Access (Axel Asher) is owned by both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He made his first appearance in DC Versus Marvel #1 (February, 1996), a special crossover between the two companies. He was intended both as a way to explain the events of the story as well as a means to enable more such crossovers in the future.
The “Amalgam Age” omnibus includes crossovers from a 1996 collaborative effort between DC and Marvel called the Amalgam universe. The collaboration combined popular characters from the two companies into new superheroes like Dark Claw, a combination of Wolverine and Batman.
Most often, Marvel makes references to DC's biggest characters, like Batman and Superman, but creatives aren't afraid to make the same jokes all the fans are thinking as well. It's all good fun, especially for the readers who notice them.
DC Comics, and the television series and films based off of them, apparently exists in the Marvel Universe, and other realities in the Multiverse. In X-Force #26, Rictor watches a television show featuring Batman and the Penguin.
The Avengers stand as one of the flagship teams of Marvel Comics, uniting many of the company's best heroes, like Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor. On Earth-8, DC created their mirror image of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, The Retaliators, composed of heroes like Machinehead, American Crusader, and Behemoth.
The DC Universe's version of Marvel's Thanos is a lower-tier villain than Darkseid, called Mongul. The tyrant ruler of Warworld isn't usually the villain that gets compared to the Mad Titan, but he's arguably a closer match.
The Marvels will feature Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel as the MCU's Superman, complete with strong opponents and a role as protector. The success of Carol Danvers in the MCU shows that DC can take a similar approach with its new Superman, learning from past mistakes.
That said, he was deep into his career before getting a role for Marvel or DC. DC came calling first, casting him as Perry White of the Daily Planet in Man of Steel. After two DC movies, Fishburne moved to Marvel to play Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Access (Axel Asher) is owned by both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He made his first appearance in DC Versus Marvel #1 (February, 1996), a special crossover between the two companies. He was intended both as a way to explain the events of the story as well as a means to enable more such crossovers in the future.
DC was first by nearly 5 years. The biggest impact on comics is more difficult. There is no doubt that More Fun comics was the first “real” comic book.
While DC has nothing to do with Spider-Man, one superhero is owned by both DC and Marvel - Access (Axel Asher) who can traverse both Marvel and DC Universe.
Marvel takes the tiebreaker, and with the win for best heroes, Optic crowns Marvel as the superior franchise. DC has icons like Batman and Superman, but Marvel's heroes like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Spiderman are superior.
By most accounts, Superman seemingly outclasses Thor in terms of raw strength, especially in earlier versions of the DC Universe. He's pulled planets, punched people into orbit, and performed all sorts of wild feats of strength.
While Thanos might have the brute strength to defeat Thor, for example, it's a different matter when it comes to the Big Blue Boy Scout. That's because Superman remains much more powerful than Thanos — meaning that, in a straight fight, the former is bound to take the latter down.
The special crossover miniseries pitted Marvel Comics superheroes against their DC counterparts in battle. The outcome of each battle was determined by reader ballot, which were distributed in advance to comic book stores. In February 2024, it was announced that the crossovers would be published in an omnibus edition.
DC's Damage Took Marvel's Hulk Formula and Added an Interesting Twist. At first glance, Damage appears to be DC's version of Marvel's classic Hulk, but there is a twist that sets this version of the monster apart. The world of comics is no stranger to the rage monster formula.
Viking Prince is DC's version of Thor. Both are rooted in Norse mythology, and both have ties to Odin. Both Thor and the Viking Prince are warriors of high integrity and courage and both are invulnerable; however, the Prince is a mortal and can be killed.
Created by Dan DiDio, Justin Jordan, and Kenneth Rocafort, Sideways was literally meant to be DC's version of Spider-Man. He was prominent during the "New Age of DC Heroes" line, which introduced several DC characters who were blatant parallels for certain Marvel heroes.
Marvel's Deadpool Has Made Several Appearances in DC Comics - Here's How. Deadpool's popularity has allowed him to transcend copyright laws and appear within DC Comics thanks to three parody characters.
General Glory is the name of two DC Comics characters. The persona is mostly used by writers as a parody of Marvel's Captain America with exaggerated "patriotic values" and a sidekick called Ernie (aka Ernie The Battling Boy), who was similar to Bucky.
As a character, Daredevil takes the title of Marvel's Batman. As the years have gone on, the hero's rogues gallery has come to resemble some of Batman's, especially as he shares some enemies with Spider-Man.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's undersea hero, and just as often villain, is one of the publisher's first two major characters. He is often called “Marvel's Aquaman,” but the truth is, he appeared a full two years before DC's King of Atlantis.
