Marvel versus DC

DC Comics and Marvel Comics are two of the biggest comic book companies out there. DC has been around for 75 plus years and Marvel has been around for about 50 plus years. Financially both companies have had their ups and downs over the years. But within the past 10 years Marvel has seen gains in profit, fans and movie production while DC has not seen the same. I have always been a fan of the way Marvel manages everything. Most of the time they get the best directors to direct theirs movies. They get the best writers and artists to come up with big events in the comic books. Over the past 10 years Marvel has had 22 movies come out in theaters while DC has only had 7 movies come out. While I could go over the list of successes and failures for Marvel’s movies I will not because the list is long. I will however go over DC’s movies. DC’s most successful movies are Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and Watchmen. The movies that were failures were Superman Returns, Green Lantern, Jonah Hex, Catwoman. Yes Marvel may have had failures with some of their movies but most have been a success. DC doesn’t know how to make many of their comic book characters successful because they do not know how to manage their characters. That is why about 9 months ago DC rebooted all (if not most) of their comic books characters. Some fans were on edge when they first heard about this and they had a right to be. With DC’s failures this was a desperate move on their part. However it was a success. DC had sales number that they have not seen in years. Most of the characters were given modern origins. With their recent success DC has still not attempted to make more movies with the exception of The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel (both of which come out later this year and next year for the latter). DC needs to stop making animated movies and concentrate their energies to making actual films because that is what has made Marvel a success in the box office. Yes Marvel has made a few animated movies but they don’t concentrate their forces into making just animated movies they spread out their forces. This is the why Marvel is succeeding where DC is failing.