August 2014 Character of the Month: Batman

I wouldn't mind seeing a list surrounding characters of the supernatural (like monsters, demons, and such) and magical (just anyone that's magic adept, like Raven, Strange, Fate, Nico Minoru, etc).

Also wouldn't mind a nice round of top female martial artists; Cassandra Cain, Lady Shiva, etc.

boring

it won't stop until everyone is infected!!!!!!! it's like spider island all over again!

Thanks for clearing that up. I can enjoy my evening now, haha.

Batman had to win at least one of these character of the month threads, especially since it's his 75th.

Congrats Batman

@ms-lola: Votes can still be made after the poll is locked and Batman had a 1% lead at the time it was locked (and was holding onto it for several hours in the previous day). To prevent any additional confusion, I've deleted the poll thread.

I don't want to ruffle any feathers, but I noticed in the poll thread Batman and Wonder Woman were actually equal in vote percentage at 21%.

Is it just me that has this result show up? If so, ignore me and I'll get my sight checked. (or computer) The last few posts mention Batman being at 22% but I've seen polls drop back a bit after a few more people join in.

It's been bugging me all day.

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Awesome! I can never get enough Batman.

You almost always meet expectations on your articles so I'm sure some Bat haters might not lose their temper too much with your articles.

I would lay the blame on a certain film but films really don't have much of an impact on the comics in terms of bringing in new fans. The problem is that other characters are more popular than here, even Aquaman is better received than he is amongst comic book fans because of how well he's been written.

@k4tzm4n: Batman vs God thread, pl0x.

Thank you. I'll try my best to make sure they're fun and topical. And yes, I'll avoid using characters that have appeared in Batman Battle of the Month/Does Batman Always Win.

Agreed. I admit I didn't vote for Clark (sorry, Kal), but part of me was really rooting for him. I get a lot of people aren't fond his his time in the New 52, but this would be a great way of looking back and showing why he's a terrific character. Perhaps one day...

I didn't bring it up. I said its perfectly understandable why there is so much bitching and it is.

whether or not they should is a different story.

Batman deserved to be on a month.....he never was,and after Spidey month i waited for Batman month like crazy......we got Moon Knight month,for god's sake!! :P

Whilst I would have rather seen Aquaman, Wonder Woman or Superman to get COTM, this result was the statistically most probable one to happen. Just because more fanbases wanted Batman to lose doesn't detract from the fact that the Batman fanbase is larger than the other individual fanbases. And though it would have been more interesting to see COTM articles and battles for the other characters, Batman is the most popular character on here. Besides, Gregg's wheelhouse is street level debates and I'm sure he can think of some fun match ups and articles for Batman's month.

What I'm most disappointed about though is Superman only getting 9% of the votes. Only freaking Cyborg did worse than him and Cyborg is not a well known or popular character as much as I like him. It's a very sad day when Superman doesn't get nearly as much respect as some other A list characters on here :(

I didn't say that wouldn't be bitching if someone other had Batman had won, I just said the majority of people who voted didn't want Batman to win. Which is factually true.

This might have been the least bitching, but its still a lot. And therefore the amount is completely understandable.

I'm not reading through this thread because I suspect it's going to peppered with comments berating supposed fan-boys(girls) of Batman.

Congratulations to one of the most amazing, iconic and deserving of comic characters to be named "Character of the Month." I didn't vote for him (I voted Wonder Woman), but I'm not disappointed. How could he not win? There is no argument that could convince me this shouldn't have happened.

Age doesn't really matter that much. lol I knew Batman would get a lot of votes so I voted Flash, didn't expect it to be so close.

Ugh. I voted Aquaman.

Barry's too young there....

@fallschirmjager: well as I said. I never said the majority voted for him. But OK I see what you mean.

Which is an irrelevant point to make because Batman didn't beat one character. He beat 6.

And total 6 of those characters fans are all unhappy he won. They might not have been happy if their character lost to someone else, but their still unhappy.,

Therefore, the majority of voters, did not want him to win. Again...22% of people wanted him to win. 78% didn't. It doesn't matter if 9% of that was Superman, or 20 was WW...they all wanted someone not-named Batman to win and they all are probably unhappy.

I'm just going to drop it since you clearly don't understand. But its pretty simple why there are a lot of people unhappy, because A LOT of people didn't vote for him.

@fallschirmjager: more people voted for batman than for any other singluar character. I don't even know what we are arguing about now. I didn't say the majority voted for him. I said MORE people voted for him. Which was to mean more than any other ONE character

And how exactly is this confusing to you? He wasn't up against 1 character. He was up against 6. Therefore the culminative 6 who all didn't win > the 1 guy.

So how do you not understand why the majority of people didn't want him to win? The majority of people didn't want him to win. 22% did. Just because his 22% beats out anyone elses single percent, doesn't mean the other fanbases aren't also unhappy. This isn't a 1v1 comparison.

Again. If you don't think they should bitch, fine. But its perfectly understandable why there is so much bitching when nearly 78% of the voters, didn't vote for him. They voted for someone else.

There would have been lots fo complaining had any of them won, because no body was going to get 50+ percent which would be the majority of votes. And even then, minority bitches louder.

@fallschirmjager: what? More people DID vote for him because he won. more people voted for him than anyone else. Obviously not all together

...uh, no? Do you not understand how percentages work? 22% of the total votes went to batman. 78% went to other people.

Therefore (about) 1 in every 5 people voted for batman and a happy he won. 4 out of 5 are not happy he won.

Its pretty simple. This isn't a choice between 2 people in which there is a clear minority and a clear majority. This was a a 7-way vote and 22% was good enough to win. 22% might have been the biggest single percentage, but it still is only about 1/5 of the total.

@fallschirmjager: Obviously more people voted for him since he won. There should be more celebrating than complaining

@rustyroy: Good point about Superman and Wolverine getting somewhat of the short stick with COTM.

Hopefully the TV show will change that.

All of the articles of this month has to be Batman owning other Justice Leaguers.

Nearly 4 out of 5 people didn't vote for him.

If you want to get into an debate about should they bitch or not, that's one thing. But its pretty easy to understand the amount of bitching.

Sadly he is.

Yeah that would be the perfect time. I'd love to see his stories, supporting characters and villains showcased, other than Battle forums he's very underrated.

Same here. Would have brought out some interesting battles. Maybe around the time his show permeires.

I voted Flash actually, I'd love to see him as CotM.

@k4tzm4n changes the line up from time to time, from popular characters to lesser known characters, first month it was Spidey, next were Moon Knight and Deathstroke. If he always uses lesser known characters then people will lose interest, this one was possibly the most voted poll in CV (got nearly 800 votes) and was the closet match up yet, Batman barely got the win, WW, Aquaman and Flash gave him a run for his money. Batman and Spidey are out of the way anyways, and popular characters like Superman and Wolverine barely get any love in CV, I'd like to see them win CotM too.

Though I really like Batman, I think we should try and have characters who ain't the top of the top famous (ie. Batman, Superman, Captain America, Spiderman, Iron Man) We should give characters who aren't quite as popular their chance to shine. It doesn't have to be someone obscure, but people like Aquaman and the Flash, though they are popular and all, are far less discussed about then the likes of Batman. Anyone agree?

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Cool. Was hoping fr Wonder Woman or Flash. Maybe next time.

The powers that be and (obviously) most of the people on here are on Batmans sack like crablouse.I am not even sure why they had the other league members as an option. Comicvine tells of themselves all the time that Batman always wins.ugh. I love Batman but damn it's overkill.he's like Puff Daddy circa 95-2000,overblown.Let's scale back on the bat so we can appreciate him more.I mean he has like what?800 comics out.

with all the complaints I see on here all the time about too much Batman, I figured someone else might win. But I guess it's like that time Roosevelt ran as a third party candidate after losing the primary. The non-Batman people couldn't agree on a candidate.

With that said, it will be pretty cool to see an article about Batman' s best stories because he's had so many, a lot of which are quite famous. However it will probably feature all the stories that I can't figure out why everyone else likes, like The Dark Knight Returns, and the trash that was Year One. I really did enjoy The Long Halloween though.

Nailed it! Anyway:

Heh, end of argument.

Your POV? dude it was VOTED,or are you so arrogant as to believe that YOUR POV matters more than the rest of us?

@reaverlation: the Azarello run is one of the best that DC has had in two decades. His long work should have him at big M level recognition for revolutionizing a character.

I think Batman has been the best written of the big DC titles. And his rogues gallery runs from low street like Two Face to mid tier like Clayface and amped Poison Ivy. Readers also know that Batman can and does get humiliated in his own titles regularly.

Wonder Woman has been so mismatched that she had to be written beating down an OOC Batman playing Inspector Javert in order to be taken seriously. A golem with no weakness and Superman stats vs Batman without prep or a weakness...And she is shown being under Aquaman in skill.

Idk, maybe I just like reading well written comics on characters that get spited by lesser writers that know they are inferior to their task.

rage finished

Lmao

They're like a disease that refuses to stop multiplying!

There's a reason though, at that time Peter was making his return to comic books and ASM 2 was released, that's why SM got the edge over Batman that month in comic book sales too but just in two months he dropped to second behind Batman again. Also the total votes were 500 compared to this times 800.