DC versus marvel comics

 

Today I had the good luck of stumbling upon a piece of comicness that I feel I was really missing out on. A big crossover brawler. I don't think its something you go and seek out. Its big and dumb and more than a little bit silly. Despite that I think if your a fan of super hero comics I think its something you'll want to read at some point in your lives. That piece of comicness I found today day was marvel vs dc comics. And damn son. That was some awesome shite. Ayes I have this feeing in the back of my head this isn't the best of the marvel/ dc cross overs. That's fine likes. I'm sure ill get to that at some point. For now lets take a look at this properly fighting gamey cosmic cross over.

 

The 90s likes. Have I mentioned how the 90s are the perfect form of reality ? The utopian age of man all right. Not necessarily for comics. To be fair. The 90s are generally regarded as the dark age of comics. A time ware every hero got a touch of the grim dark and became more shoulder pad and pouch than man. Course there were gems here and there but its likely 90s comics will always be remembered for there shiteness. There always gid for a laugh though. has to be said. Also there was this hole comics crash thing caused by people buying too many shite comics thinking it would be an investment for the future. Its all very bizarre to our modern eyes. Or not. Depending on how things go in the current age of comics. Point is the 90s will be remembered as a pretty bad time for comics over all. Comics did start to get better though. That latter half of the decade has a rich vain of fine comics. They have this vibe likes. This good vibe. Much less grim dark and over all happier. Better made is what I'm probably trying to get at. Forerunners of the modern age of comics. Now marvel vs dc is not quite all that. But it definitely has seeds of that in bedded in it.

 

Plot wise the marvel and dc universe's are actually two dudes. Vast crazy cosmic concept gods who hate each others guts. They fought each other until they wiped everything out and restarted existence leavening them with no memory of the other. Events kick off when they remember but instead of dukeing it out again they chose champions from there respective universe's to fight it out for the right to exist. An with that the heroes of the dc and marvel universe have to battle each other or risk non existence.

 

See. Vast cosmic stuff. Its really a lot of fun. Sure aye there's one basic problem in its a big crossover ware the heroes just fight each other but its done in such away ware most of the fights are really friendlies than tooth and nail conflicts and there's enough banter to sustain it. Aye the winner of the fights was decided by public ballet. Its dumb but just roll with it. It dosent spoil the fun too much. Now the fights are nicely entertaining but id say the books main achievement is the interaction between the different heroes. Particularly in the first two issues before the fighting properly kicks off. The sheer vibe of ben reilly as spider-man hanging out with the joker. Being pals. Its something special likes. Its that kind of thing ill remember about this book. Stuff like J jonah jameson being the new chief of the daily planet. Bossing Clark kent around. Actually as a rule jameson's a gid guy to follow for awesomeness. Point is I enjoyed the banter more than the actual fights.

Not to say the fights are bad likes. There just all that meaty. Not that id want fights between heroes to be all that meaty. The fights in Dc vs marvel don't provide the all time definitive version of the who would win in a fight scenario. Sadly id have to say the 90s are one of the culprit's in that. See the heroes here aren't the big bold classic version's of themselves. Naw. There the 90s versions. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing. Most of the then current versions are fun and some are fairly unchanged form there iconic selves. Its just in the hulk vs superman fight your not getting the glorious man of tomorrow vs the savages hulking monster. Your getting mullet man vs fun Bruce banner in charge party hulk. Its not sucky likes. Far from it. It might just not be what your expecting to get out of this. To be fair at its core this book is about awesomeness. Because holy fuck. Superman vs the hulk ! Batman vs captain America ! Thor vs captain marvel ! No matter how dumb you think fighting events are. Those are some big beautiful concepts right there. Thor is a bit of a cunt though. Not sure what they were trying to do with him during the 90s. Not sure I want to know. Aquaman more than makes up for him though. He only really appears for his fight with the submariner. But damn. The sheer ladness generated is just wonderful.

Now the foreword of the trade says that they wanted to give the public more than just a fist fight. the result of that may be what this crossover is remembered or forgotten for depending on what your feelings on it are. The amalgam universe. It was totes a thing. During the course of the plot the dc and marvel universe are fused into one. Merging separate heroes into one. Its both quite nifty and very silly. That's a nice balance. Let me tell you though its damn weird to find an amalgam comic out of context. I did in my youth. Weirded me the fuck out. Like. Its batman. But he's also wolverine. What's that all about ! Well its because of this cross over. AND KNOW YOU KNOW ! From the little iv seen of it I have to say that I quite like it. Its this weird cross company thing that just exists. Like its just there. You'll probably find it in discount book shops if your as lucky/ unlucky as me.

 

Aye so this wee event has its flaws. Its both awesome and sad that its from the 90s. Its not necessarily the icon versions of the characters your getting but there's genuinely entertaining banter to be found here. And really. Its marvel vs dc ! What more do you want !