This will no doubt be a worse battle then the whole Ninja pirate thing

I like both, but grew up on Marvel.
I like some of DC's characters better (Capt.Marvel Capt. Atom etc.)
but Marvel has better storylines and is grittier.

DC is great and all as it gave us Batman and Dark Horse is as well because it gave us Hellboy and I believe that Hellblazer is under its umbrella as well. However, Iron Man is my FAVORITE comic book character of all time, which means Marvel wins it hands down. Not to mention, Marvel's teams and pairings are infinitely cooler than the crap that DC publishes. Justice League and Teen Titans are just terrible attempts at fan service.

Image, on the other hand, only produces total crap. The ONLY contribution that Rob Liefield has EVER made to the comic book industry; EVER is Deadpool and even he has become way too popular for his own good...Which is really strange considering that he's an exact copy of Deathstroke. You should have thrown in IDW as they're a pretty decent independent publisher; the one I've been mulling over sending my stuff to for quite some time now.

I went DC but immediately felt remorse...... Marvel is another great and I wanna vote both. I feel cheated that I couldn't.

SH- I like the avatar

So it is Vertigo! My bad.

DC just met a spot of redemption. I have no idea why I believed it to be Dark Horse.

Dark horse does all the Star wars comics too
and the Buffy season 8
while IDW does the Angel: after the fall

@Adavis: Yeah....I work outta the home....IN THE NUDE! (Carl Reference)

@All: well when I was growing up DC was tackling things like Alien invasions & stuff like Superman VS Mohamed Ali, but marvel (paticularly Iron man) was dealing with corp. Takeovers & hostile third world villains & East & west Germany (the Living Laser sold out & was a treasonist) & Soviet hostility (Dynamo & Titanium man) etc.

Most of those stories were written by John Romitta Jr. too, the same guy who invented KICK ASS! which is why it pisses me off so badly when people don't support the whole Movie tie-in. I grew up with the guys work & he had a huge influence on my life.

So...yeah. Marvel

I had to go DC. They have Batman and thats all I need to know about that. Plus the All Start Squadron was always one of the best! 80's JLA International and of course Capt. Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew.

Sorry, everything else just pales by comparison.

I also realize now that Vertigo does "Preacher"
which is IMHO the single best series of the '90s
but I'll stick with my vote of Marvel because I think they put out the best stuff on a consistent basis as opposed to the once in a while of everyone else

I voted "Other" because I don't have a preference, as long as it's good.

@TT: I don't base it solely on that but am honored by it. And sorry I took you're thread off track without realizing it.

Back on track, one of the things DC has had going for it in my book is Capt.Marvel....but wouldn't that fall under other? FAWCET invented Cap, DC just bought them. Does that count???IDK.


Dark Horse Godzilla kicked serious ass.

Honestly, I will have to go with Marvel. And here is why.
Yes, DC is the more senior publisher. I think though that Marvel did do a heck of a job staying somewhat independent of a major studio. DC has been known to flex with the times where as Marvel did a lot of ground breaking stuff. They even were able to recover greatly after the 90's era of marketing gimmick garbage, which I think is what sunk them hardcore. I think it took longer for DC to realize they need content before Marvel did. Marvel had always been about compelling stories (before the 90's and those blasted mutant stories).
Personally, I go for whatever I think is a great story. Sometimes its DC and sometimes its Marvel. I am curretly digging Captain American and anything Zombie. On the flip side, I am buying Blackest Night. But when I buy paper backs, its usually something of DC because they tend to make more self contained stories than Marvel. Oh, and anything Lobo. I love that Bastich. In independents my favorite is Usagi Yojimbo. It was Invincible but I lost track.

I really feel like the Marvel Universe has better stories and deeper characters. I don't know if it is just me, but DC has always felt shallow to me. With the exception of DC's Vertigo line and Batman, I've never really been content with the writing of them or the depth of the storyline. Sure, Batman by far has the best cast of Supervillains around, but Marvel really uses comics to delve deep into places comics usually don't go.

Iron Man was my first passion from comics, followed closely by X-Men. Sure he's an asshole and a chauvinist, but the man built a freaking amazing suit. He's very rogue, and I think he has a lot more too him than people think, just like Captain America (honestly I was torn during Civil War). I still think that Tony's alcohol problem really speaks to what Marvel can do with a character.

I feel slightly bad, because I do think Vertigo gets out some really good stuff. Undeniably good stuff. But I just cannot forgive DC's whole "Zero Hour" thing. Parallax, really? Really sad writing there. But alas.

I harbor a liking of Dark Horse. They have a lot of good stuff, and let's face it, they publish the Serenity comics. And anything that helps to get my Firefly fill on has to be a good thing.

Marvel, 'nuff said.

Which company do you perfer.non mainstream companies welcome.

There's already a poll about this
http://www.therlsh.net/voting-booth-f13/which-publisher-t1947.htm

I used to own a lot more Marvel graphic novels than DC, back before I sold most of them.