What are some of your favorite lesser known DC characters?

[J. D. Guy]

Speaking of Isis, and of characters who got the poo as time went on, not only was Isis a cool character in her own right, but I also loved Amon/Osiris. I loved how he tied both his sister and brother (in all but law) together as their own little family, and how those two humanized Black Adam in the best way possible.

Osiris also had it bad, though, especially how he fell into one bad luck streak after another, tried to become a Teen Titan, but prior unfortunate events painted him as too "potentially evil" that he was turned away, only to later be mercilessly killed off by someone he thought was his best friend, while tricked into being de-powered at the time, too, so he was humiliated twice deep.

Then he got a positive sign when he was one of the few Black Lanterns who wasn't irredeemably evil, and got the to close things out with Sobek to boot. He even came back! But despite his lofty higher calling, he just ended up descending into villainy. Than the New 52 came and he was gone.

I think it was in a collect 52 book that I borrowed from the library where I read this, but apparently, it was mentioned that one of the writers had it out for Osiris. That may or may not explain why he was used and abused as he was, in part or in full. Either way, it's pretty depressing; there are a ton of unfortunate implications that are abound with Amon and his treatment.

(They weren't consistent with his costume's design either. I liked the version that covered him completely, including the hands but sans the head, and that didn't have the gold forearm and calf bands, that he wore first, but the artists couldn't decide if that was his look, or if he was supposed to look like Black Adam but not as burly.)

Isis didn't have it much better, either.


On another note, I've said before how I wished DC would bring back Colin Wilkes and acknowledge how he was Damian's first same-aged friend, even before the likes of Maps, Maya, and now Kon.

I guess I have a lot of lesser know characters I really like.

[Spiderboy12]

Timber Wolf
Chemical King
Element Lad
Invisible Kid(s)
Kid Quantum II
... and most of the Legion

Static
Bunker
Blue Beetle III (Jaime)
Superboy (Jon Lane Kent, if only for his brief superhero phase)
Pete Ross
Vibe
Kid Devil
Blue Devil

Tim Hunter (one of my biggest favorites) and Molly O'Reilly
Dead Boy Detectives
Shadowpact (as a group)
Genius Jones
Newsboy Legion (both versions)
Deadman

Jonah Hex (though I'm not sure he's really "lesser known")
Batlash
Kamandi (Last Boy)
Anthro (First Boy)
Kong the Untamed (Second Boy?)
Relative Heroes

Probably too many to name...

[Kaijudo]

This thread tells me DC needs to do a FORGOTTEN HEROES REBIRTH title.

Who'd be on your list? Let's cap it at, say, seven members.

[J. D. Guy]

Vibe is another one for me. It lasted longer than some of my other favs, but when it ended, he sadly disappeared from the DC Universe spotlight. I enjoyed his brothers roles in his life, too.

For another New 52 lesser-known, there're the characters from Green Team Teen Trillionaires. Like Doomed, it ended sooner than the writer likely assumed, and so things had to be rushed to fit a semi-conclusive state by the 6th issue. I dug that book, and I really wanted to see where it and the characters went. (Also like Doomed, the characters were "sent" over to the Teen Titans in a way that didn't amount to much for long before they disappeared entirely.)

[Assam]

Timber Wolf
Chemical King
Element Lad
Invisible Kid(s)
Kid Quantum II
... and most of the Legion

Static
Bunker
Blue Beetle III (Jaime)
Superboy (Jon Lane Kent, if only for his brief superhero phase)
Pete Ross
Vibe
Kid Devil
Blue Devil

Tim Hunter (one of my biggest favorites) and Molly O'Reilly
Dead Boy Detectives
Shadowpact (as a group)
Genius Jones
Newsboy Legion (both versions)
Deadman

Jonah Hex (though I'm not sure he's really "lesser known")
Batlash
Kamandi (Last Boy)
Anthro (First Boy)
Kong the Untamed (Second Boy?)
Relative Heroes

Probably too many to name...

Gonna comment on a few of these...

The Legion is the best team in all of comics, my personal favorite members being Ferro and Gates.
Static and the Devils really deserve to have better people writing them.
Deadman is pretty cool, my personal favorite appearance of his being when he teamed up with a grown-up Secret.
and Genius Jones is a character I only really know as a member of Team Thirteen, which, holy **** DC, Traci is already in Superwoman, call up Brian Azzarello, and bring back Team Thirteen!

[Mister BoMan]

Airwave
Jade
Silver Scarab (Hector Hall)
Swamp Thing
Doom Patrol
Jonah Hex
Challengers of The Unknown
Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
Tarantula (John Law)
Isis
Mr. Terrific (Michael Holt)
Agent Liberty
Vixen
Steel (JL Detroit version)
Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
The Creeper
Pre-52 Alan Scott
Pre-52 Jay Garrick

[poroto678]

Ok.

- Jade (She may be my favorite supporting character of all time).
- Jay Garrick
- Alan Scott.
- Kate Spencer.
- Cassandra Cain.
- Phantom Stranger (New 52 version)
- Animal Man (New 52)
- Courtney Whitmore/Star Girl.

[C-Dot]

[silly]

[hotroddii]

Arising appears almost every month in a GL comic but never gets much of a feature.

I'd like to see Katma Tui return too.

[SlimeStack]

I dunno if he counts as really being unknown since JSA fans should know Starman and Stargirl, but I love the Star-spangled kid when he gets Starman's rod.

[Assam]

I dunno if he counts as really being unknown since JSA fans should know Starman and Stargirl, but I love the Star-spangled kid when he gets Starman's rod.

Jack and Courtney are definitely my favorites in the Star-Family.

[aderifield22]

Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Deadman, Mr. Terrific, Booster Gold, Jonah Hex, Atrocitus.

[Ascended]

Is that Joto, from the Jurgens' era Teen Titans?

He was a cool character. I miss him.

[SilverScarlet]

1) Creeper (definitely pre-52!)
2) Phantom Stranger
3) Black Orchid
4) Madame Xanadu
5) Deadman