As we reach the last weeks of the 2025 summer film season, let's look at the current state of the comic book genre. What was once the safest cash cow for Hollywood in the 2010s has since been imposed in the cashier's refund. Of course, Marvel Studios had at least two hits of $ 1 billion in this decade, with "Spider-Man: No Mage Home" and "Deadpool and Wolverine", and DC's "The Batman" was critical and commercial success. But otherwise, the genre dropped significantly from its peak.

That said, 2025 is probably the best summer of films with comics for several years. The Marvel studio began the summer with the Thunderbolt, which proved to be one of its better post -phase Marvel Chinese universes. "Fantastic Four: First Steps" finally gave us a quality film adaptation of Marvel's first family. Unfortunately, despite these two films are undoubtedly some of the best Marvel has produced this decade (the Captain America: The Brave New World "also came out earlier this year), the audience did not appear in the MCC driving on the scale before.

While the genre of film comics is clear at the crossroads, Superman comes, written and directed by co-executive director of DC Studios, Jameseses Gun. The film may not illuminate the box office in the fire abroad, but It's a solid hit with home audience. While the two Marvel Studio summer films were well received by both critics and audiences, Superman surpasses all three of this year's MCC editions at the box office, and at the same time dominates the pop culture discourse. This gives DC its first undisputed victory against Marvel in the 17 -year -old films, a victory that is more noticeable when we look at the last five decades of the genre.

While DC and Marvel competed for nearly a century as comic book publications, much of the rivalry among their dedicated fanbags was around their respective film adaptations. The modern superhero blockbuster was born when Superman: Richard Donner's film climbed to cinemas in 1978, convincing the world that man could fly (on the big screen). At the end of the 1980s tail, Tim Batton's "Batman" hung up the audience with its imaginative vision for the city of Gotham. Between these two founding fathers of the modern superhero cinema, DC Comics was the first largest publisher to establish a box office.

This is said, DC's initial rule was not without its lowest, which were quite deep. While the first two films "Superman" were recognized by critics and audiences, the last two records left a stain on the franchise, with "Superman IV: The search for peace", ending Christopher Reeve of the unfortunate whim. As for the "Batman" films, despite their promise thanks to Tim Burton's two films with Michael Keaton, the cracks began to form when he took over ELOEL Schumacher. Although "Batman forever" (starring Val Kilmer) he did well in the box office, his sequel, "Batman and Robin" (starring George Clooney) was a notorious flop that put the film franchise on the "driver" crusader for several years.

Marvel's own journey on the big screen began badly with the 1987 disaster that was Howard Duck. They were not 11 years later, the Marvel Universe had its first success with Blade. And as we turned the page to the 2000s, Marvel's characters began to name for themselves with successful film adaptations of X-Men and Spiderman.

In many ways, rivalry in DC/Marvel entered a maximum of saturation in 2008, thanks to the critical and trade successes of the "Ironeles' man" and "dark knight". Marvel Studio's first entrance to MCU was the breath of fresh air that thoroughly entertained the audience with its merits, with Stinger's post-credit teasing the "Avengers" initiative that serves as a cake. Just a month later, the "incredible Hulk" hit theaters, and although not as success as the "Ironian man", he further prevented the flame of excitement with promises of an ambitious Chinese crossover event in the coming years. Although Marvel was the subject of a lot of buzz that summer, he immediately moved to the DC when the "Dark Knight" broke the box office records left and right, becoming the biggest film of 2008. To this day -Today is still considered to be one of the films for comics of all time, if you do not the Best.

The 2010s were a decade of common Chinese universes, with MCCs ruling Supreme. Meanwhile, after the conclusion of Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, Warner's Bros. tried to use the success of those films with the next restart of Superman. Zac Snyder's "The Man of Steel" caused the darker, nasty tone established by Batman's films on Nolan, and eventually fought in the wider universe with extended DC. DCE's mixed success eventually led to the current reboot under co-executive directors of DC Studios Jameseims Gun and Peter Safran.

Next Massive drop of box office for a second weekend for "Fantastic Four: First Steps", "Superman" is well on its way to becoming the highest comic book since 2025. This will give DC its first undisputed victory over Marvel for the first time since 2008, When the "dark knight" is at the top of the "Ironeles Man" at the box office. Some may claim that 2008 is a year in which DC won in battle, only for Marvel to win the long-term war in the 2010s. Marvel Studios is also guaranteed to appear victorious over the DC Studio at the box office next year with his most profitable Spiderman and Avengers, returning to theaters. But the DC Studios Foundation entices the audience to expand the DC universe that should come, especially with Supergirl and Clayface, both require them to be bold, different approaches to the genre.

"Superman" and "Fantastic Four: First Steps" and both play in cinemas.