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Comic Book Question of the Week Results: Favorite DC Villain

Who did the Comic Vine community pick as their favorite DC villain? Spoiler alert: it's not Condiment King!

When it comes to the DC universe, we've been swimming in a sea of sinister villains for the past month. Villains Month has come to an end, but the bad people in DC are still running the show thanks to the publisher's latest big event, FOREVER EVIL. Because of this, we thought it would be fitting to ask you who your top foe is over in their world. Well, it turns out the race wasn't close... like, at all.

One character absolutely slaughtered the rest and no one even came close to giving the character some competition... not even the mighty Darkseid. So, who could possibly earn such a vast majority when there's so much diabolical competition? The Joker, of course! Go ahead, try and act like you're surprised.

"THEY'RE my competition? HA!"

The Clown Prince of Crime first appeared way back in 1940 (BATMAN #1) and has since become absurdly popular (as proven in the poll results). The murderer is the focus of several great comics (e.g. THE KILLING JOKE, ARKHAM ASYLUM, DEATH OF THE FAMILY) and brilliant portrayals in the media have only boosted the villain's fanbase (e.g. Mark Hamill, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger). We're not shocked Joker won, but we are somewhat surprised by the massive lead he took. Here's the full poll results.

Did you vote for Joker and, if so, why is he the best villain DC has to offer? Or, do you disagree with the result and think another character deserved the victory? Lastly, when we asked who the community's favorite Marvel villain is, Doctor Doom narrowly defeated Magneto in the poll. So, that brings us to the real question: Joker or Doctor Doom?

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Out of that list only Deathstroke had a comic... and now that comic is cancelled thanks to a horrible writer and an even worse artist.

Its also pretty interesting how Deathstroke is 4th on the list but compared to the others hes less used.

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I don't think the Joker is as interesting as people think he is.

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Well, that was about as big a surprise as the sun rising.

@k4tzm4n considering it was the end of villains month, wouldn't it have been more appropritate to ask which single issue was the best? (the answer should be more unpredictable :) )

Sure. Care to turn back time so I can do that?

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Forgot who I voted for. Probably Scarecrow though.

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Can't believe Lex fell so far. And yes I voted Joker.

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What shocks me are peoples shock at the results. I mean really people. overall comic fan base are usually on characters like Spider-man, Wolverine, Batman, and Superman. Batman being the biggest fan base and joker being the easiest thing to market as batmans number 1 villain. why would anyone be shocked that joker won?

If anything we should all be shocked if Crazy Quilt actually won. but if he won, id pee myself laughing.

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Joker? I admit that I expected more from this community.

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Just like Stilt Man should have won the Marvel poll, I think Condiment King should have been in this poll and victorious.

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Well, that was about as big a surprise as the sun rising.

@k4tzm4n considering it was the end of villains month, wouldn't it have been more appropritate to ask which single issue was the best? (the answer should be more unpredictable :) )

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Yay Sinestro got third, I guess that's good enough.

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Damn, Deadshot is still only at 2%. He was at 2% when I voted for him. Am I the only one who voted Deadshot as their favorite villain?

That is mathematically impossible because other villains only have 1%. So you would need at least 2 votes to get 2% and I can guarantee you more than 100 people voted on this poll.

I think Joker would without a doubt beat Dr. Doom. Not in a battle of skills, strength, or intelligence but he'd definitely beat him in popularity.

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Damn, Deadshot is still only at 2%. He was at 2% when I voted for him. Am I the only one who voted Deadshot as their favorite villain?

No, you absolutely weren't alone (581 people in total voted).

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Wait, is there actually going to be a Doctor Doom vs. Joker poll? I kind of want to see the results on that one.

Nah, figured people could just have fun talking about in here if they'd like. However, someone is totally welcome to make one in the general discussion section if they'd like.

Ahem

http://www.comicvine.com/forums/gen-discussion-1/the-joker-vs-doctor-doom-1501227/

Excellent. Nice to see that's somewhat close.

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BANE ONLY GOT 5%!!!

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@dctv3363 said:

Wait, is there actually going to be a Doctor Doom vs. Joker poll? I kind of want to see the results on that one.

Nah, figured people could just have fun talking about in here if they'd like. However, someone is totally welcome to make one in the general discussion section if they'd like.

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Wait, is there actually going to be a Doctor Doom vs. Joker poll? I kind of want to see the results on that one.

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Damn, Deadshot is still only at 2%. He was at 2% when I voted for him. Am I the only one who voted Deadshot as their favorite villain?

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I think this was even more expected than Doctor Doom winning the poll for favorite Marvel villain.

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shocker there

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suprising.....