Grundy was introduced in and had superhuman strength, virtual immortality was almost invulnerable, and had immense healing power, all powers that we see in Hulk as well. Hulk was introduced in and had similar abilities and issues.
Both of them were the result of coming face to face with deadly radiation, although Grundy was already dead when he was exposed to radiation. There are some subtle differences between the two characters though. Also, Grundy does not fly into an uncontrollable rage, although he gets just as destructive as the Hulk. Shop Read. Signup with us to unlock all features! Special Features. By Mehul Reuben Das. Share this story. What's on your mind?
Start a conversation, not a fire. Post with kindness. Post Comment. Please review and accept these changes below to continue using the website. We use cookies to ensure the best experience for you on our website. He was followed by Batman who was released a year after, in As for Marvel, their first-ever heroes to make a debut were Human Torch and Namor on the very first publication they released, Marvel Comics 1.
Human Torch was an android superhero while Namor the Submariner was an anti-hero. Since then, both DC and Marvel have been toe-to-toe on which is better. There has been a lot of controversies circling around both, even accusations that Marvel copied DC. While there really are characters that are similar to each other, DC would surely have the "first in the publication" and it had been producing characters during the five-year lead it had with Marvel.
As for their cinematic universe which everyone is currently following, however, it could be argued that Marvel had a head start on DC. While that was an uncanny coincidence, it is a fun thing to think about how the tides have turned on these amazing publishers. All the while Marvel was hanging back, coming from a position of weakness. They didn't have a studio, and they had sold off most of their properties to all different production companies.
There were endless rumors about a possible Spider-Man movie, and Stan in his Bullpen Bulletins talked about casting Danny DeVito as Wolverine seriously , but it was the DC characters who ruled the screen. Then came the X-Men. While DC had ruled screens for almost a decade, they truly flamed out in with the one-two punch of Steel and Batman and Robin. Shit was looking grim. And then in Bryan Singer, a promising young director, brought Marvel's mighty mutants to the screen and opened the floodgates.
The superhero renaissance was on. DC took an early lead. DC was doing Oscar-worthy stuff with their properties, and meanwhile the newbie Marvel Studios was bringing their C-list characters to screens. A couple of months before The Dark Knight came out Iron Man hit, a movie that did really well - far, far better than anyone had expected, in fact - but was crushed in all other aspects by The Dark Knight , which earned two hundred million more dollars domestically and which won Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar.
Marvel Studios had a plan, and it was one that didn't seem feasible when announced - all of their B and C-list characters seriously, Captain America was getting a movie? They were rolling the dice that these individual films would work enough to make that big movie worth it. Here's the thing: it was the Silver Age all over again.
DC had led the way, but Marvel subverted everything. Nolan demanded his Batman be alone in the universe. There would be no Superman or Justice League. Nolan's attitude may have been more highbrow than DC's Silver Age editors, but it was no less stentorian. Meanwhile Marvel was doing what Marvel had done from the start - the created a world where their characters all lived side-by-side DC's heroes met as part of the Justice League but each patroled their own individual made-up city and where things could be loose and fun.
Marvel's films, with their humor and relatable characters, felt fresher and more fun. The movie situation sort of played out like the Silver Age Comics situation - the smaller company did something new and found success, slowly growing to eclipse the bigger, more established company.
In the 60s and 70s Marvel's cast of colorful characters flowed into the world of Pop Art and became beloved of the freewheeling youth, while DC's stodgy defenders of the status quo represented outdated American ideals.
As Marvel Studios grew in size and popularity their films, like the new wave of Marvel Comics energized by them, clearly began to speak to new audiences - younger, hipper, less traditional, more likely to be female or queer. The DC movies have become more masculinized, more overblown, full of more sturm und drang. Where the Marvel films nimbly pivot between humor and pathos, the DC films stomp forward in an aggressive blitzkrieg.
Which leads us to today. The rivalry has never been hotter, although it exists almost entirely outside of the comic book store. Sure, DC has chased Marvel in the comics recently see the DC You initiative , but the comic book world is an increasingly insular one.
The real action is at the box office, and on the internet. When Captain America: Civil War opens in the US this week it will be the latest blow in a competition that has seen two mega studios vying for release dates and talent, that has become somehow central to our pop consciousness. Twenty years ago your average person couldn't tell you which character was Marvel and which was DC, but today those lines of demarcation are clear for most general audiences.
They understand what Batman v Superman is, and they understand what Civil War is. What's crazy is how directly BvS and Civil War are related. They are, in many ways, the same movie.
Thematically, conceptually and even in terms of expanding their respective universes, each film is trying similar things. And yet they couldn't be more different, and I mean that not only in terms of approach but also of quality. We have reached a point where it must be put it in the most blunt, playground-ready of terms: Marvel films can beat up DC films. There's no question that we're in the Marvel Age of movies, but looking back at the history of the two companies reminds us that these things change.
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