Marvel or DC?

The Marvel and DC universes have rivaled the other for decades, each trying to one-up the other with amazing comics and mind-blowing movies. With its more universal audience, bold design, and ability to change, Marvel has blown DC’s calm atmosphere and newly found dark side completely out of the water.

While both comic franchises appeal to superhero fans young and old, it’s safe to say that Marvel has appealed to the current state society is in. With controversial changes to some iconic heroes, such as the latest Spiderman being Hispanic and Ms. Marvel now being Muslim, you can clearly tell that Marvel is doing all it can to have heroes of all races. On top of that, one of Marvel’s superheroes, Northstar, has been announced gay in 1992. As gay marriage was legalized in New York in 2011, Northstar made yet another controversial comeback, only this time to be wed. On the contrary, DC has made quite the few changes itself. It not only created heroes that appealed to the minorities, but they have made storylines more graphic and dark, unappealing to families and children.

Since both franchises are targeting to adults, teens and children, you can tell that both websites will try to keep all age groups in a loop. But on the homepage, you can get a hint that both Marvel and DC are mainly focusing on two age groups: teens and adults. But on a happier note, Marvel does have a page dedicated to kids, but as for DC, they only have a page dedicated to nothing but families, only catering to their needs of clothing and movies suitable for them to watch.

The design for both websites will obviously blow your mind. Marvel welcomes you to strategically placed vibrant red, black and white on it’s homepage, making your brain jump from picture to picture, curious to see what’s next. With its latest comic releases, recent additions to Netflix, and promotions for its latest box office hit, Thor: A Dark World, the vast majority of its content will be appealing to those of the age demographic stated before. However, the last movable tab is dedicated to anyone who watches The Amazing Spiderman. With bold text, you’re immersed into a world with everything desperately calling for your attention. The text contrasts with the brilliant design, making you want to eat everything with your eyes.

Marvel has a kind of problem with the way the homepage is setup. It is full of the latest movie info, but it has a severe lack of basic comic needs. You have to navigate to the comics page to get all the latest info you need.

In contrast, DC’s homepage has more of a serene design to it. Instead of a bright, vivid color, they’ve opted to use a nice soothing blue. They’ve also decided to use normal sized text gently easing you into what they have in store. Another thing about the DC website has that is completely different than that of Marvel’s is that it holds true to giving its visitors all the latest comic info manageable.

A significant difference between these two websites is their menu for site navigation. Neither of them of major drop down selections, but Marvel has pictures to show their media apps and show visitors anything related to social media. On the flip side, DC gives separate new for three groups: fans, family, and press. Another setback on DC’s homepage is the many different pages that consist of DC entirely. With the many faces of DC, you begin to wonder which part of the DC website is what you really want to look into.

The smallest details in both websites can play the most important of roles. Simply enough, both websites have a navigation system that’s fast and reliable. DC is fully capable of bringing you exactly what you need, but for Marvel, if you keep searching through the heroes, you may end up with a blank page or two. Another thing to look at here is the amount of advertising. Both sites don’t have a significant amount, but when it comes to this factor, DC has more ads. Another thing about both sites is that their scrolling features depend on the page, but overall, you have to brace yourselves for long pages.

Other than that, both websites are fully functional and worth visiting. They give you what you seek after a few seconds of searching and actually knowing what you need to look for. With minimal ads and a design that’ll suck you in, you’re in for a treat. But if you’re looking for something with more diversity, then go to Marvel. You’ll have a wide selection, but if you’re looking for info on the character itself, sorry, but you won’t be successful there.

If you’re someone who goes for information on what you need and info on some of your favorite superheroes, then DC is your best bet. You’re given information about the heroes you love, also gazing deeper into the world of comic books. It’s not entirely “kid-friendly” unless you dig through all the amazing things for teens and adults. DC doesn’t change like the multi-faced/personas in Marvel, so be aware of that.

Another thing you might want to look at is how much of the content you’re actually getting. Marvel basically highlights all of the important things, but DC manages to get everything it thinks you would find important out there. Marvel wants you to know what THEY think you should know.

If I was able to have the last say, then both will be the victors of this review. I’ll recommend DC even though you have to dig through the website just to find something kid friendly. If you’re not a kid, then everything that website has to offer will be enough to satisfy your superhero needs. There are ads that are completely irrelevant to the site itself, but DC gives what the fans want. It gives you a nice, soothing display of colors and info that you’d want to go and tell your comic book friends about.

 I even feel the same way about Marvel. You get your family friendly information and then have to dig about you’re really interested in. With its lack of info on your favorite heroes, you’ll get decent info as to which comic books they’ll appear in or if they’re getting their own movie. They even have membership plans for fans, which is something that DC does not provide. You get all you need and then some, but all in all, both tickle the fancies of superhero fans alike. It’s only a matter of opinion as to which site to go to.