SDCC 2017: 8 Reasons Why DC Just Beat Marvel

3. Rebirth Has Struck The Perfect Balance Between Change And Continuity

When it comes to the New 52, it looks as though DC are their own harshest critics. Echoing many of the criticisms that had been thrown their way since 2011, Dan DiDio lamented (as recorded by Comicsbeat) that the reboot lost some of the company's defining features in translation, and that it specifically lacked the history that many readers needed in order to stay invested in the publisher's stories.

Rebirth, however, makes no such error. It actually strikes the perfect balance between providing new readers with a safe entry point into the medium, with the history and lineage that ensures older fans don't become alienated. Oliver Queen is back to being his usual self; Wally West is no longer missing in action, and stories feel genuinely fresh and exciting.

In this we can see a huge degree of creative freedom being afforded to the publisher's writers (something found wanting in years gone by), and stories are benefitting as a result. We are now in the amazing position of having the same writer on both Batman and Mister Miracle. Creators finally have room to manoeuvre the way they want to.

Compare that with Marvel, whose latest event - Marvel Legacy - feels more like an excuse to sell pretty covers than to engage in a genuine conversation about the medium. Seeing Mark Waid and Chris Samnee on Captain America is a welcome relief given the character's treatment over the last year, but it does feel like Marvel are backing away from their other legacy characters.