LogFAQs > #980251995

DC and Marvel are basically the most stagnant media out there, ESPECIALLY the comics. Yes, they occasionally come out with a fun movie, but aside from that the comic-verses are a total mess with basically no proper entry point aside from immediately after a reboot (and then not always even then).

And yes, I am saying they are more stagnant than even the pokemon anime, which is about a kid and his yellow zappy mouse and seasonal friends going around having pet battles with the locals of the latest region he just travels to, living on the road with no school or real oversight and such.

Or for that matter, more stagnant than <insert other stagnant media here>.

Seriously, DC and Marvel have mostly just been retelling the same core stories over and over again, while having a few side heroes do things a little differently each time. Or unless you want to look at differences in the level of goofiness or campiness from different eras (which is why I would say there is some value in watching both Batman TAS+Justice League as well as Brave and the Bold if you like Batman stuff).

But basically every good thing about the comic universes are constrained to the better-made among the other media based on them. Even when some of those media are basically no better than a one-season anime that basically tells you "if you want to see more, go check the comics/LN" at the end (this sadly includes some really good ones like X-men Evolution).