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DC Comics has created one of the most vast collections of heroes and villains ever. The company has been producing superhero comics for 88 years nonstop, creating an entire multiverse of amazing characters. We all know the A-listers – Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Nightwing, Harley Quinn, the Flash, Green Lantern, and the like – and…

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DC Comics has amazing heroes, and the reason they’ve reached that level is because of the quality of their villains. DC has created the most important antagonists in comics. Without characters like the Ultra-Humanite, Lex Luthor, the Joker, Two-Face, Reverse-Flash, Sinestro, Gorilla Grodd, Brainiac, and many more, supervillains in comics would look very different. Each…

DC Comics has made Batman into a household names over the decades. The character has grown from the dark avenger of the night, fighting to make sure that no one in Gotham City has to go through what he did, into Batgod, the all-powerful hero who can figure out a way to beat anything with…

Thor has long been one of the most powerful superheroes in comics. He was introduced in Marvel’s Silver Age boom and always felt to me as an attempt by Jack Kirby to experiment with science fiction and mythology (something he would also do DC’s Fourth World and Eternals), all whole giving his new universe its…

Marvel Comics did a fantastic job of incorporating science fiction and more cosmic storytelling into their books. DC had been doing cosmic stories for years, with Superman, Green Lantern, Adam Strange, and numerous others all having adventures in the cosmos. Cosmic Marvel stories were quite different from DC, though; there was a scope to them…

Marvel Comics has put out a lot of stellar events, but the most popular is Infinity Gauntlet.The 1991 six-issue series from Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim brought back Thanos, Adam Warlock, Gamora, and Pip the Troll, with the Mad Titan assembling the Infinity Gems (much better name than Infinity Stones, by the way)…

Marvel has hundreds of awesome superheroes, and because of just how many heroes there are, they naturally occupy different roles. If every hero were like the Hulk, then the stories would get boring really quickly, after all. Every character, hero or villain, has their own niche. A huge thing separating different heroes is their power…

The early 2000s were an interesting time for television. While it was the dawn of reality tv and the beginning of prestige drama’s golden age, there were some great things happening when it came to regular network drama as well and for a moment, the biggest show of them all was Heroes. Debuting on NBC…

Superheroes are meant to represent the best parts of ourselves. They’re people blessed with incredible powers and skills that they use to help others and save lives. They always rise to the challenges presented to them and come out the other end, saving the day. DC is filled to the brim with countless heroes that…