Neil DeGrasse Tyson is settling the debate that literally nobody is having: Does Marvel Comics or DC Comics have a more scientifically accurate world in the comics? In this case, the famous astrophysicist is firmly on team Marvel.
If there's one thing that Neil DeGrasse Tyson loves to do, it is debunking the scientific methods used in popular movies. Some of his takes include wondering why Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 features the sounds of explosions in space, he took on Alien: Covenant for not sending robots to a new planet before humans, and most recently, wrongly pointed out a flaw in Arrival's method of reading alien language. While a few of his takes aren't overly serious, most seem to be, as he loves to analyze details that probably don't matter all that much in popcorn flicks. Love him or hate him, when it comes to science, DeGrasse Tyson knows what he's talking about.
DeGrasse Tyson spoke with ComicBook.com to promote his National Geographic show Cosmos: Possible Worlds, where the conversation turned to the scientific accuracy of both Marvel and DC Comics. He believes that Marvel has, "hands down," the more scientifically accurate stories. Despite appearing in Action Comics and having a small cameo in the Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice film, DeGrasse Tyson says Marvel's more scientific approach to their origin stories gives them more credence when it comes to accurate representation. He referred to Spider-Man being bit in a lab as one of the examples that Marvel uses science-based stories to drive their hero's origins.
Spider-Man. He's bitten while he's in a biology lab where there's a radioactive spider. There's the Hulk, who... it was gamma rays. Everybody's got a science-based story behind their superpowers, and that creates a fertile landscape that you can go back to if you need to. Plus, Banner was a medical doctor, for goodness' sake. So, this has value.
One has to wonder if DeGrasse Tyson thinks Doctor Strange being an actual doctor makes his origin story more compelling and scientifically accurate. Perhaps if Aquaman was bitten by a fish in a lab or Superman was from a real alien planet, DeGrasse Tyson could get more behind DC Comics. Although, I've got a headache just imagining, for example, him trying to point out that a Motherbox, could not, turn a man into a cybernetic hero. Sometimes, it's best to just suspend your disbelief and enjoy comics and movies without trying to make everything scientifically accurate. Almost all of Marvel and DC's characters wouldn't exist if everything had to be perfect on a scientific level. DeGrasse would certainly love that, however.
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