So here is an essay that was written about a year ago that is slightly more bipartisan then what I've just said:
Every little boy and some little girls want to become a superhero, having beyond human abilities. Children (and some adults) are able to live vicariously through comics. D.C. and Marvel are the most popular companies that produce comics, they both have an extensive hero index. Many people claim that they prefer Marvel over D.C., but due to recent revamps that could change.
Marvel has
often been the favorite of the older crowd due to its humanistic take on
heroes. It would be impossible to find a Marvel hero without a fatal flaw. D.C.
on the other hand has, for quite some time, treated its heroes as gods, and
they even have titles reflecting that very point.
It is
believed that Marvel is more popular with the older kids because of its verity
of teen heroes. With Marvel it does not feel like you teen hero teams are being
cast out of a mold, they’re all unlike with there own strengths and weaknesses.
When you read D.C. you feel as though you’re hearing the same story over again
they even lack the individuality to create new team names, there are the Teen
Titans, Teen Titans East, the New Teen Titans, then the Teen Titans again at a
later generation. You can almost always depend that a Teen Titan teem will have
a former robin leading it, a super boy, and a speedster. Marvel has the
Runaways, the Young Avengers, and the X-men, all the heroes of these teams are
different and new.
When it
comes to choosing a universe with the most likable single characters it is the
new 52 by D.C. Of all the hundreds of heroes D.C. has done a phenomenal job in
bringing back the Red Robin in a wonderful way, he is now an ex-protje of
Batman, the new Batman comics make you fall in love with the new Robin who is
Batman’s son, and the Blue Beetle has an especially interesting comic series
with a wonderful plot. D.C. has a few good stand alone heroes such as Wolverine
but most of the heroes are on a team and only operate in a team setting this is
not what you want to read all the time.
So Marvel
and D.C. have there strong points, and with the recent revisions in D.C. it is
quite possible that D.C. will be just as much respected as Marvel, and perhaps
one day they will be more so.