DC Fandom United?
One key reason is history. DC has been around longer. Specifically in the cinematic arena, we have had an on-screen Superman since 1941 (animated, and also happens to be the year of Captain America’s “birth”), and 1952 with George Reeves in the TV series Adventures of Superman. Sure Marvel’s characters, specifically Captain America, had radio serials in that time, but the first to “hit the screen” was DC, and they have been a consistent presence ever since. Generationally, none have passed by without seeing some form of a DC character in the spotlight.
I won’t detail it all, but we have the aforementioned Superman series, the Batman TV series in 1960’s and film in 1966, Superman in theaters starting in 1978 with Christopher Reeves, and Batman in theaters starting in 1989, and then the amazing Batman: The Animated Series and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman live-action series of the 1990’s. This history has made these two characters the preeminent superheroes throughout history, as they are the ones that have been “seen” the most, regardless of whether or not you ever picked up a comic book. But with such rich history, therein lies the problem for current DC fans, or specifically DC Extended Universe (DCEU) fans.
DC has so much history that fans of come to expect too much. Anyone remember the first look at Henry Cavill in the suit before Man of Steel, and the uproar about his “underwear wasn’t on the outside”? How about “Batffleck”? How many times are we going to have to hear complaints about the appearance of any of the Bat-suits? Gal Gadot cast as Wonder Woman? I seriously thought there were going to be riots within the comic book world. In my humble opinion, those choices seemed to have worked out (story issues aside, we’ll get there).
