Remember when you had to pick a side between Marvel and DC?

Back in high school, around 2008, my friends and I had a real split. You were either a Marvel guy or a DC guy, and you stuck to it. I had a choice: keep buying 'Amazing Spider-Man' every month or jump ship and follow the new 'Batman and Robin' series with Dick Grayson as Batman. I picked Marvel, mostly because I'd been reading Spidey since I was a kid and couldn't let it go. It felt like picking a sports team. Looking back, it seems so silly to limit yourself like that. Now I just read good stories from anywhere, but back then, that choice felt huge. Did anyone else have that kind of pointless loyalty back in the day?

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seth_harris365mo ago

Man, I still get into dumb fights about Star Trek vs Star Wars.

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graydavis5mo ago

See that's the thing, they're not even the same kind of story so the fight is pointless. Star Wars is a fantasy adventure about family and magic swords in space. Star Trek is more about ideas and how people could be better in the future. It's like arguing if a hammer is better than a screwdriver, they do different jobs. Why do people feel the need to pick one and trash the other?

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the_jordan4mo ago

Do you think people pick a side because it's easier than admitting both have good and bad parts?

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