Are there any DC characters that truly feel "outdated"

[Buried Alien]

quietly deletes the Colonel Computron pitch that's been worked on for years

a single tear rolls down Bored's face

Hey, I'll read it! Anyone who can write a story that can make Colonel Computron a viable DC villain for the 21st Century will have pulled off the greatest character rehabilitation miracle this side of Cisco Ramon.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Gaius]

Dated: Characters I don't like

Timeless: Characters I like

[DrNewGod]

B'Wana Beast

Beat me to it...

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[Lee Stone]

Dated: Characters I don't like

Timeless: Characters I like

It almost always seems to be the opposite for me.

[MajorHoy]

Hell, "Goody Rickles" was probably outdated back in 1971!

[DrNewGod]

I hate to say it, but the Silver Age Green Lantern.

Green_Lantern_(Hal_Jordan).jpg

Like it or not, fighter pilots, test pilots, and even astronauts don't hold the cache they did in the early 1960s.

[Alpha]

B'Wana Beast

What? Hell no. Everything that is debatable about him can totally be explored in interesting ways. There are a lot of dichotomies to him.

[Riv86672]

Dated: Characters I don't like

Timeless: Characters I like

This is really what it comes down to for most ppl.
A good writer though, who has an interest in a character, can make that character work.
And speaking of B’Wana Beast...

What? Hell no. Everything that is debatable about him can totally be explored in interesting ways. There are a lot of dichotomies to him.

^^^Yeah B’Wana Beast is cool!

[married guy]

Slam Bradley sprung to mind.
And hey! JLU showed B'Wana Beast can be cool!

[j9ac9k]

I hate to say it, but the Silver Age Green Lantern.

Green_Lantern_(Hal_Jordan).jpg

Like it or not, fighter pilots, test pilots, and even astronauts don't hold the cache they did in the early 1960s.

The fact that it doesn't could just be a new wrinkle to his character - he can still have been inspired by those guys (like his dad) even though it's not cool anymore. It's also just his dayjob - it doesn't affect him being a kick-ass GL. The spirit of what he represents should be timeless. But yeah, I'm going to defend my guy Hal.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Oh yeah, that's fine. But it's not an actual circus. Animals, in particular, are increasingly a no-go. I guess Gotham itself would have to be a hub for shows like that, if Gotham is to have jurisdiction over orphaned Dick Grayson..though I guess a billionaire stepping to to adopt across state lines is feasible enough for comics. Though one can always just not mention their origins, I guess.

I don't think avoiding Dick's origins is the right play. Dick's origins don't need to be tied specifically to a circus, but rather a show that evokes one. I don't think there's anything essential about Dick being around circus animals when he's growing up either. The important bits, to me at least, are that Dick's from a family of acrobats and spent his childhood with a travelling group of performers. The rest is pretty malleable.

I also don't think anything being feasible is something that should ever really come into play with Bruce Wayne and Batman. If people are willing to accept the cape as something any martial artist would use, then feasibility has already flown out the window

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Dated: Characters I don't like

Timeless: Characters I like

10 Nerd Points for Accuracy!

[DrNewGod]

Slam Bradley sprung to mind.
And hey! JLU showed B'Wana Beast can be cool!

Slam Bradley is actually timeless. In other eras he's called Mannix, or Hunter, or McClain, or Dekker.

[DrNewGod]

The fact that it doesn't could just be a new wrinkle to his character - he can still have been inspired by those guys (like his dad) even though it's not cool anymore. It's also just his dayjob - it doesn't affect him being a kick-ass GL. The spirit of what he represents should be timeless. But yeah, I'm going to defend my guy Hal.

I respect your misguided fealty

[DrNewGod]

Oh yeah, that's fine. But it's not an actual circus. Animals, in particular, are increasingly a no-go. I guess Gotham itself would have to be a hub for shows like that, if Gotham is to have jurisdiction over orphaned Dick Grayson..though I guess a billionaire stepping to to adopt across state lines is feasible enough for comics. Though one can always just not mention their origins, I guess...

I've said it elsewhere, but my answer to Robin is to cast his parents in a traveling version of Cirque Du Soleil.