Marc Guggenheim Quotes

One of my favorite things about the DC Universe, growing up as a reader, was just how big it was and just how many characters and superheroes there were. And how many odd characters there were.

If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.

I started reading DC stuff much later in my life. You realize that there's a huge difference between the Marvel universe and the DC universe and the characters that own it.

I love every character in the DC universe, except for Rampage. Rampage is a She-Hulk rip-off, and I like She-Hulk.

With 'Invincible', I wanted to create my own version of the Marvel or DC universe, with my own heroes and villains.

I like the superhero comic books, and I like to see what the actors do creatively with the characters and how they bring these superheroes to life in the movies.

I read The Flash. I read Green Lantern. I loved Batman.

If you liked my 'Ghost Rider' run, you're going to love what they're doing in 'Punisher.'

DC characters are from a different era than Marvel characters.

'Animal Man' and 'Swamp Thing' have so many commonalities in tone and mood.

I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.

One of DC's strengths is our archive of storylines ranging from 'Watchmen' to 'Arkham Asylum' to 'Sandman.'

I always loved as a kid reading 'Spider-Man,' and the 'Fantastic Four' would show up... it was all about that larger universe.

If you look at Stan Lee and the Marvel comics, yes, there's a lot of awesome, serious and dramatic action that takes place.

The great thing about 'X-Men' is that it takes characters that are quite firmly established in the comics and puts them in new contexts.

I love other movies that have been made since, but I think more than any comic book movie, 'Superman' just totally seemed to capture superheroes in ways that others have not.

Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way.

I remember watching the 'Iron Man' cartoons when I was younger. I remember reading the origin stories and some of the Silver Age stuff, and I read 'The Avengers' - 'The Defenders' and then 'The Avengers' - and that sort of brought me into 'Iron Man.'

I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.

Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.

That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.

I'm a huge comic book fan, and I've read a lot from all different comic book outlets.

I love working on 'Superman' and 'Batman' dearly.

I feel like no matter what I'm on, whether it's 'Tiny Titans' or 'Swamp Thing' or 'American Vampire,' there will be an element of horror in it. Which would be fun for 'Tiny Titans.'

I grew up with Batman and Superman but definitely in a cartoon and a movie kind of way. I was familiar with DC superheroes. I didn't know much about The Flash or anything about Iris West!