Marvel vs DC - The Fantastic Mr. Lee | 2

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

We’ve talked about several wars on this series, but here’s a first: DC and Marvel engaging with each other, sniping, making fun, and getting their fans involved in the argument. A series of editor’s letters, guest columns, and fan mail printed in the comics themselves has everyone choosing sides.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Business Wars Add Free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.0	The year is 1962, and all as well, inside the offices of DC Comics.
0:14.0	DC is the undisputed leader in Superheroes.
0:19.0	DC publishes Superman and Batman.
0:21.7	Hardly gets any bigger than that, right?
0:24.0	Nothing can touch DC.
0:26.4	Or can it?
0:28.4	On this particular night, two of the company's writers are working late.
0:33.4	Arnold Drake is a New York City native who began creating his own comics when he was
0:38.0	briefly bedridden as a child.
0:40.6	He's feisty and outspoken.
0:43.4	The other writer Bob Haney is a Navy veteran.
0:47.5	He's a former novelist from Philadelphia who turned to comics when he needed money.
0:52.5	Both are now middle-aged.
0:55.9	On this late night, the men are bored.
0:58.6	They're looking for something to read so they head to another part of the building's
1:02.0	tenth floor.
1:03.2	Renew comic books are kept before they're sent to the new stands.
1:07.0	It's deserted.
1:08.0	Everyone else has gone home for the night.
1:10.6	Periodicals are stacked high, not just DCs wears, but those of other comic book publishers
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