Marvel vs DC: Who Did These Five Scenes Better?

Two studios. Five nearly identical scenes. And why the outcomes couldn’t be any more different.

Stephenie Magister ✨
Queer History with Step-Hen-ie

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Graphics by author, photos from Marvel Studios and Warner Bros

Can Batman beat Iron Man…at the movies?

With James Gunn taking over for DC studios, it’s time to accept the end of an era. For years, it’s been confusing, frustrating, and downright infuriating how badly the DCEU has gotten what the MCU has made standard.

But now that the DCEU is over, it’s fitting to look back over it with a lens tainted by nostalgia. Because when we do, it turns out those DC movies on occasion crushed the MCU.

5. Aquaman VS Namor

Aquaman is not one of the DC movies that crushed the MCU. Aquaman 2 has not yet been released, but I feel confident beyond reason that it will be just as bad as or worse than the first one.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever presents a character in Namor whose backstory and world building make it easy to see how far Aquaman was from good. The caveat, however, is that Wakanda Forever may not have known what would work so well if not for…

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Stephenie Magister ✨
Queer History with Step-Hen-ie

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