>>113059129x-men in the comics were always bigger in the comics, despite being the in-universe less powerful team until the 2000s
claremont wrote them for like 2 decades consistently, 90s x-men #1 is still the biggest selling comic ever. they were astronomical in cross-over appeal.
F4 is definitely B-list or lower, same for avengers. now? no, of course not, avengers is certainly A-list, shows what 10 years of movies can do
DC can't even get green lantern off the ground and it makes me sad, so much kino space opera potential, wasted due to snyder killing the entire brand