A few more for consideration....
Wildcat II: the female Wildcat
Wildcat III: Wildcat's illegitimate son who had the ability to turn into a werepanther.
Extraño: A flamboyantly gay member of the New Guardians. He got HIV from fighting an AIDs Vampire.
Brother Power the Geek: a mannequin brought to life turned hippie.
Tomorrow Woman is one of my absolute favorite "one hit wonder" characters. Yeah, she came back less successfully later on, but I always had the vibe people kinda just didn't know or care much about those appearances rather than hating them.
I love Zauriel too, he's great.
That said... on the exact opposite side of the argument, I think policing who gets to be unpopular enough for the Hated 8 is a fool's errand. That kinda goes for the whole thread.
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This thread is honestly the first I've ever heard of any hate for Ambush Bug. His original mini was the first DC book I collected, along with Crisis, and he's been a favorite of mine ever since. And comparing him to Deadpool misses the point of the character entirely. Yeah, they both have moments of comic-book self-awareness, but AB is more about poking fun at some of the sillier tropes/properties from DC's past while Deadpool is more like Bugs Bunny meets Deathstroke. Comically driven, yes, but Bug is more of an archivist while DP's more of an anarchist.
What's interesting as this thread plows onward is how *few* hero characters we can name that are even *generally* disliked. I mean, even deadenders like Karma have fans chiming in, fer gosh sakes, which absolutely boggles the imagination
I'm going to leave this thread open for nominations for a few more days, then start up some voting.
I'll throw another character out there: Faith. Joe Kelly's JLA run was pretty darned good, in my opinion. But I'm under the impression that no one ever really warmed up to his vaguely-Mary Sue-like character who was just given membership in the group without so much as a "who she is and how she came to be." Am I wrong?
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Ooh, one last one for consideration:
Icemaiden. Not Ice, but the other one.
Am I wrong, or is she widely disliked?
I agree on that. She was not very liked, replaced a well liked character who everyone admitted killing was a mistake, always compared and comparing herself, with Ice, trying to displace Ice, let's say she had several points against her. (She was lesbian, so now that must count as positive points).
However his last appearance was sad, really tragic (being skinned alive). And as it was not enough, most probably you will not to see her again, for a looong hard time. Some characters had no luck.
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