@jb681131: Great list but you included V for Vendetta twice. A few more I like that I think belong in the list are the New Krypton saga, Batman: Death in the Family, Throne of Atlantis, Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Justice, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Must There Be a Superman and Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga. Although it's highly underrated and far from iconic, the Batman comics by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle deserve some love.
@jb681131: As for your Marvel list, I believe the Captain America: Man of Tomorrow you're referring to is Captain America: Man out of Time. You also should include Iron Man: Extremis.
Weird comic superiority complex aside, iconic to comic fans means something totally different than iconic to casual audience fans
If you go up to someone on the street and ask for classic comic arcs they’ll probably say “Infinity War and Endgame”
Comic-wise, there are some damn classic X-Men arcs, then Infinity (Gauntlet, War, Crusade) as well as Crisis on Infinite Earths and Judas Contract. Honestly, I’d say it’s pretty tied in comics
@jb681131: Why is Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis and Final Crisis listed together, they're not even remotely similar to each other outside of having Crisis in the name.
Superman Beyond should also be on the list. And For the Man Who Has Everything which got adapted twice already (JL cartoon, CW Supergirl). Also Lucifer by Mike Carey
@drveo08: I didn't mean that Marvel stories are more iconic (I see now that my post was worded poorly). I meant they have more iconic stories, as in more of them. But that's just purely in my book. I'd completely understand if you disagree, it's all up to individual exposure.
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Superman for All Seasons
Superman: Secret Identity
Preacher
Joker
The Multiversity
The Authority
Identity Crisis
I really like those too, but are they really all "Iconic" ? Event if some are of better quality like "100 bullets", "Transmetropolitan" and "Sweet Tooth".
By the way, "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", is not from DC at all.
By the way, "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", is not from DC at all.
LXG was originally published by DC (at least the Vol. 1 & 2 and its OGN, The Black Dossier), but Moore went batshit crazy and decided to switch publishers.
@cramem: Return of Superman is considered part of the Death saga. I'll give you Great Darkness Saga and maybe Tower of Babek but the rest are far from iconic. Doomsday Clock in particular isn't even finished yet.
In general, Marvel's run-of-the-mill and continuity is better than at DC's, but DC's stories are more, well, iconic, more full of red, white and blue, more grandiose in scope and symbolism.
The older DC comics stories and most of the Batman stories are iconic, but they are nowhere near as much as the iconic Marvel ones. What I am saying is not that Marvel's stories are better but they are just better recognized, more acclaimed and people actually know about them.
@entropy_aegis: Have you re-read "Great Darkness Saga" of late? Terrible, infantile story, horribly written, all over the place, with drawings to match it. But damn, it was so good when I was 14.
I would say it’s pretty even overall tbh probably DC has more solo iconic stories due to Batman but both sides have great stories and characters in spades.
The older DC comics stories and most of the Batman stories are iconic, but they are nowhere near as much as the iconic Marvel ones. What I am saying is not that Marvel's stories are better but they are just better recognized, more acclaimed and people actually know about them.
What's more iconic than Watchmen and TDKR?
both comics revitalized the comics industry in the 80's, these two classic stories influenced a generation of future writers to create a more adult oriented comics.
@scholomance: @ready_4_madness: The question of the thread isn't which publisher has the most most iconic story but which one has more of them. So, what the creator of the thread is asking is for more than one storyline. All I am saying is that Marvel has a bigger number of them than DC.
The older DC comics stories and most of the Batman stories are iconic, but they are nowhere near as much as the iconic Marvel ones. What I am saying is not that Marvel's stories are better but they are just better recognized, more acclaimed and people actually know about them.
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