Of the two universes of heroes and villains, Marvel has the better stable. Of the comics I ever bought, I probably went 98 to 2 for Marvel over DC, and I never followed a single DC title.
That doesn't, however, mean that DC has no great stories to mine or great characters to tell those stories about. The DCAU proved that they did, in my opinion. I'm informed that their TV shows are pretty good, though I don't find myself that interested.