Which DC Character Has The Biggest Fanbase At CBR?

[Red Wolf]

I'd say Batman.

[phantom1592]

I'd say Batman.

Batman was my first thought too. Even the ones who criticize Batman want him to be a 'better/more favorite' version of Batman... but still Batman. As opposed to the split fanbases like Flash, Green Lantern or Robin....

[Calvinr]

I would say it's between the members of the trinity...I mean they have their own pages on this site,,,, but between the three of them I'd give batman the edge in terms of fanbase.

[The Darknight Detective]

Batman is number one if you count posts and threads for a single character, DC or Marvel, so I would say he has the biggest fanbase of anyone here. That doesn't mean his fans are the most vocal, however. In fact, as I mention every now and then, he doesn't even have an appreciation thread (even Peter Parker has one). No need to have one when you're at the top and have no competition for the cape and cowl.

[Pohzee]

I'd say Batman.

Sometimes it seems like Batman isn't even the most popular character in the Batman subforum.

[failo.legendkiller]

I've noticed much love for Dick Grayson

[Nick Miller]

I've noticed much love for Dick Grayson

Nightwing fans are insane. Certifiably.

[MajorHoy]

Nightwing fans are insane. Certifiably.

Don't get people started on which fans are "insane", "rabid", "annoying", etc. . . .

Its very interesting how many Batfamily fans don't actually seem to care for Batman himself. I don't really get it, but ya you see it all the time.

These days, I'm in that boat.
I'm a fan of the character in the past, but haven't cared in a while because of the directions DC's writers have taken the character since even before Rebirth began.

[SiegePerilous02]

Its very interesting how many Batfamily fans don't actually seem to care for Batman himself. I don't really get it, but ya you see it all the time.

I don't really get it either. I've certainly been in a situation where the main protagonist isn't my favorite character in a given property (Buffy, Evangelion, some others), but I wouldn't be able to be invested in the story if I wasn't interested in them a great deal. They ARE the story.

[oasis1313]

Nightwing fans are insane. Certifiably.

And very, VERY faithful.

[The True Detective]

I've thought about it and I realized Batman being disliked by a lot of hardcore fans puts him in the same boat as a lot of other popular characters. Harry Potter for example, definitely isn't the most popular character from his franchise among more hardcore fans from what I've seen. I remember reading a thread on a forum asking people to list their top 5 Harry Potter characters from the books. There were over 50 posts that I read and literally NONE of the posters placed Harry in their top 5. Likewise Luke Skywalker isn't the most popular Star Wars character, with Han and Vader usually beating him in popularity polls. A lot of Dragon Ball fans seem to not like Goku, Vegeta is easily more popular with diehard fans.

Sinestro and Hal, Black Adam and Shazam, sometimes the Rogues and Barry, Felicity Smoak and Oliver on Arrow, Doom and the other Fantastic 4 villains, internet wrestling fans liking heels (the villains) more than the faces (the heroes) Loki and Thor, Kramer and most of the supporting cast on Seinfeld etc. There are probably more examples but that's just off the top of my head where support and villains are more liked than the lead among hardcore/Internet fans. It seems to me that those fans almost always gravitate more to supporting characters and the villains more, whereas casuals are usually the opposite.

[byrd156]

Nightwing fans are insane. Certifiably.

Because he's a character that deserves it, one of DC's greatest heroes and my all time favorite fictional character.

[oasis1313]

Because he's a character that deserves it, one of DC's greatest heroes and my all time favorite fictional character.

Mine, too. And he's accumulated so much devotion and goodwill from his fanbase IN SPITE of DC doing everything possible over the years to discourage those fans. DC looks down on Wingnuts, but if I was at corporate, I'd say, "Why are there so many Wingnuts and how can I make more of them and get more of their money?"

[adrikito]

I've noticed much love for Dick Grayson

Grayson, sure.

[SiegePerilous02]

Sometimes it seems like Batman isn't even the most popular character in the Batman subforum.

There are times when Batman seems like the least popular character in his own subforum.

It makes me sad...