DC: Dick Grayson, Wally West, Donna Troy, Yara Flor, Titans
Some of my favorite Mangas: One Piece, Slam Dunk, Fullmetal Alchemist, HunterXHunter, Vinland Saga, Monster, Berserk, Vagabond.
Current reading: Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Spy X Family, Kaiju Nº8, Blue Lock, Dandadan.
I doubt you'll find too many Hawkfans that agree with you. There were pluses. I particularly liked how they substituted the absorbascom for endless reincarnation, and had "Joseph Gardner" change his name to an English version of Katar Hol. Past that, one of my faves got shafted pretty hard by Mr. Trimm, et al.
Of late? They bother with civilian supporting casts sometimes, which is more than the source does in recent memory.
Limited budgets force more character moments in television, which is often more memorable than big action scenes (which are cool, but not what stick, at least to this reader/viewer).
The added benefit of actor delivery and sound make it easier to tell jokes that resonate with the audience.
Romance. They don't treat it like a plague that will kill their product. Some go way overboard on it, but you'll find the best moments from most pairings come from their adaptions because they actually bother to do stuff there. That isn't to say there are not great moments in the comics, but you'll see it a lot more often in adaption than you will in comics.
I’d say the biggest format advantage that TV shows get, whether in live action or animation, is an ability to pace multiple stories out for a greater fusion of both episodic adventures (quantity) and yet still serialized progression and growth (quality.)
This is mostly because a team of creators work on a set of stories all at once, ensuring greater quality control overall, but also a greater focus on what will work going forward.
It can still get screwy if a bad creator or idea perseveres, mind you, but a good show will inevitably create an excellent amount of adequate adventures and genuinely believable and long lasting change.
Like action, adventure, rogues, and outlaws? Like anti-heroes, femme fatales, mysteries and thrillers?
I wrote a book with them. Outlaw’s Shadow: A Sherwood Noir. Robin Hood’s evil counterpart, Guy of Gisbourne, is the main character. Feel free to give it a look: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asi...E2PKBNJFH76GQP
I will go one further and say the giant JLU roster is the best version of the Justice League we have seen in decades. Bringing heroes in as needed instead of trying to fit the same characters into each arc just worked so much better. It let them do smaller stories inbetween the big ones.