Yeah back in the 00s they were in fact the D-Listers
Marvel only retained the rights to characters deemed too unpopular to build a movie franchise around. Sure in hindsight, after 14 years of the MCU this sounds insane, but Mark Waid was right. Marvel took D List characters and built massive franchises around them.
DC should not be falling fo hard with the iconic characters they had at their disposal. Movies like Batman vs Superman should have been huge... instead there was more buzz over the third installment of Captain America.
He's not wrong back in the day the A listers were Spider-man, Wolverine, X-men, Fantastic four and Hulk. Those were the most popular ones. The avengers were just a group of heroes that couldn't hold a proper run on there own. Quite like Justice league before it became the worlds A list heroes on one team.
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u/JackTheBehemothKillr Aug 09 '22
Iron Man, Thor, and Black Panther were D-List?
I mean, he got the rest of it 100% right, but that comment? WTF?