Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
Makes me wonder, how would you guys rank her Rogues not in terms of quality, but in terms of public awareness? Like Zod is not a character in the comics with a lot of good stories, but he’s undeniably “A-List” for Superman, I’d even say he’s Supes second most well known Rogue thanks to the movies.
For WW I’d say:
A-List: Cheetah, Ares, Circe
B-List: Maxwell Lord, Dr. Poison, Dr. Psycho, Silver Swan, Giganta
C-List: Cale, Dr. Cyber, Grail
And Rogues like say Angle Man, Blue Snowman, Minister Blozzard, etc, the general public isn’t aware of them at all.
I put Circe as A-List because she was in the DCAU, DCUO, she was considered for Injustice 2 and will likely be in I3, and I feel pretty confident she’ll be in WW3.
I don't think enough WW villains have enough exposure in general to really rank them based on awareness, granted I would say this about just about all rogues galleries that aren't Batman or Spider-Man.
Max Lord is definitely at the bottom of any list based on quality though.
I'd put Giganta on A-List because more people likely know her than they do Ares or Circe.
Veronica Cale and Dr. Cyber are on the verge of B-List, they just need a little more exposure. I might even put Medusa on B-List.
Everyone else looks about right though. For lower ranks, I see them as such:
C-List are villains like Queen Clea, Paula von GUnther, Devastation, and the Duke of Deception. Characters who aren't really used outside of the comics very often, but featured semi-prominently within them.
D-List are villains like Hypnota, the Mask, Genocide, or the First Born. We fans of Wonder Woman know 'em, but nobody else does.
Z-List are villains like Cat's Eye, Dreadnought, Barremargox, and Panthea. Villains that even the most die-hard Wonder Woman fans would be hard-pressed to remember.
In case anyone's not reading the Rogues Appreciation Thread...
spoilers:end of spoilers are in this week's Future State: Suicide Squad #1.
Both Hypnotic Woman (Hypnota) and Cheetah
DC: Love is a Battlefield #1: spoilers:end of spoilers
Our favorite gal Blue Snowman appears! EDIT: I haven't been able to read it yet, but Byrna comes out as genderfluid (something we all suspected)!
I got a chance to read it.
spoilers:end of spoilers
The story was... not good (in terms of Diana/Steve). But Blue Snowman was fun and I like the revelation that she (possibly they in the future?) is genderfluid as it's a good evolution of the golden age character. It humanizes her quite a bit BUT I don't want it to mean she won't appear in the future as a villain.