The publishers themselves engaged in the rivalry … egged it on … which of course set things up for huge sales successes like 1996's DC versus Marvel and its companion Amalgam and 2003-2004's JLA/Avengers by Kurt Busiek and George Pérez when they could find their way to working with one another.ĭC versus Marvel Comics art (Image credit: Marvel Comics / DC) The point is even if by sales the rivalry has been lopsided, DC is still the publisher of the iconic Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, and Justice League, and what that rivalry with Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Avengers means to fans helped create something memorable … something fun … something special.Īnd it wasn't just comic book shop (and then message board and then social media) talk about who had the better or stronger heroes or villains. While there have been a few years in which DC sales have eclipsed Marvel sales or kept the horserace close, Marvel has been the market leader consistently, at least in sales to comic book shops.Īnd despite having a head start with iconic successes like the George Reeve Superman and Adam West TV shows, the Super Friends Saturday morning cartoon, and Christopher Reeves Superman and Michael Keaton Batman film franchises, Marvel has also come to dominate DC in terms of media adaptations of its properties in the 21st century. And like those other three traditional rivalries, one party more or less dominated the other for most of the history between them - in this case, Marvel. the Amazing Spider-Man (Image credit: DC / Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab)įor decades Marvel and DC were the Coke and Pepsi … the McDonald's and Burger King … the Yankees and Red Sox of superhero publishers. Including a new intro that was not ready in the first release, it's the "gauntlet" machine used by Mad thinker on Electro to power up him to what he is on the comic books these days.Superman vs. Many other minor balance fixes and tweaks on code for a better experience overall. Tweak on palettes 10 & 11 with weird color issues. Added new trembling frame to lighting bolt aerial Added new animation after hover mode cancel. this didn`t make the cut in the original release as intended) Added new intro - the "Gauntlet" machine, the reason why Electro's powered up in comics now. with more combos, still room for improvement. Tweak on hyper Fulldischarge helper issues Tweak on hyper chain mashing issues, works fine in any keyboard now (i hope) Revision of overall character blockstun and recover frames, not safe as anymore. Air dash cancels from basics and also it can be canceled at mid dash into airborne basics like mvsc3 Fixed and tweaked the 8 way air dash buffer for this move working properly. And 2015 starts with Electro receiving a update today with some new stuff and fixes.
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