rules, but Spider-Man is cool too. When the big Marvel v DC crossover happened in the 90s, it was all about who could win in a fight, and led to some really dumb storytelling (don't ask the fans what they want, for crying out loud), instead of celebrating the differences between the universes. 

Like a lot of the worst nerd culture that we struggle with in 2025, this has spread from the comics to infect other media, and fans of superhero movies can be so desperate to be true to their school that they refuse to acknowledge that any Marvel film can be any good, or that one of the DC universe(s) films could possibly have any merit.

You can like one thing without shitting over everybody else's vibe. It's really easy. 

Besides, when the management at both companies can act like complete shits - and make no mistake, I think the head honchos at DC have never been more cowardly than they have been in the past week - it's the talent involved in making the film that matters, and the story they are trying to tell, not the ultimate owner of the intellectual property. There's no automatic path to greatness, and swinging both ways is always more fun.