Batman Begins VS the Fantastic Four. What Next?

Well at least in the next few months one way to support score is to watch the revenues generated between the recently discharged “Batman Begins� and the presently to be discharged “Fantastic Four�, which were some childhood fascinations of mine. Not only are there superhero “what ifs� going on here, but which comic book institution wish stand to gain the most economic substantiation? Tender punches the daily time clock at DC Comics and the Fantastic Four was the production of Stan Lee and crew at Marvel Comics.

And don’t tell me there is a small comic book hero market. Tender Begins claimed the number one spot in gross revenue on its opening weekend. It is going to be really exciting to see what the Fantastic Four does. Hollywood is emphatically increasing the thickness of its silver lining these days with comic book hero movies. Tender took in simply about $49 million it’s opening weekend. How many an mint condition old comic books would-be you have to sell to do that kind of dough? Are we in the wrong end of the comic book earth (ha ha)?

The group action between Marvel and DC used to be a major dividing line amongst the tight knit group of comic book collectors. Once comic book interest started to decline in the 1970s, this issue became mostly irrelevant. But now as video games, online role-playing games and major motion image productions are spreading across the globe, the classic Marvel-DC conflict is springing back to life.

Superman is coming back to life on the big screen as well as Wonder Woman. Marvel has been riding high off their major successes with the X-men and Spiderman. They are now dig deep into their catalog of characters and are working on screen adaptations of Iron Man, the Submariner, Norse deity and Silver Surfer, among others. Have we entered a new comic book age that wish have to be defined about major motion pictures? Peradventure it could be call the “Greenback Age�. Do you have another definition?

And as computer literate as so many an are these days, Marvel and DC wish have to start developing much online games and virtual universes of all their characters that you and I wish be willing to pay a monthly fee to access through our computers and game consoles. Ka-ching, Ka-ching. DC has already proclaimed a deal with Sony Online Recreation and Marvel is working with Vivendi Universal Games. With the massive successes of the X-Men and Spiderman movies, this has evidenced that the Marvel characters still have life and connection in today’s pop culture.

Spell DC may be playing a bit of catch up, they are quick to point out that they and Warner Bro. have been much flourishing on the small screen with TV shows like “Smallville� and some animated cartoon series. And further since their TV and film projects are recorded and airy by the Warner Bro. conglomerate, DC gets to support much of the profit than Marvel makes on their projects.

What do we, the user public, get out of all this? Well, for one, we get to see our heroes in a much realistic light than ever before. We can grab that popcorn and peradventure an extra drink and watch our comic book heroes and characters move to life in a real earth setting, at least for a few hours, and walk out with a little much joy in our hearts. Go out and get immersed in Tender Begins and hold your breath for the Fantastic Four. And besides, this new revelation in Hollywood may simply increase the value of our old mint condition comics. We can only wait and see.

Dave Gieber, a former rocket engineer, has distinct to take up residency on the Internet. He is the owner and editor of some websites, one of which was built about one of his childhood passions; www.comic-book-collection-made-easy.com . You can visit here to support up to date on the earth of comic books and comic book collecting. Feel free to sign up for his comic book ezine at www.comic-book-collection-made-easy.com/comic-book-ezine.html