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PennyDreadful Since: May, 2010
#1: Jan 19th 2012 at 8:11:20 AM

There's a discussion going for Marvel characters, but how about DC?

My list of DC characters in need of more love includes: Carol Ferris, Pied Piper, and Beast Boy/Changeling.

betraylawl S. is my middle name from Little China Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
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#2: Jan 19th 2012 at 8:28:50 AM

I would like more of Doom patrol, Catman, Alan Scott and Wildcat I would put B'wana Beast in there as well saw a glimpse of him on the Justice league International issue

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TheEvilDrBolty Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
#3: Jan 19th 2012 at 8:44:12 AM

If more love for Carol Ferris includes a costume that doesn't make me embarrassed to be a comic fan, I'm all for it.

TheConductor Since: Jan, 2011
#4: Jan 19th 2012 at 8:54:55 AM

I'd like to see more from Booster Gold and Robin.

Gray64 Since: Dec, 1969
#5: Jan 19th 2012 at 10:22:59 PM

[up][up] Ever see her original Star Sapphire costume? It was pretty conservative.

I'd like to see Nightwing/Dick Grayson get more love. I know, he's got a pretty big fanbase and DC seems committed to keeping him out there, but I'd like to see him be more of a power player and see his book written with a little more scope and imagination. Most of the writers of his own book have felt like they were kind of phoning it in; it wasn't bad, per se, just kind of uninspired. I was most disappointed by Marv Wolfman's run; Wolfman wrote a great Dick Grayson for most of his run on The New Teen Titans, but if his recent turn with the character is any indication, he doesn't seem to think Dick should ever win, just whine and get kicked around a lot...sorry, I got into a bit of a rant there. Nightwing, yes. Nightwing.

cyberxigbar Since: Aug, 2009
#6: Jan 19th 2012 at 11:16:52 PM

I'd like to see Captain Marvel get back into the spotlight. I know, he's going to show up in the new Justice League run, and he's got a role in Young Justice, but I feel bad that he's mostly faded from public consciousness.

Oh, and Mister Bones. Superstrong skeleton man with poison powers who works for a shady agency? Yes please. cool

PennyDreadful Since: May, 2010
#7: Jan 20th 2012 at 6:58:09 AM

I guess it goes without saying: Wally West, Donna Troy, Gar Logan, and Raven need more love, too. NTT fangirl here.

betraylawl S. is my middle name from Little China Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
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#8: Jan 22nd 2012 at 2:55:38 PM

More and more I am starting to have a feeling that Wally and Donna might be in Earth-2 or play an important part

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rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#9: Jan 22nd 2012 at 3:22:16 PM

Spoiler, Booster Gold, Krypto the Superdog.

PennyDreadful Since: May, 2010
#10: Jan 22nd 2012 at 6:51:44 PM

[up][up]I really hope so.

Miss Martian also needs more love. We need some Fun Personified heroes.

edited 22nd Jan '12 6:52:27 PM by PennyDreadful

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
PennyDreadful Since: May, 2010
#12: Jan 24th 2012 at 1:21:48 PM

I'd like to suggest the Inferior Five.

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#13: Jan 24th 2012 at 8:27:40 PM

Alan Scott, Jay Garrick and the rest of the JSA. Every time DC makes drastic changes to its universe, they get royally screwed.

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#14: Jan 24th 2012 at 9:23:45 PM

Huntress. She's a crossbow sniper, capable martial artist, and gorgeous.

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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#15: Jan 25th 2012 at 4:50:19 AM

I'll tell you a DC character that needs more love, and that's...Lazara! Who's this, you might ask? Well, just check this out (Warning, probably Not Safe for Work).

Really, this character only appears in 17 issues and seems to have gone the way of Brother Chuck? For shame!

edited 25th Jan '12 4:51:24 AM by TiggersAreGreat

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i-kun Persona! from Dark Hour Since: May, 2010
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#16: Jan 27th 2012 at 7:33:37 PM

I'd like to see Blackbat and Azrael (JPV or Michael Lane, I don't really care) get more love. Azrael in particular, I'd like to see re-imagined or re-introduced as an 'extended' member of the Bat-Family.

TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#17: Jan 28th 2012 at 8:15:37 AM

[up] Yeah, Azrael needs way more love than he got! sad

The Cape. You know, the character who appeared in that TV Show which got cancelled after one season? The funny thing is, the comic book version and the TV version are very different from each other. The TV Show was probably the biggest attempt at prominence on the character's part!

edited 28th Jan '12 8:17:56 AM by TiggersAreGreat

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#18: Jan 28th 2012 at 3:27:30 PM

Alfred Pennyworth. I want a comic with just Alfred. No Batman involved. Just Alfred doing whatever it is Alfred does in his spare time. Coz Alfred is awesome.

ThatOneGuyNamedX Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#19: Jan 30th 2012 at 7:27:10 AM

I'd like to see some more of Catman, specially on the "new" continuity.

Although there are plenty of characters who seem to have vanished from the DCU, which no one seems to notice (at least in forums and message boards I've seen). Mostly Jay Garrick and Stephanie Brown.

edited 30th Jan '12 7:27:32 AM by ThatOneGuyNamedX

PennyDreadful Since: May, 2010
#20: Jan 30th 2012 at 5:47:19 PM

The Flash cast of characters is a really cool bunch. I'm not just talking about the Flashes themselves, but other speedsters like Max Mercury and Jesse Quick, characters like Linda Park and Pied Piper, and the Rogues. I can't be the only one who thinks this, can I?

i-kun Persona! from Dark Hour Since: May, 2010
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#21: Jan 31st 2012 at 12:54:28 PM

Kid Devil and Blackbat. While the fans seem to love them, DC has pretty much ignored them for a while. And Ragman, too. He was pretty cool.

edited 31st Jan '12 12:55:00 PM by i-kun

Dogbiscuit Since: Jan, 2011
#22: Feb 1st 2012 at 7:43:32 AM

Starman, Icon (formerly of Milestone) and Hitman.

TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#23: Feb 1st 2012 at 2:57:59 PM

How about The Phantom? It's true that he had been handled by more than one company, but DC Comics handled the character at one point.

This guy came out before Batman, and has lasted at least 1600 consecutive issues! A character like that totally deserves love and respect! grin

edited 1st Feb '12 2:58:30 PM by TiggersAreGreat

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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#24: Feb 3rd 2012 at 2:57:18 PM

Here's another character that needs more love: Anarky! The poor guy was absent for about 10 years!

As his name implies, he is very much against the state and authority. I'm not sure myself if he's supposed to be a villain or an Anti-Hero. He did save a kid from falling to his death in Knightfall, when Jean Paul @$$h0!e Valley was willing to let the kid die just to take down Scarecrow. Anarky sure came off as more heroic than Valley did at that point!

Oh, and it has also been suggested that he's the biological son of The Joker! Is that scary or what? It's too bad that this New 52 relaunch on DC's part has probably given this character the shaft...again!

edited 3rd Feb '12 2:58:38 PM by TiggersAreGreat

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TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#25: Feb 4th 2012 at 6:01:39 AM

Poor Amethyst Princess Of Gemworld. This character was made back in the 1980's, and that was way before Sailor Moon showed up in the 1990's. It was an interesting series...until Audience-Alienating Premise and Franchise Original Sin came and killed it! If it had been made in the 1990's, it would have been better off.

Ever since then, Amethyst has only made a few appearances and absolutely no attempt has been made on where she stands in DC Comics. It's like the fans are the only ones who care! sad

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