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Marvel vs. DC was a 1997 comic book mini-series by DC Comics and Marvel. The plot was that two "Brothers" personify the universes that comics fans know as DC and Marvel. After becoming aware of the other's existence, the brothers challenge each other to a series of duels involving each universe's respective superheroes.
In the world of [rival DC Comics'] Superman comic books, communism did not exist. Superman rarely crossed national borders or involved himself in political disputes. [37] From 1962 to 1965, there were more communists [in Marvel Comics] than on the subscription list of Pravda.
The Modern Age of Comic Books is a period in the history of American superhero comic books which began in 1985 and continues through the present day. [1] [2] During approximately the first 15 years of this period, many comic book characters were redesigned, creators gained prominence in the industry, independent comics flourished, and larger publishing houses became more commercialized.
An easternized influence is more evident in most Marvel Comics literature, while DC Comics are exaggerated, under-influenced or sustained into the belief of comical parodies; e.g. the story-line of the alien, Monstergirl, and her affluent life-style as a teenage recluse who turns into a monster or the purpose of Asmodel, an angelic inter ...
Fawcett's circulation director Roscoe Kent Fawcett recalled telling the staff, "Give me a Superman, only have his other identity be a 10- or 12-year-old boy rather than a man." [17] Through much of the Golden Age of Comic Books, Captain Marvel proved to be the most popular superhero character of the medium, and his comics outsold all others.
Named Earth-692 in Marvel Encyclopedia: Fantastic Four (2004). Renamed Earth-9602 in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes (2005). Named Earth-496 in The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia (2015). Marvel Comics versus DC #3 (April 1996) Crossover Earth (Earth-7642) [21] Pre-Crisis
Marvel Studios may be chairman of the billion-dollar blockbuster club, but when it comes to comic-book-themed video games, DC Entertainment is starting to look untouchable. Following the huge ...
The concept of a universe and a multiverse in which the fictional stories take place was loosely established during the Golden Age of Comic Books (1938–1956). With the publication of All-Star Comics #3 in 1940, the first crossover between characters occurred with the creation of the Justice Society of America (JSA), which presented the first superhero team with characters appearing in other ...