Why Marvel Declining and DC Comics is Rising 

Throughout the decades DC comics and Marvel Comics have been in a constant rivalry with each other about who has the better story-lines and characters. This rivalry has been back and forth worldwide between many fans. However, DC comics over the last few years have been growing in popularity with films and television, now many fans are wondering why. 

“Justice League” Directed by Zack Snyder (2021) 

Quality over Quantity.  

Marvel has been producing an average of eight movies and television series every year since 2020. How DC Comics has made 11 films excluding Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, and the only television series they have produced was “Peacemaker” (2022) since 2013. Although DC comics live action films in the start have been heavily critiqued like “Batman V. Superman,” “Suicide Squad” (2016) and “Justice League” (2017). However, in 2019 and beyond they have focused more on quality films like the Snyder cut of the justice league in 2021, “Shazam” (2019) and “Batman” (2022) etc. So far, many DC comics recent films have by well received by the fans. The story has told good stories as well as service the fans by giving them their favorite characters and bests moments from the comic books.  

“The Suicide Squad” (2021) 

Work instead of Entertainment  

The Marvel cinematic universe has 26 movies and 8 television shows on their streaming service Disney plus to watch to be fully caught up with them. That is over 3000 minutes (about 2 days) of content to watch. At first it will be fun then after a while it will just get boring, and it will lose its excitement. If you were to get confused about certain events, you will have to re-watch certain films or go to YouTube and watch videos explaining them. At a certain point this will seem like doing math homework instead of exploring a comic book. The DC comics extended universe has 12 proprieties to watch if you wanted to binge watch all the films and television shows it would not harm you watching experience for example “The Batman” (2022) is separate from the main timeline, however you could still understand the events of the film. Even if you watch more connected films in the DCEU such as “Justice League” (2021) directed by Zack Snyder. “Justice League” (2021) is somewhat of a direct sequel of “Batman V. Superman” (2016), you would not be completely surprised and confused about the of the previous film. The connection between films in the DCEU does not make or break their films, however it adds to the enjoyment of their cinematic universe.  

“Black Adam” (2022) 

Furthermore, DC comics extended universe has risen from the Marvel Cinematic universe continuous over-saturation content marvel properties that “subpar” in the eyes of marvel fans. has given the DCEU the opportunity to develop and increase the quality of their films. While marvel stayed stagnant over these last few years. The DCEU has been taking a step back and truly developing their films, especially with the new “Black Adam “film that was released in October of this year. The positive reviews from these films prove that the DCEU is now prioritizing the enjoyment of their fans.