I cannot be the first to notice this strange trend in regards to the "Big Two" of comicdom. Marvel and DC comics. There seems to be an odd relationship between the two, likely coincidental but no less strange.
Its as if the companies are mirrors of eachother, where one succeeds, the other fails, where one thrives, the other dies, where one is quality, the other schlock.
Today, DC is putting out a lineup of average to excellent books, whereas Marvel is producing pandersome garbage, with sales reflecting this. DC is dominating Marvel through brute force quality.
Yet, you look at their film divisions. Marvel is thriving, the beloved king of their craft, while DC is struggling to catch up, with middling success to negative reaction.
Yet again, to their animated divisions. Marvel puts out low effort cheap mush, while DC pumps decent budgets into hit or miss animated films and often-good tv cartoons.
Their Live Action TV Departments. DC's quality may dip, but they reign through numbers, dominating an entire channel. While Marvel produces excellent Television, they've found success mostly through unorthodox productions of 13 hour feature films cut into 40 minute segments.
Video Games. Marvels stake is near nonexistent now, while DC is shipping well recieved titles blooming into their own sub-franchises.
Where one is good. The other is bad.
Its like a universal rule. Marvel and DC are yin-yang to one another.