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August 2014 Character of the Month: Batman

The Dark Knight eventually becoming the CotM was bound to happen, so why not during his 75th anniversary?!

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"I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Comic Vine's Character of the Month!"

Our latest Character of the Month theme was the Justice League and the original members from the New 52 roster were added to the poll. Wonder Woman took a strong lead at first, but the Caped Crusader was able to catch up and it became neck and neck. Meanwhile, Superman and Cyborg bonded over what it's like not to receive any love from the voters and Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman raced for third place. In the end, the Dark Knight took the victory over Diana by a mere 1% (somewhere, Blue Beetle is laughing and saying "One percent! One percent!"). It was an absurdly close race between the two Justice Leaguers, but it looks like Batman must have busted out some Amazon repellent bat-spray at the last second.

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What does this victory mean for Bruce Wayne, you ask? Throughout August, Batman will receive his own edition of Must Read Stories, Best Battles, Best Covers, and occasionally appear in our Question of the Week or have his abilities tested in a Battle of the Week. So, if you're happy Batman won or want to learn more about him, you should keep your eyes on CV's homepage this month! But you were already going to do that anyway, right? If you want to make suggestions for any of these articles, you're obviously welcome to toss some ideas at us in the comments. At any rate, it was a really close race for the top spot and we want to thank everyone for voting and posting their opinions! Here's the final results of the poll.

  • Batman 22%
  • Wonder Woman 21%
  • Aquaman 17%
  • Flash (Barry Allen) 16%
  • Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) 11%
  • Superman 9%
  • Cyborg 4%
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Let's start the celebration right now! Share your favorite image of Batman in the comments below and explain why you think it's so great. Let the Batman praise begin!

Do you like this feature and want to provide feedback and/or make a suggestion for future editions? Feel free to tell us in the comments or reach out via Twitter.

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No one saw this coming.

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SMH at the fact Superman only received 9% of the votes

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Dang, I was rooting for the flash or aquaman.

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excited animated GIF

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SMH at the fact Superman only received 9% of the votes

Right? The top result isn't surprising, but I expected Supes to be more even with the others.

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He-he. It's coming....

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thank god. we don't get enough batman.

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So the character that already gets far too much attention gets even more... bleh...

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@theamazingimmortalman said:

SMH at the fact Superman only received 9% of the votes

Right? The top result isn't surprising, but I expected Supes to be more even with the others.

Yeah, only 9%! It was very sad.

So the character that already gets far too much attention gets even more... bleh...

Well, the viners decided they wanted more so what can you do...

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Haha funny thing is that it was the viners that voted for him.

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Sigh... more F@cking Batman. Nothing against the character, but after this anniversary I hope we see a lot less of him.

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Yay! Best results!

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Well, the viners decided they wanted more so what can you do...

Do you think it makes it more or less irritating knowing that there is nothing to do, but accept the judgement of people with no imagination?

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Also poor Cyborg

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@theamazingimmortalman said:

SMH at the fact Superman only received 9% of the votes

Right? The top result isn't surprising, but I expected Supes to be more even with the others.

Same here

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Where's WenjunChew when you need him, eh?

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@outside_85: so because they wanted batman to be character of the month, they have no imagination?

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@theamazingimmortalman said:

@kal_smahboi said:
@theamazingimmortalman said:

SMH at the fact Superman only received 9% of the votes

Right? The top result isn't surprising, but I expected Supes to be more even with the others.

Same here

Agreed I voted for Superman. I didn't expect him to win but I thought he would do better than he did. Surprised WW did as well as she did.

Is it time we renamed the site to BatVine? :p

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@dernman said:

@theamazingimmortalman said:

@kal_smahboi said:
@theamazingimmortalman said:

SMH at the fact Superman only received 9% of the votes

Right? The top result isn't surprising, but I expected Supes to be more even with the others.

Same here

Agreed

Is it time we renamed the site to BatVine? :p

lol, that would be a fitting name

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The answer is always Batman. This isn't a joke or an internet saying, this is one of the fundamental laws of the universe. Trying to deny this is like trying to resist gravity or time itself.

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That's what you get for liking Blooperman and Blunder Woman. Defeat.

Remember, it's not too late. Be a winner. Pick up a Batman comic today.

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WOOOOOO

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@outside_85: so because they wanted batman to be character of the month, they have no imagination?

Apparently, since it's a rule of the internet that the answer is always Batman.

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"Well, maybe you should have fought harder for them."

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@outside_85: or maybe it's because he's a great character that many people enjoy?

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@saren said:

That's what you get for liking Blooperman and Blunder Woman. Defeat.

Remember, it's not too late. Be a winner. Pick up a Batman comic today.

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Lol cyborg

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I s Batman eternal good? I feel like it isn't.

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@outside_85: or maybe it's because he's a great character that many people enjoy?

Normally Batman is the most boring character in any given scene, so I really doubt that.

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@outside_85: Hmm well judging by his comic sales, a lot of people would seem to disagree with that statement.

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@outside_85: Hmm well judging by his comic sales, a lot of people would seem to disagree with that statement.

Like I said, a lot of people lack imagination.

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Well, that came across as a surprise. Or maybe not.

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So the character that already gets far too much attention gets even more... bleh...

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Nice let's get his month out of the way first.

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@dernman: I'm really happy for WW as a character, finally getting the recognition she deserves.

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That's it,that's it. This month's gon' be good!

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@mrtummytumms said:

@outside_85: Hmm well judging by his comic sales, a lot of people would seem to disagree with that statement.

Like I said, a lot of people lack imagination.

Like you?

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Nice let's get his month out of the way first.

A good way to think about it.

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People can at least be happy about the fact that its the last time Batman will be in character of the month.

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What a suprisse, i totally never see this coming.

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GOD F%*KING DAMN IT! Batman battle of the month every week! Trying to argue against all the Batwankers for a whole month is gonna get me down. I'm a sad panda.

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@mrtummytumms said:

@outside_85: Hmm well judging by his comic sales, a lot of people would seem to disagree with that statement.

Like I said, a lot of people lack imagination.

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never in a million years would I have thought the popularity voting would have went this way. except for Batman on top.

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Hey it's Batman month!!!!

....Wait. How is this different from every other month? :P

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@rustyroy said:

People can at least be happy about the fact that its the last time Batman will be in character of the month.

You must have missed the thing about it being Batman month, every month, on Comicvine. So having this is pretty much just a complete waste of time and effort.

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Its sad that it will be less celebrating and more whining.