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1. MARVEL vs. DC
LOWDOWN ON THE SHOWDOWN
Top Grossing
Superhero Movies
Ownership: Walt Disney Co.
Total number of Superheroes = 934
Characters in Marvel Universe ≈ 30,000
Number of live action movies = 32
Ownership: Time Warner
Total number of Superheroes = 794
Total characters in DC Universe ≈ 10,000
Number of live action movies = 25
The
Avengers
2012
-­‐
$1.5Billion
The
Dark
Knight
2008
-­‐
$1Billion
Iron
Man
3
2013
-­‐
$1.2B
The
Dark
Knight
Rises
2012
-­‐
$950M
Spider-­‐Man
3
2007
-­‐
$890M
Spider-­‐Man
2002
-­‐
$822M
Spider-­‐Man
2
2004
-­‐
$784M
Batman
1989
-­‐
$411M
Superman
Returns
2006
-­‐
$391M
Batman
Begins
2005
-­‐
$373M
Average
gross
for
Marvel
superhero
movies
#1
Spider-­‐Man
103
votes
#4
Dr.
Doom
15
votes
Average
gross
for
DC
superhero
movies
#3
Daredevil
22
votes
#1
Batman
118
votes
#2
Superman
49
votes
#3
The
Flash
30
votes
#4
Green
Lantern
25
votes
#2
Captain
America
43
votes
Source:
2007
poll
conducted
by
Comic
Book
Resources
Head To Head
Match Ups
1979
Avengers
vs.
JLA
This
issue
was
aborted
due
to
editorial
disputes.
Here
is
the
proposed
cover
art
for
the
issue
that
was
never
used.
1976
Superman
vs.
The
Amazing
Spider-­‐Man
The
BaVle
of
the
Century
This
was
the
first
cross-­‐over
between
the
two
comic
book
publishers.
1996
DC
vs.
Marvel
included
11
primary
baVles
between
heroes.
The
outcomes
of
5
of
the
baVles
were
determined
by
fan
votes.
Marvel
received
the
majority
of
votes.
#5
The
Thing
12
votes
#5
The
Joker
9
votes
©
Phil
Vickman
Sources:
Wikipedia,
IMDB,
Marvel
wikia
DC
wikia,
Comic
Book
Resources,
Investor
Place