Marvel vs DC Rivalry

There are so many rivalries over a wide range of industries. Cal Berkeley vs Stanford. A's vs Giants. Raiders vs 49'ers. Apple Macs vs Windows PCs. Such rivalries are highly emotional and cause people to draw hard lines of demarcation. In the comic book industry, the biggest rivalry is Marvel vs DC. These publishers each have the most respected and most recognized fictional characters of the 20th and 21st centuries. Everything from the books themselves to the movies and merchandising based on them are compared to one another and scrutinized. Who is better Superman or Spider-man? Batman or Wolverine? Ask 10 different people you will have 100 different opinions. On YouTube there is a channel, called ItsJustSomeRandomGuy, that is basically comedy that explores the difference between Marvel and DC styled on the those Mac vs PC commercial with the cheesy piano music and a guy dressed in a business suit personifying PCs and a guy casually dressed personifying Mac. I love those commercials...obviously Mac biased but fun to watch. Here is an example:

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