http://emergingverticals.com/comic-clones/
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/03/...dc-first-best/
I don't know who this company is, but they've set up polls for 11 characters who have inspired 'clones' or copies at either Marvel or DC -- asking which is the best version. Marvel is losing, 4 to 7. And it's no wonder, as they also show how Marvel fans and how DC fans voted -- and Marvel fans have voted for DC characters an awful lot.
Especially on the only two characters that are original at Marvel, Namor and Man-Thing. Over half of the Marvel fans think DC did a better job at Marvel's original concepts, with Aquaman and Swamp Thing. Okay, Swamp Thing, I can see, since Alan Moore hasn't written Man-Thing, but Namor??? Really??? Marvel fans want their sea king to talk to fish and be treated as a joke???
Marvel fans also prefer:
Green Lantern Corp to Nova Corp
Catwoman to Black Cat
Superman to Hyperion (okay, this isn't surprising)
And Hawkeye is barely eeking by Green Arrow.
So what's the deal here? If you like DC's characters, better, why wouldn't you label yourself a DC fan?
Also, you can still vote here:
http://emergingverticals.com/comic-clones/