There are so many fantastic issues about each DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Both are titans of the business and have supplied followers with historic characters which have stood the check of time and advanced alongside the world. However, if there was one edge Marvel might need over DC, it’s their use of a recap web page. Before each story, Marvel offers the readers a quick abstract of who they’re studying about, in addition to the occasions that led as much as the present problem. This creates a jumping-on level for much less knowledgeable readers, making any Marvel comedian extra accessible.
In distinction, DC doesn’t do that in any respect, counting on the title character to present context to the readers about what has occurred so far. Both teams have their causes for establishing their comics this manner, however maybe the time has come for DC to contemplate including their very own recap pages given their in depth historical past and generally rebooted timeline of occasions.
The advantages of a recap web page not solely inform the reader about what occasions occurred within the problem earlier than, but it surely additionally supplies refined references for them to go and analysis for larger understanding. One instance is Secret Invasion #3 (by Ryan North, Francesco Mobili, Jordie Bellaire, and VC’s Joe Caramagna). It supplied a recap explaining how Tony Stark is working alongside the Skrulls behind the again of Maria Hill, thus setting the overarching story of the problem. It additionally names a number of characters and teams that readers would possibly wish to lookup for additional contexts, similar to Maria Hill, who’s much less outstanding than Iron Man.
This in flip might entice followers to lookup extra comics that includes stated characters. This helps Marvel flip a revenue whereas followers get their fill of basic comics they could have missed as a consequence of not being knowledgeable. All-in-all, it’s a useful gizmo for comedian readers to maintain up-to-date with out having to spend an excessive amount of cash on different comics simply to catch up. Of course, from DC’s perspective, this really does a disservice to the writers.