MARVEL vs. DC LOWDOWN ON THE SHOWDOWN

Top Grossing Superhero Movies

Ownership: Walt Disney Co.

Total number of Superheroes = 934

Characters in Marvel Universe ≈ 30,000

Number of live action movies = 32

Ownership: Time Warner

Total number of Superheroes = 794

Total characters in DC Universe ≈ 10,000

Number of live action movies = 25

The  Avengers  2012  -­‐  $1.5Billion  

The  Dark  Knight  2008  -­‐  $1Billion  

Iron  Man  3  2013  -­‐  $1.2B  

The  Dark  Knight  Rises  2012  -­‐  $950M  

Spider-­‐Man  3  2007  -­‐  $890M  

Spider-­‐Man  2002  -­‐  $822M  

Spider-­‐Man  2  2004  -­‐  $784M  

Batman  1989  -­‐  $411M  

Superman  Returns  2006  -­‐  $391M  

Batman  Begins  2005  -­‐  $373M  

Average  gross  for  Marvel  superhero  movies  

#1  Spider-­‐Man  103  votes  

#4  Dr.  Doom  

15  votes  

Average  gross  for  DC  superhero  movies  

#3  Daredevil  22  votes  

#1  Batman  118  votes  

#2  Superman  49  votes  

#3  The  Flash  

30  votes  

#4  Green  Lantern  25  votes  

#2  Captain  America  

43  votes  

Source:  2007  poll  conducted  by  Comic  Book  Resources  

Head To Head Match Ups

1979  Avengers  vs.  JLA    This  issue  was  aborted  due  to  editorial  disputes.    

Here  is  the  proposed  cover  art  for  the  issue  that  was  never  used.  

1976  Superman  vs.  The  Amazing  Spider-­‐Man  The  BaVle  of  the  Century    

This  was  the  first  cross-­‐over  between  the  two  comic  book  publishers.  

1996  DC  vs.  Marvel  included  11  primary  baVles  between  heroes.  The  outcomes  of  5  of  the  baVles  were  determined  by  fan  votes.      

Marvel  received  the  majority  of  votes.  

#5  The  Thing  12  votes  

#5  The  Joker  

9  votes    

©  Phil  Vickman    Sources:    Wikipedia,  IMDB,  Marvel  wikia   DC  wikia,  Comic  Book  Resources,  Investor  Place