Despite countless brass from both comic book companies reassuring otherwise, the public remains enamored with the idea of a rivalry between Marvel and DC Comics . Considering both are arms of larger conglomerates with a firm iron grasp on pop culture, Marvel and DC don’t even have anything to squabble over. Still, internet denizens keep the flames of this “war” alive by constantly comparing box office stats, superpowers, or other factoids related to these labels all in the pursuit of finding a “winner” among America’s biggest comic book companies.
One interesting element about the relationship the two companies have with one another is the surprisingly numerous times Marvel and DC Comic film adaptations opened in the same month. In the 2010s, superhero movies became so ubiquitous that this was inevitable. There were only so many major weekends in a given year, after all.
Inevitably, some Marvel and DC blockbusters were going to have to share the same month. Below, absorb seven instances of Marvel and DC adaptations going “head-to-head” in the same month. X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern In June 2011, sandwiched between two Marvel Cinematic Universe features ( Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger) were a pair of superhero movies charting new directions for a stable of comic book characters.
On June 3, 2011, X-Men: First Class hit theaters attempting to lend new life to those merry mutants. Two weeks later, Green Lantern premiered on June 17, with War.
