just sitting here enjoying my day,messing with characters and such and got to thinking....what are my top five marvel characters,top five dc characters, and top five whatever-characters?not in order mind you but here they are...MARVEL- spiderman,hulk,ben grimm,thor, and steve rogers captain america DC-flash,hal jordon green lantern,capt.marvel,aquaman,and batman OTHERS-tick,hellboy,spaceghost,( nothing else comes to mind on this category)
Spider-man
Batman
Indiana Jones
Han-Solo
Captain America
This is just in general. I don't know if you wanted in different categories.
Marvel Heroes:
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Spider-man
Cable
Wolverine
She-Hulk
Marvel Villians:
Apocalypse
Green Goblin
Sabretooth
Thanos
Dr. Doom
Marvel Anti-Heroes/Questionable
Magneto
Deadpool
Juggernaut
Hulk
Venom (Eddie Brock)
DC Heroes:
Batman
Superboy (Conner Kent)
Green Lantern (Kyle Raynor)
Powergirl
Superman
DC Villians:
The Joker
Darkseid
Two-Face
Lex Luthor
Deathstroke
as far as villians go...MARVEL-#1 is definately doctor doom,galactus,dragonman,rhino,and thanos. DC-darkseid,capt.cold,solomon grundy,heatwave, and sinestro. OTHERS-darth vader
I couldn't really attempt a favorite Marvel list but I can do a DC one easily. No particular order:
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Superboy (Kon-El/Conner Kent)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
Robin (Tim Drake)
Pulps:
The Shadow
Doc Savage
Conan
Captain Future
The Spider
Marvel:
Spider-Man
The Thing
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD
Wolverine
The Silver Surfer
DC:
The Doom Patrol
Plastic Man
Metamorpho
Swamp Thing
Atomic Knights
Others:
Captain Atom (Charlton)
Sentry (Hero Aliance)
Beck and Caul
Noman (T-Agents)
The Spirit (Will Eisner)
Superboy (Kon-El/Conner Kent)
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
impulse
Robin (Tim Drake)
Aquaman
Thor
steve rogers
cyclops
patriot
iceman
DC Heroes
Batman
The Question
Black Canary
Catwoman (well, she is as much a hero now as a villain)
Superman
DC Villains
Joker
Two-Face
Hush
Neron
Knockout (I love the character or at least the concept)
Marvel (note, I have not really cared for Marvel in over three years)
Heroes
spider-man
Captain America
Rogue
Daredevil
She-Hulk
Villains
Green Goblin
Mr. Sinister
Titania
Callisto
Dr. Doom
Vertigo
John Constantine
Spider Jerusalem
Death
Jack Herriman (from the limited series Scene of the Crime)
Rain (from House of Secrets)
DC:
Green Arrow
John Constatine
Superman
Starman (Jack Knight)
Jonah Hex
Marvel:
Punisher
Captain America
Iron Man
The Silver Surfer
Dr Strange
Other:
Goon
Invincible
Rick from The Walking Dead
Dashiel Badhorse from Scalped
Heath Huston from Fear Agent
I'm not really sure on favorite heros and villains(other than Victor von Doom), my faves are usually characters that aren't clearly on one side. Such as Aubrey Sparks(mostly in Superman/JLA comics), and the modern Acolytes(Xmen). The guys who've written the Acolytes most recently have done a good job of writing them as non-hero, non-villain characters.
I'm listing heroes only.
DC:
Captain Marvel
Flash II
Green Lantern I - V
Plastic Man
Hourman I
Marvel (Bronze Age):
Spider-man
Vision
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Rogue (1980s)
Other:
Tick
Ralph Hinkley
Blue Falcon
Super Grover
Buttercup
Marvel: Capt America
Silver Surfer
Thor
Nightcrawler
Forbush Man
Villians: Thanos
Apocalypse
Mr. Sinister
Loki
Impossible Man
DC: Superman
Martian Manhunter
Flash
Capt Atom
Krypto
Villians: Darkseid
Deathstroke
Luthor
Starro
Mr. Mxyzptlk
#1. Captain America - all time favorite character...make mine Cap!
#2. Thor
#3. Superman
#4. Kitty Pryde
#5. Flash (Wally West)
I'd have to think about it if I had to do it by company.
Marvel:
1. Deadpool (surprising right?)
2. Captain America
3. Jamie Madrox
4. Magneto
5. Cyclops
DC:
1. Green Lantern
2. Catman
3. Green Arrow
4. Deadshot
5. Black Adam
Other:
1. Lincoln Red Crow from Scalped
2. Invincible
3. Mitchel Hundred from Ex Machina
4. Matt Roth from DMZ
5. Dashiell Bad Horse from Scalped
Randomly ordered, except for Deadpool. He is my favorite Marvel character.
Marvel
Deadpool
Nova
Starlord
Spider-Man
Rocket Raccoon
DC
The Question (Vic)
Batman
Green Lantern (Kyle)
Blue Beetle (Jamie)
Booster Gold
Marvel
1. Thanos
2. Silver Surfer
3. Hulk
4. Magneto
5. Spider-man
DC
1. Black Adam
2. Deathstroke
3. Zoom
4. Bizzarro
5. Darkseid
Marvel
1. USAgent (really?)
2. Thanos
3. Ironman (my favorite as a child, not as much now)
4. Quasar
5. Great Lakes Avengers!
DC
1. Hal Jordan
2. Black Adam
thats it!
Marvel
Brother Voodoo
Nova
Capt. America (Rogers)
Thing
The Wrecking Crew
DC
Creeper
Flash (Jay Garrick)
Wildcat
Challengers of the Unknown
Ultra Boy
Other
Green Hornet
Space Ghost
Doc Savage
Hot Stuff (the little devil)
Uncle Scrooge
Turns out my top 5 favs are all heroes...so I added my top 5 villains too.
Heroes/Villains
Marvel
Hawkeye
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Thor
Alpha Flight (Guardian, Sasquatch, Aurora, Northstar, Puck, Shaman, Marina, Snowbird)
Doc Samson
Taskmaster
Doctor Doom
Terrax
Count Nefaria (mostly for the awesome costume)
Juggernaut
DC
Captain Marvel
Batman
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Superman
Deathstroke
Black Adam
Deadshot
Joker
Sinestro
So, I see people adding full teams on here as well. Here are mine then.
Marvel
The Wrecking Crew
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Infinity Watch
Various X-men incarnations
Hellfire Club
DC
Villains United
Sinestro Corp
JLA
Teen Titans/Titans
GLC
Do Taskmaster and Black Adam actually count as villains now?
Teams:
Xmen(the original we do it because someone has to team)
Acolytes(except for the Cortez led version these guys are one of the few comic teams to successfully avoid being either heros or villains)
Agents of Atlas
DC:
the various Lantern Corps
Injustice league(granted it was shortlived, but they did an excellent job of giving the JLA a run for their money.