[Cerek the Barbaric]

For all you comic fans.

I thought I start this thread to discuss the much-ballyhooed Marvel vs DC crossover some years back.

Personally, it was one of the BIGGEST disappointments I've ever experienced in a storyline. They spent months building up this wonderful crossover that would "finally answer the questions fans had asked for years".
Questions like:
"Who is stronger, Superman or Hulk?"
"Who is badder, Lobo or Wolverine?"
etc.

The series DID answer these questions (and even provided some bonus fights between lower profile characters), but the primary purpose was to introduce a new character and a storyline that the 2 rival companies would share.

I'm sorry, Hulk vs Superman, Wolverine vs Lobo, Storm vs Wonder Woman....ALL of these fights deserved much more than the obligatory ONE page. EACH fight should have covered a 3-5 page spread.

In using just one page per fight, Marvel and DC proved that they weren't really interested in "giving the fans what they want" at all. They just used it as a major promo to try and launch a new character.

I quit collecting comics shortly after this.