MARVEL

Marvel was first created in 1961 by president of the company, Stan Lee. It has grown from one superhero group to countless superheros, such as Spiderman, Ironman, Captain America and Hulk. Marvel has made over 20 movies and over four billion dollars, not including all their other merchandise. Also, in almost every Marvel movie, Stan Lee has made a short, funny cameo interacting with the main characters, giving him more publicity and fame. Some of their most popular movies have been Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Many students at LHS prefer Marvel. Junior Cayden Chapman is one of them.

“I like Marvel because it makes better movies with high quality CGI,” Chapman said.

Sophomore Shelby Erickson also likes Marvel more than DC because it has more diverse characters and they all come together and intertwine in the end.

DC

While some people like Marvel, others like DC more. DC was created in 1934 by company president Malcolm-Wheeler Nicholson. It’s first superhero, and one of the first superheroes ever created, was Superman. DC Universe has also grown over the many years in it’s existence. It has made over 30 movies. It has not brought in as much money as Marvel has, according to Box Office Mojo, but it is still popular with a lot of people, including LHS students.

“I like DC more than Marvel because DC has a better fan base and a more deep story to their heros,” said freshman Jayden Hayes. “With everything that they do, there are Easter eggs/foreshadowing making you want to know more about it.”

Freshman Karrel Simpson also likes DC over Marvel because he thinks that all Marvel super heroes make their own suits and don’t really have superpowers.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR VS BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

Two of the most famous comic-turned-movies from each company is Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War and DC’s Superman VS Batman: Dawn of Justice. Each movie has made over 900 million according to Box Office Mojo, and both are very popular.

“I think Captain America: Civil War had the better plotline and I enjoyed the movie very much because of the fight scene in the airport. Also because the story was indepth,” said Hayes. “But I really enjoyed Superman VS Batman, because the movie itself was pretty good, but whenever they released the ultimate edition, it made the movie make more sense. It added another layer to the depth it already had. It added more to each fight scene. It made each piece of dialogue more important.”

Super Jays

Both companies are planning to make more movies about bringing all the heros together, Marvel making Avengers: Infinity War pt. 1 and 2, and DC is going to make The Justice League. When asked what his superhero name would be and what his powers would be, Simpson said that his name would be Dark Chocolate, and his power would be superspeed.