Has the "it's for kids' mentality been holding TMNT back?

[Luckyday]

Originally Posted by Leo656

They'd honestly have a better sandbox to play in at DC/WB. Marvel already has too many mutants, and actually, just Too Many Characters in general. This isn't even a matter of anyone saying "Well I prefer Marvel over DC" or whatever, that isn't the point, it's just a point of where they'd fit better and actually Stand Out more.

Both companies are super-crowded, but there's seriously about 10 Marvel characters for every DC character, and 80% of them are "mutants". Having the Turtles be in that mix would be a terrible idea. Also, under the DC/WB banner, they'd have a better chance of being published completely separate from the "main universe" anyways, since DC has a history of doing that with tons of books. Just because DC had them doesn't *necessarily* mean they'd use them in the main universe, although they probably would at some point.

It's a pipe dream either way, and I know more people tend to prefer Marvel but frankly, that arrangement wouldn't actually work as well as it may seem at first glance. If it HAD to be one of the two companies, DC/WB would objectively be the better fit.

But the thing is that with DC. It's a world fill with demi gods that out saving the world and even though, the turtles would stand out more, they would have a hard time keeping up. The turtles being mostly stuck in one location, would hardly have any opportunity or any reason to really interact with DC universe.

With the marvel universe, most superheroes are street level and it easier to imagine how they will play off each other.

Hell New York is such a big place that Spiderman can be somewhere near Time Square since there is a lot of tourists which fits with his show off persona dealing with his band of super villains, Daredevil would somewhere with a high crime rate or just somewhere taking on kingpin with his secret identity as a lawyer and his alter ego. I think TMNT would fit in some location dealing with the urban legends but we, the audience are never sure if the urban legends are mutants because it's never really revealed.

I understand that Marvel have their brand on mutants but that's starting to change with making inhumans the new mutants with a total separate origin.