Hmmmm.....why get ppl that have similar powers with each other e.g Sub Zero & Ice Man.


It limits diversity in the game... E.g chracters would share moves....

I agree that although there are obvious parallels between characters, it be better to play up diversity then to have 2 ice elementals, 2 thunder gods, etcetera... But to save themselves some time midway will probably go this route lol.

I'll admit that Superman is the most iconic hero of all time. Personally I find his few vulnerabilities, his dudley do right demeanour, and his overall look to be a bore. Not to mention the fact that glasses and some gel make him unrecognizable to lame brained Metropolis.

I doubt many people in the general public are oblivious of Spider-Man anymore then they would be of Superman. He's had a successful trilogy and has been around for almost 50 years.

I'd argue that the general public could name more Marvel characters then DC ones of the top of their head.

For DC I'd say people would mention; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Justice League

For Marvel; Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, X-Men, ... Iron Man

Maybe even more, despite the number of failed Marvel movies that have come out, there has been a lot of Marvel properties that have had huge exposure.
It's obvious that DC's bread and butter is Superman and Batman as the dozen or more movies they have put out have been about them.

Lets not forget that Marvel consistently outsells DC for years.

I'd be for this if it was Marvel. I like Marvel better than DC.

Scorpion vs Ghost Rider would be a great fight. Or maybe Iron Man vs Sektor or Cyrax. Yes, those would be good.

if it had to be comics, then they need to go with Image since they have Spawn, who is awesome beyond all reasoning.

I must say that Marvel would be a much better choice. DC charcters are all so lame (set aside Batman and Green Lantern). None of them can really fight and Marvel is just simply cooler. But i am aware that Street fighter already did the whole Marvel Vs. Capcom series, so maybe it is a good thing that mortal kombat is going the DC route, just to be original.

Anyone ever see the episode of Metalocalypse where Murderface decides to find religion, so he tries each one, one at a time, and at the end of the episode, he just gets up in the middle of a sermon and screams "It's all the same! You're killing me here!" and then gives up and heads for the nearest bar?

That's how I feel right now. Every time I see people argue which is better, it makes me crazy. I read both Marvel and DC. I am a fan of both Marvel and DC. I do not like one over the other, I do not think either company has better characters - because I recognize that IT'S ALL THE SAME.

I don't know why so many people are saying that DC is "dark." The only dark thing about DC as far as I can tell is Batman and his universe/world/whatever.

Superman and Wonder Skank are both goody scouts. Flash is an immature kid, same personality as Human Torch and Iceman, mere hotheaded "cool guys." Green Lantern seems like any "save the day" type of hero, nothing dark there.

Seriously, what's dark about DC other than Batman?

Though I don't necessarily consider Marvel to be dark, it just fits better against MK because of the down-to-earth characters and realistic, dirtier atmosphere. Clean-cut, hand-washed DC is everything Mortal Kombat isn't.

Most DC heroes are these overpowered "perfect gods" while Marvel features more from-the-streets or grounded heroes like Spidey and X-Men. This is a generalization of course, but yeah, that's what I don't like about DC and why I don't think it matches well with dirty, violent MK, though I do have some characters I like from that company, don't get me wrong.

Apparently you're not aware of the Crisis series? DC has outsold Marvel at times too man, try not to let your bias get to your head.

@punisher, I disagree man. Marvel first off was inspired by DC to begin with, hell even Stan Lee admits this when he created Spider-Man he was inspired by Superman, Batman etc and the X-men by the JL.....

I can tell many Marvel fans on here don't know much about DC and that they have just as good if not more powerful characters actually...actually DC does have more powerful characters overall, shit Supes could rape half the Marvel cast by himself if he went psycho....

Exactly, DC characters are far too overpowered. That's why I dislike DC. Marvel characters are more down to earth, actually more like humans than "gods" or something.

While I appreciate the fact that two of the 'Big 3' comic icons are dc's characters... I've gotta point out that most of DC's characters are't known to people outside their own fanbase. Marvel's characters are known to people who aren't really comics fans. Seriously, my MOM can name a crap-load of Marvel characters... (no joke--all those cartoons she watched with me when I was growing up, lol)

So it seems to me that Marvel wins out, but that's just my opinion.

i would more like to see midway vs capcom
it will happen one day i bet

the true 2 main figures in fighting games

@Johnny Cage wins, you're kidding right? lol

Who in the world doesn't know Superman or Batman? Besides, as I said before EVERYONE knows who Superman is worldwide, however that won't be the case with say Magneto or Wolverine....

DC is just as popular if not more as Marvel, and has characters well known to all. Fact.

Just because DC characters don't appeal to you personally, doesn't mean they're not well known or very popular. Superman is factually the most well known, fictional, iconic, most inflenced comic book character ever created.



True, however DC does have a lot of human like characters. Flash, GL, Blue Beatle, Batman.

There are some Marvel characters that are insanely powerful though like Jean Grey, Magneto, Pyro, Ice Man, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Spider-Man.

Some heavy hitters right there.

I would of liked MKvsMarvel way better. Here are characters from both that would be awesome to see.

Baraka vs Wolverine
Cyrax vs Spiderman
Noob vs Venom
Sektor vs Iron Man
Smoke vs Siver Surfer
Scorpion vs Pyro
Sub-Zero vs Ice Man
Sindel vs Storm
Kano vs Cyclops

It's all I have for now.

yeah but Spider-Man isn't nearly invulnerable. Hulk is close to it when he gets pissed though so I agree with you there.

You didn't read my post too closely or you would have understood that I was ACKNOWLEDGING the fact that Superman and Batman are more popular than anyone from Marvel (except maybe Spidey). I was stating that, as a universe, Marvel has a more recognizable roster outside of comics' bid 3--Spidey, Bats, & Supe. I used to be a major DC fan... like, back when I was 10... but I still knew more Marvel charcters because of the cartoons and, I feel, better marketing of Marvel as oppossed to DC. X-Men Vs. Street Fighter was huge and really helped with the younger generation back in the day, too. Marvel's just had more and better exposure, IMO. Just look at their movies--we've only had the same 2 characters from DC shoveled at us for years. Marvel's turning that on its head right now with a plethora of comic movies ranging from Punisher to Hulk to Fantastic 4... even Ghost Rider, if you can believe that. What has DC done? Given us another Superman and two new Batman movies. Marvel's cast is out there, makin' it happen. DC's is wallowing in comicdom, where only comic readers know of them.

Both unvierses have ridiculously powered characters, it just so happens that most of Marvel's aren't as popular as Superman so people don't realize it. Marvel's Sentry and Hulk are almost god-like. And Galactus... well, you don't get much bigger than Galactus, do you? So both would have a hard time merging with MK, I don't even feel this is an argument.

I forgot--as for the whole 'Marvel was inspired by DC' thing... everyone's inspired by something. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were inspired by the major companies, despite the attempt to make them the anti-establishment. "It's not how you're given life that matters, it's what you do with that life." --that's the point, and Marvel's lately done more with theirs than DC with theirs.

Speaking of which, Infinite Crisis sold better in part due to Marvel's gridlock on Civil War. Had they not delayed their whole line so consistently, it may have been another story.

YES YES YES YES YES YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

marvel would be a million times better let me put it this way


mortal komba+dcu="i hate this game and i will never by it"
mortal kombat+marvel="i love this game and it kicks but!"


why diodn't you sighn with marvel boon why!

Because Boon was already stealing the concept from Marvel vs Capcom so there was no chance of getting away with actually using Marvel.

That’s about how I see it.

You can even go down the line and find a match for almost every character between the two.

I did read it correctly, but you didn't say that "exactly" in your last post thus why I brought it up....concerning Superman, Batman being the most well known comic icons. You said Marvel.....that's just your preference to like Marvel more, it doesn't mean they're more popular with characters.

Marvel just like DC has the more well known characters and less known characters but it's still a fact that Superman, Batman lead everyone when it comes to the comics industry. That's a fact, it doesn't matter which comic series you're a fan of personally......everyone who follows comics, fantasy, movies etc know that Superman IS the most iconic comic book character ever created.

I happen to disagree with Marvel having "better exposure" lol nobody gets into comics because of movies, most fans are either already into them or not. Simple as that, then look forward to the movie, cartoon or games being made...DC has had lots of exposure thru TV which I'll get to in a second.

Yeah, you're right as far as the film point, there's less DC films but look at the Marvel films. More marvel but it's a quality over quantity scenario with Marvel films. Yeah there's some good films like DC has had with Superman and Batman but noticed most were A. rushed, and crappy B. went off the comic's original storyline like Hulk's ending, DD and Electra were done horribly, even GR was altered a little bit....I can go on, X-Men 3 was dumb with killing off key characters.....

Granted the 3rd and 4th Batman were just silly, but at least they kept to the same villians at the very least.

The Superman films overall were done pretty well, most people hate the character so they'll just assume or hate the movies for the sake of hating them.

The reason you're not seeing THAT many DC films is because you need the rights to do a film on say Flash or GL...and DC being around forever and long before Marvel, just doesn't want anyone to do them like Marvel has let some horrible directors/producers butcher their movies...

DC are more picky, and I don't blame them either...

Marvel has had a few good movies however, Spider-man 1 and 2, first two X-Mens and Iron Man. The rest are all mehhh or just bad flat out. Nothing like the comics in a few ways.

Also, if you do some research you'll find that there are actually quite a few DC films coming....Dark Knight soon, Flash movie within the next few years, Justice League film in the works etc so there are more DC movies coming.

As for cartoons, well I noticed you neglected to bring that format up in which DC totally rapes Marvel easily. Batman, Superman and JL animated shows owned and have won awards for them being so good. Batman Beyond, SS etc, etc

What does marvel have? A few x-men shows of which only one was good the original....and a few different revamps of Spider-man...old news. DC has gone way more all out on screen via popular, well written cartoon shows thru out the years. Even now they have the Legion of Heroes which is pretty good and The Batman which Bruce is younger then he was in the original animated series.

That's one, secondly there's been many good TV shows via DC over the years showing their characters such as original Batman shows with Adam West, Superboy shows in the 80's(they were ok), Lois and Clark and of course the best and most popular yet, Smallville in which if you followed that series you'd know that they've introduced and have had several bigtime well known DC characters on it from the time it's been on til presently....

What good TV shows has Marvel had?

marvel wuda been much better way to go but they picked dc, owell aslong mk is in it it shud be decent

I don't think so, Marvel wouldn't want their characters heads ripped off either like Wolverine or Storm or P X? lol right...

Marvel wouldn't have been a better choice because for one, it's just as dark as DC actually DC is darker at times Vertigo series, Batman Frank Miller, Superman stories etc to name a few and on top of that Marvel already had their game with MVC fighting SF characters....which was anything BUT dark..

Marvel has a lot of mature parallel's to DC that makes the argument of "which is darker" rather moot. DC has Vertigo, Marvel has MAX. Batman had Frank Miller... so did Daredevil (and that man was brutal with the characters.) Very few Superman stories are even a tenth as violent or brutal as a Wolverine story (especially some of the older ones.) But they have one big factor in common: they're still outlandish superheroes targeted towards children.

Quality vs. Quantity is rather suspect too. Both Marvel and DC have some great highlights in movies (Spider-man 2, X-men, Iron Man, Batman Begins.... original Superman), and a lot of stinkers (Fantastic Four, Batman & Robin, most other Superman films). There has been good cartoons off both (X-men, Batman) and some really lame ones (Silver Surfer, anything by DC before Bruce Timm's Batman). Ultimatey, it's a matter of perspective.

Is DC darker than Marvel? No. Marvel's not darker than DC either. It's like saying is the Matrix films darker than Star Wars. Yes in some areas and no in others. It depends on the film, the characters, and the situations. No way is Superman as "dark" a character like Daredevil and no way Spider-man is as "dark" a character as Batman.

Based solely on counterparts, however, I see more parallel's in terms of powers, abilities, and personalities with Marvel characters. That might just be my opinion, but it's not a wholly biased and invaid one.

I wouldn't say it's moot, but some people on here act or are just ignorant to DC's past not sure which honestly....that DC "was never dark" and that's simple not true...that's my point honestly.

You're right, Superman isn't "that dark" but has had some dark stories like the death of superman, post that event with the 4 different guys posing as Superman, then the real Superman coming back as "The Darker Superman" in the Black suit....some stories of which he's fought Imperiex, Darkseid were dark and Countdown, some Crisis stories are also pretty dark with people dying. You get the point lol.

I'm not arguing the point of DC being "more dark" then Marvel honestly, but rather the point that DC has an IS dark at times just like Marvel has, as well as having their dark division's in Vertigo.

What bothers me is some people post false things such as X-men or Avengers(marvel characters) kill people so they fit better in MK...no, that's incorrect lol and surely you agree there and see my point because those guys in those groups are no different the DC's Justice League in the "justice" concept, and will only kill someone if necessary.


On your last point, well it can be taken as a partially biased one but honestly if you're speaking in terms of "Marvel characters standing more of a chance against MK" then I might agree with ya, being that most DC guys simple have more power then Marvel(which is a bit obvious really) I mean just compare JL vs. X-Men or Avengers and the JL just has insane power that outmatches most foes, Marvel has some powerful people as well but what's more interesting? Wolverine vs. Shang Tsung in which he would just stop Wolvy with sorcery or Shang vs. MMH another shape shifting, morpher with really powerful abilities that of which can match Shang?

So, in that sense I disagree and feel that DC has just as many if not more characters then Marvel that can match MK guys in terms of parallel power.

And you'd see I respectfully disagree with that.

Both Marvel AND DC have "superpowered demi-gods". Everyone keeps saying Superman is so overpowered, and he is, along with big contenders like Darkseid, Doomsday, Green Lantern, all of the New Gods, among others. And yet Marvel's got overpowered beings as well, such as The Hulk, The Sentry, The Pheonix, Galactus, Silver Surfer, Nova, etc.

I guess what I would state most is that Marvel has more POPULAR characters that are on a more even playing field. Boon might be able to explain why Superman is weaker because the MK world is "magic", but how will that limit the imaginative power of Green Lantern, the speed of The Flash (who is faster than human THOUGHT), or even the massive strength of Wonder Woman? Lobo, a popular character, can't even be killed. He's immortal.

DC has PLENTY of "moderately powered" and even non-powered heroes. My problem, and big fear, is that they simply won't use them in favor of putting in the popular heroes like Superman. The DCU is HUGE. Most people don't know just how big it is. Most people don't even know 1/100th of the characters. But while I'd much rather have characters that don't have massive power levels and that can still fight, like Batman, The Question, Mister Miracle, Azrael, Bane, Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon, Karate Kid, Green Arrow, etc., most of them will be passed over in favor of the "icons", the core members of the JLA, like Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, etc., characters that are great to read about and who can use their powers limitlessly in a comic book environment, yet I believe will suffer in the context of a limited video game environment.

I could be very wrong, however. If this was a MK vs. Marvel game, it might be too one-sided the other way and we'd end up with this:

X-men vs. Mortal Kombat

Yes, indeed. We definitely respectfully disagree. I must admit, I especially disagree with ya on the popular point. I'd be willing to bet anything just about that the DC list of overpowered god like characters would be just as popular as the marvel characters, dare I say even more popular even?

Nova ehh, I don't see him being that popular honestly nor Sentry...I hear more negative feedback on him then positive overall but the Hulk, Phoenix, SS etc I do agree however are pretty popular.

You do raise good points on WW, Flash, GL(GL I think can be taken) but on the lobo point. He's immortal, yes indeed but it's MK crossover lol. They have as you know quite a few immortals themselves



Well have to see I guess, if it was Marvel vs. MK I don't believe though FTR it would be one sided. I'd actually(if I'm an MK character) rather face a Marvel character over a top 10 rank JL member honestly lol. Just my view on that.

We'll have to wait and see, but it's probably safe to say we agree to disagree here lol. I also honestly rarely if ever disagree with your posts also if you notice. You bring up interesting points