Marvel Comics' Civil War vs. DC Comics' 52

These days Marvel and DC Comics' big events are a big part of the comic book world. Any time one of the big two companies has a big event it immediately becomes the top story. I don't normally buy into the big events because they almost always force you to buy more comics than you normally would buy. But I was in the midst of a comic craze when Marvel and DC released their most recent big events and decided to follow them. So which one is better Marvel Comics' Civil War or DC Comics' 52?

Normally comparing one book to another would have a lot to do with the writers and artists involved but that isn't the case with these two books. Both companies brought out the big guns for these events and you can't really go wrong with Marvel's Mark Millar and Steve McNiven or DC's Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen. Both events look very good and are well written. If you take any issue of both series and sit down and read it like a normal comic then they are both enjoyable.

But this isn't just any comic; these are huge events that have endlessly been hyped for a long time now. In order for these comics to be worth the hype they have to seem very important, something major has to go down in order for it to seem like the big event that they are supposed to be. That is why in this fan boy's eyes Marvel Comics' Civil War was a success and so far DC Comics' 52 has been a failure. In order to explain my thoughts there may be some spoilers so don't read on if you don't want anything spoiled.

In Marvel's Civil War there is something major happening. A Superhuman Registration Act has been passed and superheroes must register their secret identities to the government. Due to the new registration act every hero is forced to decide which side they are on. Are they for the registration act or against it? The story literally affects every single super hero in the Marvel Universe. That's a pretty big deal.