Interesting online poll-battle of Top 100 DC characters versus Top 100 of Marvel’s …

DC Top 20

20. Rorschach – 809 points (10 first place votes)
19. Black Canary – 835 points (10 first place votes)
18. Power Girl – 909 points (14 first place votes)
17. Superboy – 938 points (11 first place votes)
16. John Constantine – 953 points (17 first place votes
15. Lex Luthor – 966 points (2 first place votes)
14. Robin (Damian Wayne) – 1011 points (6 first place votes)
13. Booster Gold– 1100 points (20 first place votes)
12. Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) – 1213 points (32 first place votes
11. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) – 1495 (17 first place votes)
10. Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle) – 1569 (20 first place votes)
9. Flash (Barry Allen) – 1604 points (27 first place votes)
8. Tim Drake (Robin/Red Robin) – 1708 points (30 first place votes)
7. Wonder Woman – 1780 points (42 first place votes)
6. Flash (Wally West) – 2471 points (67 first place votes)
5. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) –2549 points (74 first place votes)
4. Joker – 2667 points (18 first place votes)
3. Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing/Batman) – 3618 points (105 first place votes)
2. Superman – 4096 points (117 first place votes)
1. Batman (Bruce Wayne) – 6585 points (313 first place votes)

Interesting in terms of movie possibilities – it’s actually pretty narrow since there are 2 Batman’s, 2 Green Lantern’s, 2 Flash’s and 3 Robin’s on this list plus Lex Luther, the Joker and Batgirl are not really stand alone movie characters. And Flash & Green Arrow don’t really lend themselves to a lot of stories … it’s no wonder WB was so eager to launch Green Lantern since there’s not much else left …

Marvel’s Top 30 goes deeper plus with team-ups like the X-Men and Avengers, you don’t really need a full story from each character while Dc’s disadvantage with Justice League is with Superman, why do you really need anyone else (well, other than Batman to play the bad cop? Or when Kryptonite randomly appears).

(only one repeat)

25. Silver Surfer – 719 points (16 first place votes)
24. Captain America (James “Bucky” Barnes) – 795 points (5 first place votes)
23. Rogue – 876 points (15 first place votes)
22. Beast – 894 points (10 first place votes)
21. Storm – 918 points (18 first place votes)
20. Jean Grey – 968 (38 first place votes)
19. Kitty Pryde – 970 (18 first place votes)
18. The Punisher (Frank Castle) – 995 (17 first place votes)
17. Emma Frost – 1004 points (16 first place votes)
16. Iron Fist – 1123 points (17 first place votes)
15. Deadpool – 1207 points (28 first place votes)
14. Doctor Strange – 1258 points (9 first place votes)
13. Nightcrawler – 1284 points (34 first place votes)
12. Magneto – 1432 points (15 first place votes)
11. The Thing (Ben Grimm) – 1526 points (43 first place votes)
10. Hawkeye (Clint Barton) – 1607 points (25 first place votes)
9. Cyclops – 1736 points (37 first place votes)
8. Doctor Doom – 1808 points (23 first place votes)
7. Iron Man (Tony Stark) – 2226 points (34 first place votes)
6. Daredevil – 2280 points (71 first place votes)
5. Hulk (Bruce Banner) – 2286 points (41 first place votes)
4. Wolverine – 2728 points (54 first place votes)
3. Thor – 2736 points (40 first place votes)
2. Captain America – 4062 points (106 first place votes)
1. Spider-Man – 5519 points (277 first place votes)

Full list at Comic Book Resources.