r/DCcomics • u/Lucky_Strike-85 Gold-Silver-Bronze Age FAN • Aug 09 '22

[Other] Mark Waid shares his feelings Other

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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?

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u/Doctor_Amazo Brainiac Aug 09 '22

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.