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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8224587" data-attributes="member: 3400">Generally, yes, I think it's true. Marvel characters have been more relatable, in general, than the DC heroes. I think DC has come a long way since the Silver Age in relatability but they had to move there while Marvel staked out that territory early and continues to work it.And it's not just Spider-Man. Marvel comics have tended toward having characters with regular foibles - Spider-Man worries about money, true, but the Fantastic Four bicker like family, Hawkeye's a pill when not in charge of things, the X-Men are the targets of prejudice and bigotry, and the people around them sometimes die because they fail (Gwen Stacy, I'm looking at you) or they commit suicide (Jean Grey v1.0) to save the world. Maybe it's because the Silver Age DC heroes soldiered through or originated in the cornball 1950s, but I think they had to play a lot of catch-up.Even the two publishers seem to have some recognition of their differences and their impressions. Back when they did the JLA/Avengers crossover in the early 2000s, the various groups noticed the contrast between how supers are treated in their world vs how the other team is treated in their own. The DC heroes were larger than life and respected by the public, the Marvel heroes were considered with a much more jaundiced eye, their lives and images being much more complicated.</blockquote>