No.
Most PAL DVDs that are from American or Japanese content (NTSC native) are scaled from NTSC masters. Few PAL DVDs source from original film, assuming any exists. There also tends to be harsh color issues.
Take one of my favorite cartoons -- Smurfs! The Australian DVD releases all have various artifacts -- color, grain, ghosting, softness, etc. In many cases, the NTSC broadcast masters, as used on Boomerang and Cartoon Network, are superior. The NTSC USA R1 releases re better yet. The only reason to have the PAL release is to acquire the S7-S9 episodes, which have USA rights tied up, and probably always will (NBC Universal vs. Warner).
Some of the old S8 UK PAL tapes are better than the R4 DVDs.
So that obvious answer, actually, is no -- at least for Marvel cartoons. Now if we were talking Doctor Who, then that's another story.
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