Top 20 Underrated DC Characters

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[@marcusyates3044]

Static: "I put a shock to your system!"

[@tarryteeth]

Lol I love DC I only like the U and PG rated dc animated movies and 12 rated live action ones cause the R rated ones are more mature like rated 15 and 18

[@blakegrant6181]

Ambush Bug

[@trevorramboer9833]

Constantine has a live action starring Keanu...and Jonah hex is Brolin

[@hunterrousseau3770]

Agree 💯 hopefully the DCU with Peter Safran and James Gunn in charge and DC Studios now it's own individual studio at Warner Bros Discovery these characters will get the love and recognition that they deserve

[@TheCommenterDragon]

I agree about Zatanna. Despite the number of appearances that she's made in DC Superhero media, She's never had that big of a role but she definitely has potential hell I think she deserves her own movie or tv series.

[@marcusyates3044]

Eivom orehrepus nwo reh rats sihe evig!

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

I’m not much of a DC fan, but you’re right. Her potential to gain fans with a movie or show is high indeed.

[@MRWINDYMETHANE]

Well, she defeated Scarlett Witch, so that's a big accomplishment for here right there.

[@j2174]

When I hear those backwards words whispered on the big screen, I will scream!

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Zatanna is a DC character that's criminally underrated & deserves a Bigger Spotlight. 💁🏿‍♂️🙆🏻‍♀️🪄

[@marcusyates3044]

Eivom orehrepus nwo reh rats sihe evig!

[@FanaticMitchell1]

Yeah

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Honorable mentions: 1. Vixen 2. Black Canary 3. Mr. Terrific 4. Red Tornado 5. Major Force

[@NathanaelJacob-px6lu]

Major Force is a villain

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@NathanaelJacob-px6lu Oops. Sorry about that. You're right.

[@j2174]

We need Vixen and Mr Terrific in live-action. And more Black Canary!

[@lary6420]

Plastic Man does deserve mad respects. Especially with how he's handled in Injustice and DC Metal. Dude's terrifying

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Would love to see live action origin movies of either Hawkman, Red Tornado, Green Arrow, Big Barda, The Wonder Twins, Doctor Fate, Static Shock, John Constantine, Zatanna, Jason Blodd/Etrigan the Demon, Spectre, Jay Garrick/Flash, Boston Brand/Deadman, Vixen, Firestorm, Mister Terrific, & Booster Gold

[@henri191]

Zatana and Costantine have potential for a many movies and series in DC and in lately both are seen in animated series and moveis of DC

[@marcusyates3044]

Don't forget the third N in CONstantine

[@knightofarkronia9968]

I feel that Starfire is often overlooked!

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

Swamp Thing = Earth-level antihero. 💚

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Missed opportunity of Tom to call Booster Gold, "Green Lantern"

[@tylerlarson7263]

My Top 5 Underrated DC Heroes 1. Martian Manhunter 2. Zatanna 3. Robin (Tim Drake) 4. Hawkman and Hawkgirl 5. Doctor Fate

[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10 Best Episodes of DC Shows! - Young Justice - Superman TAS - DC Super Hero Girls - Super Firends - The Brave and the Bold

[@marcusyates3044]

Static: "I put a shock to your system!"

[@albertnash888]

These are amazing characters! They definitely need more attention! James Gunn’s DCU should definitely utilize these characters, and Zack Snyder should if Netflix revives his DCEU.

[@bigace89s]

I'm surprised blue beetle wasn't mentioned, sure he got the movie. But damn near no one really talks about him

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

Suggestions: Top 20 characters who are inspired by Superman. Top 20 most powerful alternate Superman versions.

[@aidanhever3369]

Here are some honorable mentions: - Spoiler/Stephanie Brown - Cassandra Cain - John Stewart - Vixen - Donna Troy - Artemis of Bana-Mighdall - Mera - Fire and Ice - Miss Martian - Nightstar (way better than that moody warthog)

[@vidhyagaran07]

Absolute crime to not include Martian Manhunter

[@Alex-ng6hc]

John Constantine is one of my favourite characters in the DC Universe. As much as I love Matt Ryan's take on him, he really needs to be brought into films and video games

[@AifDaimon]

My favourite DC characters are all magic based: 1) Zatanna 2) Etrigan 3) Zatara 4) Swamp Thing 5) June Moone aka Enchantress 6) John Constantine 7) Dr Fate

[@Kiahnajade]

There have been talks of rebooting the "Jonah Hex" movie. Some of the writers of the last script were not happy with how the movie was directed. Also, it's nice to see Amanda Connor's artwork shine on Powegirl! That made me happy. :)

[@LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud]

Forgot The Question! I love how crazy he is and being on par with Batman with his detective skills, albeit he goes into conspiracy theories a bit too much 😂

[@azymondiaskingofthedragons2897]

Many don't know this but, Animal Man is actually a magic character. He's the Avatar of the Red, the mystical embodiment of all animal life. The Red chose him to act as it's Avatar until his daughter comes of age, because she is it's true chosen one

[@TMNerdy]

I am so glad someone said it ❤ I absolutely love Animal Man, and I wholeheartedly agree with you on how important that character is. I think James Gunn knows as he did list Jeff Lemire & Travel Foremans Animal Man run as his favorite from The New 52... which makes me think he will be introduced in the upcoming Swamp Thing project

[@thenerdynetwork1]

Some of these heroes better appear in the new DCU! Hopefully in their own projects.

[@ericgjovaag7958]

Hey, no mention that John Constantine, The Human Target, and Swamp Thing at least had their own short-lived live-action series? Matt Ryan, who played Constantine in the series, then went on to reprise the role in "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" and voice him in several animated projects. There were also two "Swamp Thing" movies in the '80s, and a "Constantine" movie in 2005 starring Keanu Reeves.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@MisterFantastic1961]

My favorite underrated DC characters are the Doom Patrol: 1. Robotman (Cliff Steele) 2. Crazy Jane (Kay Challas) 3. Elastic Girl (Rita Farr) 4. The Negative Man (Larry Trainor) 5. Dorothy Spinner 6. The Chief (Dr. Niles Caulder)

[@Kickinthescience]

Young Justice made Sportsmaster great

[@gabrielpena1371]

I feel like Cassandra Cain is criminally underrated.

[@fdjtron1732]

Fax

[@mikeburnette2190]

Static, Power Girl, Jonah Hex, Zatana, and Starman, and to a degree S. T.A. R.girl are my favorites on this list. Starman and Stargirl could have powers that rival or are similar to the Indigo Lantern core, since they use staffs to manipulate the energies for their attacks.

[@cambuxton6835]

In the 80s they did do a movie called Starman.

[@scailliet]

A Zatana solo movie would have to be rated 'R' in order for it to do the character justice.

[@Awestefeld6612]

Why? Her costume is decent.

[@villain5873]

Black Canary needs way more respect and love. She's a bad-ass❤

[@enderethan144]

Here are my top 5 5. Starfire (My Opinion) 4. Animal Man 3. Nekron 2. Black Bat aka Cassandra Cain 1. Jarro the Star Wonder

[@Gor85]

Very nice characters. Zatanna is really cool,Plastic Man,Constantine,Target Man,Captain Atom. Swamp Thing looks really cool. I watched cartoon about him when I was little

[@MrJustonb]

Zatanna is one of the most powerful magic users in DC and gets looked over way too much.

[@kyledavid9415]

The Wonder Twins deserve more attention

[@tdi21]

Zatanna and Constantine: talk about a match made in Hell. If Justice League Dark goes live-action, I know I'd love to see them together. Obviously Matt Ryan as JC, but who could play Zatanna? I'd nominate Jennifer Lawrence or Sophie Turner. How about you?

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Carla Gugino if she's younger. Or Rebecca Ferguson, but only if Constantine is played by Dan Stevens.

[@GamerSlyRatchet1]

Captain Atom isn't underrated just because of his powers, but his comic series was pretty good. It was an intriguing military espionage thriller that put a fresh twist on superhero storytelling. Too bad no appearance since then has captured that.

[@Charl_es19]

Doctor Fate of DC has the same potential of Doctor Strange of Marvel , if done correctly would be more popular

[@bighand1530]

Can’t say I’m a fan of Doctor Strange.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Fun fact: Pierce Brosnan took the role of Dr. Fate because he likes the Dr. Strange movie. A shame they killed him off in the lamest way though. Brosnan as Fate was the only good thing in Black Adam.

[@b_rad5651]

Was hoping to see Big Barda on the list.

[@jacksabbath7674]

I probably would've swapped Constantine for Mister Miracle & Big Barda (or honestly any of the New Gods). Man's had a live action movie, main roles in multiple animated movies, a live action TV Show and main roles in other live action shows.

[@megalon73]

I really do like Jonah Hex, The Huntress,Etrigan The Demon and the Question. all four have made on the cartoon animated show Justice League Unlimited and Batman The Brave and The Bold. but I do agree with Swamp Thing. been Number 1. his the Monster Superhero we need next for a live action again.

[@shatteredspirit6065]

All these underrated characters deserve their own movies at least.

[@NeonJackie]

Kyle Rayner is underrated in my eyes

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

Captain Atom and Zatanna Zatara are still two of the most powerful characters in DC history.

[@justinnbucano5443]

The Question was one of my favorite characters in JLU

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Static Shock deserved a real Final Season, not just written off with a Justice League crossover episode.

[@Pokemonashgreen2]

Hope James Gunn bring alot of these heros to the big screen

[@seanpatrickcain2]

Especially Swamp Thing

[@Swampthing71]

Top 10 underrated DC comic book characters 1. Swamp Thing/Dr. Alec Holland 2. Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes 3. Impulse/Kid-Flash/Bart Allen 4. John Constantine 5. Hawkman/Katar Hol/Carter Hall 6. Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter 7. Robotman/Cliff Steele 8. The Human Target/Christopher Chance 9. The Sandman/Morpheus 10. Shazam/Captain Marvel/Billy Batson

[@commandosolo1266]

I would like to see more of Isis, and Ms. Martian. I also feel that the Legion of Superheroes has several interesting and underused characters.

[@trexadvent4726]

What would happen if we saw these characters playing a major role in James Gunn DC projects in the DCU?

[@philippeterson1953]

Vixen. She is an amazing character that DC should use more. Have her first appearance. After reading it I became a fan.

[@justicierodelaliga]

For me, these are the most underrated DC characters/superheroes: Firestorm (Ronnie), The Creeper, Zauriel, Mr. Terrific and Bloodwynd.

[@ChannalWatcher]

I agree with Jonah Hex, Huntress (Helena Wayne), John Constantine, Doom Patrol, Zatana, JSA, Dr Fate, The Question (Renee Montoya), Static, Hawk Man and Hawk Girl and Swamp Thing Not Sure about Etrigan, Power Girl, Spectre and Booster Gold Don't care about Plastic Man, The Human Target, The original Question, Animal Man and Captain Atom Here's what I would like to add Red Hood, Batwoman, The Metal Men, Mr Terrific, Ragman, Metamorpho, Firestorm, Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz), Vixen, The Phantom Stranger, Legends of Tomorrow and Wildstorm

[@justinnbucano5443]

I was hoping that Static would make a cameo in the the Show Black Lightning would of been cool

[@kleine.5438]

Hope for an eventual part 2 please 🤞?

[@mztdub18]

Would love for The Wonder Twins to get more love

[@dannyfournier1081]

Blue Devil, Firestorm, Red Tornado

[@cambuxton6835]

I adore Swamp Thing. I never underestimated him. Not ever.

[@philippeterson1953]

Vixen is amazing and could use the spotlight now and again.

[@ReynaReactsandReviews]

Amazing background music

[@roywilliams660]

Wow Some Best Underrated DC Characters I ever heard before.

[@MichaelKulawiak-vk7wy]

You forgot about the atom,atom smasher,green arrow,and robin

[@Zyuemperoryoutubecreators.]

So much potential with some

[@bighand1530]

Indeed. Giganta comes to mind.

[@LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud]

Im a huge DC fan with my top faves being Batman(duh), Constantine, Blue Beetle, Swamp Thing. But I love so many to list where it almost falls into the entire DC universe like Danny The Street, Doom Patrol, and The Dead Boys Detectives. Booster Gold is pure….uh, Gold when it comes to comedy 😂 can’t wait to see what James Gunn does with the character.

[@dynaguy3]

Starman has not gotten the spotlight he deserves

[@multi-voiceentertainment7013]

I know this doesn't count but there's an underrated DC team which is Creature Commandos, but there are two science fiction DC superheroes that are underrated as well Adam Strange and Captain Comet.

[@jamesdupuis8066]

I remember that there was a live Action movie of swamp thing

[@kobrownkid1356]

Great picks!!

[@olleselin]

5:46 my eye spot Alan Tudyk!

[@godawson74]

Martian Manhunter!

[@H.G._.Hansen]

What about Katana, Metaphiso, Blue Beetle, Cupid, orphan, and other bat family heroes?

[@paullenoue8173]

Ambush Bug! Also, no mention of the Swamp Thing tv series? For shame!

[@newmallenium]

Personally, I always felt that the most underrated and underutilized DC character was Kyle Rayner. He's proven himself as the ultimate Lantern and has the imagination and artistic skill to match, but aside from a few video games, a single episode of Superman: the Animated series and like 5 minutes of Justice League Unlimited, DC has done basically nothing with him.

[@bighand1530]

I would add Giganta. Particularly the Justice League/Justice League Unlimited version. Who else is a big fan of Giganta from Justice League/Justice League Unlimited in particular?

[@jacal8428]

Dude! Best top ten! Ever! You got all of then for me. The best. Booster Gold? Spectre? Hawkman? Hawkgirl? Dude! Swamp Thing and Hellblazer at the end. Good job. This guy. That list.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Paul Moses From RED Who Originated In the Wildstorm Imprint Homage both owned by DC Comics portrayed by Bruce Willis In the 2010 live action film and It's 2013 sequel a planned NBC TV series never got off the ground maybe a reboot should be attempted honestly I'd like that

[@moviesmusicandmore653]

I feel like characters like rocket red, Adam, snatcher, shining night, and some of the lesser gnome green lanterns should’ve been included

[@redviper6805]

Should have put Black Canary in the top 10

[@forrestannis909]

Red Lion, Rocket Red, Black Spider, Firestorm, Marilyn Moonlight, Ghost Maker, Phantom One, Sideways, Redback Spider, Orca, Atomic Skull, Doctor Polaris, Blue Beetle, Martian Manhunter's rogues gallery, Shazam's rogues gallery, Green Arrow's rogues gallery, Vixen, Firestorm's rogues gallery, every supervillain from the rogues gallery of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, & Vixen with the exceptions of Cheetah & Black Manta from Wonder Woman & Aquaman respectively, & most Flash villains.

[@dami3n365]

The Jack Knight Starman series is definitely one of the best comic series to come out of the 90s

[@marcalexisarabe-ro8jc]

Most definitely agree… It would be hard to make it into a TV series as it has a very rich history and people would, IMHO, really appreciate it if their story is told… Shade is also a very interesting anti-hero because of the series…

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video watch mojo of underrated DC characters,fantastic job. What about shining knight,phantom stranger,live wire and bubble bee,super boy,toyman many others too.

[@theathwondr]

Would love to see The Omega Men with Kyle Rayner get a live action series

[@marthaelenabrenesorozco2953]

RAVEN I don't know why but DC always leaves her aside, I thought there was a chance to see her in YOUNG JUSTICE but it's about young heroes DC always focuses on those related to Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do top 10 episodes of season 1 of the Young Justice Series along with top 10 characters from that show?

[@TCG1979]

Superman is hardly mentioned anywhere.

[@Zyuemperoryoutubecreators.]

Swamp thing will always be amazing

[@dreamguardian8320]

When first heard, watched, and learned of Swamp Thing as a kid, I did not even know he was part of the DC family, until now.

[@hunterrousseau3770]

No 1️⃣ & 4️⃣ Good thing we'll be seeing them get the recognition they deserve in Peter Safran and James Gunn's new DCU soon 🦸

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Still sucks that Del Toro's Justice League Dark was cancelled. I know the internet loves Keanu Reeves, but come on man!! We need something more comic accurate! And Zatanna was gonna be in it!!

[@StephenCice-d1h]

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: Save me, Shiva! Ned Flanders: Why don't you just call out for Hawkman? Apu: Why don't you shut up?

[@cnote729]

No Bronze Tiger, Vixen, Zero, Firestorm, Onyx

[@evanblack8642]

@4:17 Constantine not "Constanteen", and no mention of the Keanu Reeves movie OR his one off TV series? Also Etrigan AND Jonah Hex both appeared in "Batman: The Animated Series". @11:18 Doctor Fate was in "Superman: The Animated Series" (and one of my "Injustice 2" mains 😜). Wonder Twins? Vixen? Static? Steel?

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

Razer, Kilowog, and Saint Walker

[@trevorramboer9833]

A kilowog movie would be cool...get Ron pearlman

[@MartinTorres-m2q]

Martin Manhunter 😢

[@lukeaustin9102]

richard dragon is another

[@topfranluis1]

Doctor Fate was eaten by Killer Croc according to Batman 3

[@ericgjovaag7958]

What? No love for Vixen or Black Canary???

[@MaxTheHusky-]

More attention to Kyle Rayner for the best Green Lantern plz

[@Martinbrody22]

I gotta say the bottom 10 of this list were rough there’s so many amazing dc characters that weren’t included Guy Gardner, BB, other BB Red tornado, Vixen, MM (arguably same as hawks in popularity), most of the GA fam, most of the flash and bat fam I like some but like huntress? Really?

[@ironman004]

A few major omissions here. The Creeper and Captain Comet. Or how about Adam Strange? Characters like Constantine and Zatanna aren’t that underrated these days.

[@chrisbellon3739]

Eastwood would have bent a great Jonah Hex in his prime