Marvel incorporating DC

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

No, there would certainly be less books, and less exposure to obscure favorite characters. I agree 100%. That's just the nature of conglomeration.

But not to the extreme that all your favorite characters are given the boot, other than a select few who get to stick around as scapegoats and pariahs.
Two very different things.

Batman, for one, would have the red carpet rolled out. Everyone in Marvel's stable would be dying to write/draw the first Marvel Batman book. There'd be no mandate to have Black Widow mention how Tony Stark has a better body or bigger brain. Bruce would be instant royalty.

Favorites? No DC character is anyone's "favorite" outside of the Trinity, give or take an Aquaman or Green Lantern. I love DC with all my heart and soul and I have a strong affection for just about anyone not named Snapper Carr or Damien Wayne, but I'm an extreme example of a DC fan. Most people generally can't really name more than 5 DC characters, and they jump to spin-offs like Superboy and Batgirl almost immediately if challenged to do so. Nobody even knew who Shazam/Captain Marvel was until last year, and judging by the box office I think most people probably still don't know.

As I said, IF it happened you'd definitely see the primary ones like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman get a pretty big push. I don't think anyone doubts that. But we'd definitely be saying goodbye to your Legion of Super-Heroes, your Teen Titans, your Hawkmans and all that stuff. No money in it. DC struggles to make anyone outside of the Trinity relevant to their audience as it is; another publisher wouldn't suddenly jump at the chance to make people suddenly care about Lightning Lad, just to pluck a random name. If people don't care after 50 years, they're not gonna.

Basically, any character who never kept a solo book past 20 issues would be swept into the ether, guaranteed. And no teams whatsoever because Marvel has too many of those already. Sure, in theory they could trim off a few X-books to make room for something like Titans, but... c'mon.