Okay I know the title is a bit off, my English is not too good. But let me explain.

What I mean by the most used is that these two probably appear in more stories than any other fictional character. Just imagine the thousands of comics and dozens of films. Is there any other character in fiction that beat these two?

Your English is just fine, and no, they are not the most overused characters in fiction. 

I'd put money on Dracula being the most used. He can appear in anything because nobody owns the rights to him. Superman and Batman can only appear with permission by DC. Also Dracula was created way before either of them.

Dracula, sure. But I'd say, even more often that ol' Vlad himself, The Devil has has cameos in more stories than any other.

Not even sure if you'd specifically count folks like Lucifer Morningstar or Mephisto, but even so, that dude gets around.

@aztek_the_lost: @aztek_the_lost:

Yeah, the devil has a LOT of different incarnations and characters or what not...

But, if we stick to say, traditional comic book characters... Wolverine comes to mind. Yes, Super Man and Batman have more movies and t.v. shows, no doubt... But Wolverine dominates the Marvel Universe (and I'm not saying that's a good thing), he dominates the first three X-Men movies. Had his own movie and a second is underway. He's basically saturating the Marvel universe...

@aztek_the_lost: @aztek_the_lost:

Yeah, the devil has a LOT of different incarnations and characters or what not...

But, if we stick to say, traditional comic book characters... Wolverine comes to mind. Yes, Super Man and Batman have more movies and t.v. shows, no doubt... But Wolverine dominates the Marvel Universe (and I'm not saying that's a good thing), he dominates the first three X-Men movies. Had his own movie and a second is underway. He's basically saturating the Marvel universe...

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@Timandm said:

@aztek_the_lost: @aztek_the_lost:

Yeah, the devil has a LOT of different incarnations and characters or what not...

But, if we stick to say, traditional comic book characters... Wolverine comes to mind. Yes, Super Man and Batman have more movies and t.v. shows, no doubt... But Wolverine dominates the Marvel Universe (and I'm not saying that's a good thing), he dominates the first three X-Men movies. Had his own movie and a second is underway. He's basically saturating the Marvel universe...

Batman and Superman have appeared in a lot more comics than Logan. I see your point, but Batman and Supes had a 35 year head-start on Wolverine. Not to mention that both have had 5+ films, numerous television series' and been consistently published in comics and other media for 70+ years.

Absolutely... Supes and Bats came out around 1938, right? LOL! I just realized "came out" has a certain innuendo. They've been around much longer and have been in many more movies, shows, and publications... I only meant that Wolverine, for the time he's been around, seems to be smathered EVERYWHERE. Definitely over used, and I'm actually a huge Wolverine fan. I also love hamburgers, but I don't want them at every meal...

If you'll click browse characters on top of comicvine, this is what you'll see:

Here's the top 30

Name	Gender	Origin	Publishers	Issues	Last Edit
	Batmanfirst appears in Detective Comics #27	Male	Human	DC Comics	7,753	09/27/2011
	Supermanfirst appears in Action Comics #1	Male	Alien	DC Comics	7,603	09/27/2011
	Spider-Manfirst appears in Amazing Fantasy #15	Male	Radiation	Marvel	7,016	09/26/2011
	Donald Duckfirst appears in The Adventures of Mickey Mouse #1	Male	Animal	Disney	6,329	09/24/2011
	Wolverinefirst appears in The Incredible Hulk #180	Male	Mutant	Marvel	5,685	09/26/2011
	Hueyfirst appears in Donald Duck Annual #1	Male	Animal	Disney	5,422	09/24/2011
	Deweyfirst appears in Donald Duck Annual #1	Male	Animal	Disney	5,407	09/24/2011
	Louiefirst appears in Donald Duck Annual #1	Male	Animal	Disney	5,403	09/24/2011
	Captain Americafirst appears in Captain America Comics #1	Male	Human	Marvel	4,942	09/26/2011
	Mickey Mousefirst appears in Mickey Mouse Book #1	Male	Animal	Disney	4,813	09/24/2011
	Uncle Scroogefirst appears in Four Color #178	Male	Animal	Disney	4,798	09/24/2011
	Iron Manfirst appears in Tales of Suspense #39	Male	Cyborg	Marvel	4,716	09/26/2011
	Goofyfirst appears in Mickey Mouse Magazine #1	Male	Animal	Disney	4,486	09/24/2011
	Archie Andrewsfirst appears in Pep Comics #22	Male	Human	Archie	4,473	09/15/2011
	Veronica Lodgefirst appears in Pep Comics #26	Female	Human	Archie	4,183	09/15/2011
	Betty Cooperfirst appears in Pep Comics #22	Female	Human	Archie	4,115	09/15/2011
	Thingfirst appears in Fantastic Four #1	Male	Radiation	Marvel	3,974	09/26/2011
	Cyclopsfirst appears in X-Men #1	Male	Mutant	Marvel	3,822	09/26/2011
	Mr. Fantasticfirst appears in Fantastic Four #1	Male	Radiation	Marvel	3,771	09/26/2011
	Human Torchfirst appears in Fantastic Four #1	Male	Radiation	Marvel	3,648	09/26/2011
	Hulkfirst appears in The Incredible Hulk #1	Male	Radiation	Marvel	3,611	09/26/2011
	Jughead Jonesfirst appears in Pep Comics #22	Male	Human	Archie	3,416	09/13/2011
	Dick Graysonfirst appears in Detective Comics #38	Male	Human	DC Comics	3,365	09/26/2011
	Invisible Womanfirst appears in Fantastic Four #1	Female	Radiation	Marvel	3,345	09/26/2011
	Thorfirst appears in Journey Into Mystery #83	Male	God/Eternal	Marvel	3,321	09/27/2011
	Beastfirst appears in X-Men #1	Male	Mutant	Marvel	3,237	09/26/2011
	Wonder Womanfirst appears in All-Star Comics #8	Female	Human	DC Comics	3,221	09/27/2011
	Stormfirst appears in Giant-Size X-Men #1	Female	Mutant	Marvel	3,066	09/26/2011
	Lois Lanefirst appears in Action Comics #1	Female	Human	DC Comics	2,976	09/27/2011
	Daisy Duckfirst appears in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #1	Female	Animal	Disney	2,822	09/24/2011

Dracula, Robin Hood, and Sherlock Holmes still have them beat

They'd definitely be in the top 5, yes. 

Hercules pre-dates all these characters and is still used in fiction to day 

Robin Hood alone has been in around 52 movies/tv shows not counting when he's been referenced, hundreds of books and comic books and even inspired several super heroes

Ha ha. Donald Duck kicks Wolvie's metal a**

These two are overused because they're earlier superheroes, By the time Superman and Batman were on there 100th issue, 50% of comic book characters were just debuting.

Definitely god, the devil or Bob. That is a joke and I will give you an internet baked bean soup if you get the joke.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@Timandm said:

@aztek_the_lost: @aztek_the_lost:

Yeah, the devil has a LOT of different incarnations and characters or what not...

But, if we stick to say, traditional comic book characters... Wolverine comes to mind. Yes, Super Man and Batman have more movies and t.v. shows, no doubt... But Wolverine dominates the Marvel Universe (and I'm not saying that's a good thing), he dominates the first three X-Men movies. Had his own movie and a second is underway. He's basically saturating the Marvel universe...

Batman and Superman have appeared in a lot more comics than Logan. I see your point, but Batman and Supes had a 35 year head-start on Wolverine. Not to mention that both have had 5+ films, numerous television series' and been consistently published in comics and other media for 70+ years.

Good point. for Wolverine, he's gonna be faster cos he's almost in every x-men issue and he's also in avengers, aside from his own ongoing. So it's possible Wolverine can surpass them but i think it's gonna take a while before it happens.

as for now, I believe the person who made this thread is correct.

vampires

then supe and bat

I agree with whoever said Satan and his various incarnations.

Wolverine didnt start becoming big til the 90s and 2000s

@PikminMania: I miss that show it was easily 10 times better than any episode of Family Guy since they got uncancelled

Could be, but Wolverine is catching up!

@primepower53 said:

Wow....Donald duck in front of Wolverine.....

Not all that surprising considering Donald Duck was created in 1934, and Wolverine in 1974. Wolverine is definitely moving up that list faster than anybody else.

Had a feeling Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge were going to be up there.

@Joesoef95: True, their two of the three most popular heroes...the third being spiderman