DC comics ceases to be a credible competitor to Marvel

[Captain Nostalgia]

Aka, a troll. Nothing but a troll.

Mmmm.....no. Not worth the ban.

[married guy]

Dude. He just told you why what you said is false. Just because a company is number one in any given industry doesn't mean that it doesn't have competition. In order to have "no competition," Marvel would have to have either a literal or virtual monopoly on the comic book industry. And, given the fact that DC and Marvel, for several decades, have maintained near equal shares of the market means that Marvel, well, does not have a monopoly on the comic book market..because DC's got another sizable chunk of it and is therefore competing with Marvel. That's just basic fact.

I could continue this, but won't.
Let's leave it with: we have a very different interpretation of the word compete.

[Green Goblin of Sector 2814]

I could continue this, but won't.
Let's leave it with: we have a very different interpretation of the word compete.

Yes. And no offense, but ours just happens to be the factual one. I mean, Stan Lee himself even referred to DC as "the Distinguished Competition.”

[thwhtGuardian]

I could continue this, but won't.
Let's leave it with: we have a very different interpretation of the word compete.

Yes, one is weird made up definition in your head...and the other is the one that literally everyone else in the world knows and uses.

[WebLurker]

Why are some people so desperate to believe that DC is failing?

[skyvolt2000]

Why are some people so desperate to believe that DC is failing?

To justify whatever agendas they may have.

Mainly investing or trying certain stuff with CERTAIN characters is bad for business.

[Sandy Hausler]

Yes. And no offense, but ours just happens to be the factual one. I mean, Stan Lee himself even referred to DC as "the Distinguished Competition.”

He also referred to them as Brand Echs.

[TheRay]

Also, as a business, DC is basically expected to experience troughs and peaks cyclically.

[charliehustle415]

Oops, sorry wrong thread

[TheRay]

According to my research, this past February was the first time in quite sometime Marvel and DC even acknowledged each others’ existence.

[LAWtoyoto 432]

Unpopular Opinions:

My weakness as a comics reader is that I’ve been doing this so long that bigger heroes bore me fast and I become instantly attached to just about any C/D-list character I meet, read all their appearances, and then be mad that they’re so cool and no one else seems to notice

[gambit2051]

The thing is regarding sales, we just don't have accurate numbers. That's the way it is now and that's the way it's always been. Actual sales figures aren't made public so we don't actually know how much DC is generating in revenue and we don't even know what the costs of running the business is.

And it's important to note that there was a time that DC wasn't even second to Marvel. In the early to mid-90s, Image was a firm number two (2) to Marvel and DC wasn't shuttered.

Point is, if DC wasn't doing well enough to survive, WB would have shut it down by now. Period. They don't have to keep DC comics to maintain their copyrights (there are other ways to keep characters published that doesn't involve running an entire comics line). For DC to still be around in their current form, it means they are doing well enough to keep themselves afloat and thriving.

Since DC and WB are public companies, MOST of those Monetary Value Totals are made available for Potential Shareholders....so....yeah....while they might hid specific Sales numbers, they openly report how their various teams do in several Monetary Values....

Else, THEY WOULD HAVE NO SHAREHOLDERS....

Edit: This might be addressed after comment #117, but I held my fingers back enough at this point lol

[skyvolt2000]

Since DC and WB are public companies, MOST of those Monetary Value Totals are made available for Potential Shareholders....so....yeah....while they might hid specific Sales numbers, they openly report how their various teams do in several Monetary Values....

Else, THEY WOULD HAVE NO SHAREHOLDERS....

Edit: This might be addressed after comment #117, but I held my fingers back enough at this point lol

You are correct.

I would suspect the actual numbers for DC comics would be lumped in with something else like the novels and OGns. Since I think some of those positions share the same duties. At least the assistant editors do.

[TheRay]

Isn’t it entirely possible that any metric you could use to measure Marvel vs DC would be different each month and, therefore, not reliable at all?

[Crazy Diamond]

Unpopular Opinions:

My weakness as a comics reader is that I’ve been doing this so long that bigger heroes bore me fast and I become instantly attached to just about any C/D-list character I meet, read all their appearances, and then be mad that they’re so cool and no one else seems to notice

The best part is when you find out about their comic only for it to get cancelled as soon as you start reading it... then wonder why no one knew about this book.