Comic Book Question of the Week Results: Favorite DC Villain

@iceslick: hey dude, there is quite afew of us that like ann's work and hold her catwoman as one of the best at dc. So before you go trying to discredit her just keep that in mind. As a matter of fact, her catwoman has been at a consistantly stong position in the past monthly retail sales figure which is why she has been the longest writer for that series 13-25 plus the annual and still counting.

If I can just quote Ramma here:

"The Joker

• Is a clown
• has one of them squirty flowers
• may own more than one pair of clown shoes
• may or may not be an ass clown

but for reals though.

Okay.. joker may know some unarmed combat. And may be able to use a knife and a gun."

Though keep in mind that this is a quote used from a random encounter VS fight.

Given prep, Joker, as time has shown, has been known to do some actual damage. But because he stays in Gotham. If he were to try to pull something like this around Superman or Wonder Woman, especially in the New 52, he wouldn't stand a chance. There are plenty of other deserving villains that have proven to be contenders against stronger heroes than Batman.

I don't care about the results, but I'll say the same thing I said about the Marvel one -- do a part-p2 with only the top characters available, so that the winner will have more than 50% of the total votes. This poll is reflective of next to nothing.

Damn, I missed this one. But I would've voted Mr Freeze.

@lifeboy: I honestly think the only reason why the book is able to keep up with the sales is because Catwoman is a popular character. Hey there's even been times where Wolverine or Batman would last forever even despite it having a bad writer. I always known that in comics community people favor character > writer. It's why great books like Moon Knight, Demon Knights, War Machine (Iron Man 2.0), X-23, Daken, Runaways, Venom and Scarlet Spider can barely hold on in this industry. People are loved blindy by the characters that are considered popular rather than the actual writing. And by they way, this is my opinion. I'm not saying this is right or wrong. So, maybe you shouldn't throw a personal attack on me.

joker is the villain of a boring hero.

His time had come and gone already.

Now there are only cheap laughs until he regains some respect.

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@iceslick: I won't throw personal attacks on you if you don't throw personal attacks on ann...

Nice, I just saw that, thanks for that info ! Just goes to show you! I agree with you 100%!

Killer Croc

Damn, so many hating on the Joker. This isn't who's the most powerful villain, this is you favorite villain. I personnaly vote for the Joker because i think he is the most unique villain in DC. Stop being butthurt.

OK so I think I either voted Scarecrow, Harley Quinn, or Captain Cold. I think. I am kind of mad because Joker won, but mainly because I wanted to see someone different and it was kinda predictable. However I do love the Joker. The Batman comics with him in it are usually always a fun read.

Nope, I did as well.

I'll take fourth.

I voted for Sinestro. At least he's 3rd

We should have voted for best "B" and "C" rated heroes and villains.

Joker is the most iconic supervillain of all time...even non-comic book people know of him. Hands down, Joker takes title of most popular of all time over Doom.

It's sort of ironic that the result of this poll is predictable and boring when the Joker himself is the opposite of that. I might have voted for Joker over a decade ago but I chose Lex since he wages a far more interesting battle of morality and legality against Supes.

Should do this poll again and have it be favorite enemy that's not an Archenemy.

No Anton Arcane or The Rot :(

Wow, Luthor only 7% and under Deathstroke and Darkseid? That was a surprise. I thought the frist three will be Joker, Sinestro and Luthor, but Darkseid? sure he's powerful but Luthor and Sinestro are way better villains than him.

And Deathstroke??? ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME? No, seriously, I need someone who voted for Deathstroke to tell me why he/she did it. It's like voting Deadpool for "Marvel's best hero".

It's sorta weird he won since he lost the Villains Tournament on the Gen Discussion forum, maybe everyone didn't vote I guess XD

Glad to see that Dartkseid and Sinestro made it to the top 3, and Ra's didn't do that bad either.

Surprised Lex fell behind Sinestro in the voting. That is a bizarre turn of events.

Yes, Sinestro third in rank! People have some taste ;)

did you read the last forever evil comic, i thought that dc was going to do an event without batman as a main character...

I shall get right on it!

@delcar: really? YES!

Well, Manta, better luck next time.

@evilvegeta74: whos your favorite green lantern? Answer then ill tell you why i asked

Well, Lex is still no.1 for me, Joker ties for second place with Riddler and Darkseid.

Uh, you were almost not trolling, if you hadn't said anything like that.

Never saw that coming :P

How many Batman enemies are in that list hmmm?

@kaiklown: Yeah, because Joker is such a badly written character that only people who have no idea about comics would vote for him.

I voted Joker and I collect comics for more than 20 years.

Man, guys like you are the reason we comic geeks have such a bad rep. Elitist crap.

I'm disappointed that Joker won but not that suprised. Anyways Darkseid should've won although I missed this pole I would've definitely voted for him.

wahoo Sinestro respectable third ! glad to see the GL movie did help in getting brand awareness

Seeing as how many people voted, it was not only you, and i do remember seeing a couple of people saying deadshot, i mean when i voted deathstroke he was higher than 7%, i just guess that, a lot more people came in and voted for joker & the others.

@the_stegman: Oh yeah! Condiment King was my vote too! I love paul dinis writing :)

Couldn't vote in this one since I never root for the bad guys. lol I personally would like to know who in Justice League is going to make the biggest contribution to take back Earth in the Forever Evil arc. Good poll question as well.

Um no,sure they've become awesome in the last 10 years or so,but Darkseid has been a better villain far longer,granted he's been badly misused.

Plenty of people love Deathstroke,unlike Deadpool Slade has done things that mak him a serious contender for the upper echelons of villainy,same cant be said for Deadpool.

@tximinoman: I've told you to stop swearing in the past. It is against the rules. This is your second warning. Do not take it to a third.

So just cause the Joker has no powers and is a street level character it means he should not be a contender? sorry not buying it,would you say Hannibal is a lousy villain? the Joker despite being overexposed and overused still has some of the greatest stories ever written in comics,TV and movies THAT'S why people voted for him,the character is also always evolving,unlike many others.

Voted Sinestro, nice to see he got to 3rd at least.

See statement question below, which helps support what I said. Oh and there is this:

If I can just quote Ramma here:

"The Joker

• Is a clown
• has one of them squirty flowers
• may own more than one pair of clown shoes
• may or may not be an ass clown

but for reals though.

Okay.. joker may know some unarmed combat. And may be able to use a knife and a gun."

Though keep in mind that this is a quote used from a random encounter VS fight.

Given prep, Joker, as time has shown, has been known to do some actual damage. But because he stays in Gotham. If he were to try to pull something like this around Superman or Wonder Woman, especially in the New 52, he wouldn't stand a chance. There are plenty of other deserving villains that have proven to be contenders against stronger heroes than Batman.

Riddle me this how do you get 10 Batman rogues but no Mongul on the villain list?

Great point! Great point. Oh, Riddle me this how do you get 10 Batman rogues but no Mongul on the villain list?

Mongul hasn't been a decent villain since the day DC decided to get rid of his father and replace him with a son who was for all intents and purposes a facsimile of the father. Why exactly do you think he deserves a place on this list? Because he has superpowers?

So the quality of a villain is determined not by the stories they headline, but by their ability to punch stuff and exhibit superpowers? Really?