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Name: Mark Stewart
Bio: I returned to collecting comics in August 2009. I had been a reader and collector up until 1995, but it was the chance purchase of the comics edition of "Philosophy Today" that returned me to our magnificent medium. Now I collect Silver and Bronze Age: Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Thor, Avengers, Batman, Detective Comics and Action Comics, along with Modern Age: Wolverine, X-Men, Action Comics, and DC crossover titles like '52'. I try to stay current with the happenings of both the DC and Marvel universes and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll sometimes read TPBs from the local library. I've also recently started a blog on comics. The address is listed below.Jack Kirby remains my favourite artist and I'll buy anything of his I can get my hands on. www.whatevergodstherebe.blogspot.com
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When I started reading and collecting last year it was, again, mostly Marvel. Not X-Men so much as Marvel Cosmic going back to the Silver Age. However, when I chanced upon an inexpensive bin copy of Countdown to Infinite Crisis, I bought it and really, really enjoyed what I read. This took me the wider DC universe and I've since enjoyed (to varying degrees) back issues of Action Comics, Batman, Green Lantern and cross-overs like Infinite Crisis, 52, Villains United, New Frontier, etc. I’m still a little behind with the larger DC meta-narrative (Identity Crisis and 52 would have been impossible without the DC wiki) but so far, so good.
So, all in all, I have to say that both companies are very good and have lots to offer the fan of sequential art. Some people above have mentioned how DC is prone to god-like characters while Marvel is better at producing flawed heroes. To an extent, I agree with this assessment and I’ve always appreciated the angst of a Marvel character like Silver Surfer or Wolverine. However, it is also sometimes just FUN to watch too immortals (Black Adam v. Superman) kick the proverbial crap out of each other!
Being primarily a Silver and Bronze Age collector, I'm still more inclined to go with Marvel. Superman, Batman or World’s Finest in the 60s can’t hold a candle to FF, Thor or the Avengers. But now-a-days I'll continue to pick up TPBs, GNs and back issues from both Universes and will always believe that healthy competition between the two companies only makes our medium more interesting.