What’s your favorite non-comics version of DCU characters?

[Lightning Rider]

I wanted to include New Frontier, but it's such a direct adaptation that wouldn't it kind of be cheating?

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He's pretty much the only Trickster though .

Ha! He played him on JLU as well. And on both Flash shows! HA!

Yes, he's The Joker, but Hamil is much more a Trickster!

[WallyWestFlash]

So many of them but here are a few that deserve mention.


JLAS Wally. YJ is a close second.
Christopher Reeve as Superman.
Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Kal El.
Alfred in BTAS.
Tom Clancy as Lex Luthor.
Lois Lane has had so many great versions, Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher, Erica Durance. But my favorite would have to be Dana Delaney in STAS.
Hal Jordan in First Flight.
Supergirl n JLU.
Mark Hamil as Joker.
John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen.
Perry White and Jimmy Olsen in George Reeves Superman.
Ronnie Raymond and Prof. Stein as Firestorm in The Flash were near perfect.
Hawkman, Dr Fate, Zatanna and Stargirl were amazing in Smallville.

All I got for now.

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I wanted to include New Frontier, but it's such a direct adaptation that wouldn't it kind of be cheating?

I think adaptation changes things irrevocably. Jeremy Sisto wasn't voicing Batman when I first read New Frontier, so the animated version was a completely different character for me to the point that, when I re-read New Frontier, that's Batman's voice now.

However, Cooke's comic is so much more vast and epic, I consider them to different things. For instance, I don't consider the animated Dark Knight Returns, and Year One to be any good at all, despite being incredibly faithful to the comic.

Meanwhile, Superman/Batman Public Enemies managed to actually give the story a better ending than the comic had

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I don't think I can pick a favorite Lois Lane either. Kidder, Hatcher, Delany, & Durance are my Mount Rushmore of Lois though!

[Frontier]

Ha! He played him on JLU as well. And on both Flash shows! HA!

Yes, he's The Joker, but Hamil is much more a Trickster!

And in a Justice League Action short with other Mark Hamill characters and Hamill himself .

Ronnie Raymond and Prof. Stein as Firestorm in The Flash were near perfect.

Victor Garber is definitely now my go-to when it comes to Professor Stein.

[lemonpeace]

Doom Patrol's Cyborg for sure (all the DCU Doom Patrol actually)

JL/JLU's John Stewart

Arrow's take on Prometheus

Young Justice's Aqualad

[Jekyll]

So many of them but here are a few that deserve mention.


JLAS Wally. YJ is a close second.
Christopher Reeve as Superman.
Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Kal El.
Alfred in BTAS.
Tom Clancy as Lex Luthor.
Lois Lane has had so many great versions, Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher, Erica Durance. But my favorite would have to be Dana Delaney in STAS.
Hal Jordan in First Flight.
Supergirl n JLU.
Mark Hamil as Joker.
John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen.
Perry White and Jimmy Olsen in George Reeves Superman.
Ronnie Raymond and Prof. Stein as Firestorm in The Flash were near perfect.
Hawkman, Dr Fate, Zatanna and Stargirl were amazing in Smallville.

All I got for now.

Nice list! John Wesley Shipp is criminally underused in the modern Flash show.

I don’t know how I could have forgotten about Stargirl, Hawkman, and Dr. Fate in Smallville as that episode was one of my favorites, but you are right those iterations of the characters was amazing!

[DCStu]

Hmm....

OK.

Superman - Christopher Reeve. My runner up choice may surprise you - Tom Welling! Yep, I loved Smallville back in the day!

Batman - Kevin Conroy. Runner up - Ben Affleck. Yeah the films weren't great but he was. At least in BvS.

Wonder Woman - Gal Gadot

Aquaman - Jason Momoa

The Flash - Grant Gustin

Green Lantern - Nathan Fillion

[j9ac9k]

I don't think I can pick a favorite Lois Lane either. Kidder, Hatcher, Delany, & Durance are my Mount Rushmore of Lois though!

Each had good moments as Lois, but for me considering the length of her tenure and how well she was able to consistently deliver a character that "felt" like Lois, I'm going with Durance. Especially when they darkened her hair (big fan of the swept bang too )
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Doom Patrol's Cyborg for sure (all the DCU Doom Patrol actually)

JL/JLU's John Stewart

Young Justice's Aqualad

Completely agree on all of these.

I was sooooo skeptical of Cyborg being on yet another DC team that wasn't the Titans, but Vic's protrayal on Doom Patrol completely changed my mind. However, I absolutely need to see him and Gar together soon.

[WallyWestFlash]

Nice list! John Wesley Shipp is criminally underused in the modern Flash show.

I don’t know how I could have forgotten about Stargirl, Hawkman, and Dr. Fate in Smallville as that episode was one of my favorites, but you are right those iterations of the characters was amazing!

Thanks man.

I loved those Smallville JSA episodes. I was thinking of including the Legion appearance in Smallville as well but they weren't as great as the JSA was.

[Vakanai]

Batman - Overall, the DCAU Kevin Conroy version. I mean, he's Batman.
Batsuit - But Batman has never looked better than the nu52 nuDCAU, whatever we're calling it. From JL War onwards. Batman v Superman is a close second.
Batcave - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Shame we'll never get to see that version of the cave again.
Joker - Hamill, followed by Ledger, followed by DiMaggio. Eagerly anticipating the new Joker movie though.

Superman - Christopher Reeve, all these years later and Superman The Movie is still the best Superman.
Supersuit - But the duds were better in the DCEU, Man of Steel. No trunks!
Clark Kent - Seconding whoever said Dean Cain.
Lois Lane - DCAU, Dana Delaney. Second place has to go to those YA novels by Gwenda Bond.
Supergirl - the show might be flawed, but Melissa Benoist is flawless as the character.
Lex Luthor - There's no topping the DCAU guy. From evil businessman to mad scientist, this Lex was best. Animated All Star Superman Lex was a nice second though.
Brainiac - Krypton, amazing visual.

Wonder Woman - Close call between Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter, but Carter pulls out the win.
Wonder Suit - But Gal's was the better costume.

[Vakanai]

Black Lightning's whole family from the Netflix show

I don't think there is a Netflix series, do you mean the CW show?

[Lightning Rider]

I don't think there is a Netflix series, do you mean the CW show?

I do, but it was on Netflix. Not a Netflix original though so my mistake.