Did DC FORGET About These Characters? 

Martian Manhunter is so awesome, would love to see him more in his own comics and future media

I’m an old school kid from the 70s and often wonder, “where is Atom and Hawkman?”

Doctor Fate, B’wana Beast, Kamandi, Condiment King, Bronze Tiger

B'Wana Beast should've been on this list. Has the coolest powers in connection to the Red.

Where’s my detective chimp fans?!

Martian Manhunter is one of my favorite characters and the fact that we don't have any new stories with him, it makes me sad

Never read Red Tornado in the comics but loved it when he was used in Young Justice the show.

I was surprised to see the Blue-Devil in the Swamp-Thing show.... That show was amazing!

Hawkman, Kamandi, or the New Gods

Martian Manhunter has always been one of my favorite DC characters and I don't consider myself a DC-guy. However, I've never been much of a fan of some of the modern interpretations of the character. For me, the design of his action figure from the 1980s Super Powers toy line is the truly iconic version of Martian Manhunter and the only one I'm really interested in.

A handful of these characters are among my favorites. I'd add Brainiac, Klarion the Witch Boy, Black Spider, Bronze Tiger, Silver Banshee and Id say Blue Devil isn't forgotten enough.

I need a Martian Manhunter movie, show, SOMETHING

John.Jones.Martian Manhunter.is the true start of Silver Age as the First from Dective. He used to be the Heart of.Justice League.

Renee Montoya was The Question in the most recent Detective Comics and it's a really cool story.

More Martian Manhunter definitely. I think a duo run with him & Wonder Woman working together in the past (30’s-60’s) could be amazing. Let the last son of Mars help WW fight Mars (Ares) & his sons.

Need another Ragman solo run fr

Im recently getting into comics and have been bingeing all your videos, Im glad Ive subbed before you really really blew up, completely underrated.

Captain Atom and Vigilante (Adrian Chase and Greg Saunders) I always liked

I wanted to see Sleepwalker (Rick Sheridan) and Throg. Loved the video, great insight.

Great video James! Would like to see more poll ranking video's from you in the future. A Batman video and a Spidey one. Both have the best rogues galleries of villans, in my opinion. Rank their threat levels or which ones are underutilized. Cheers

We need more Zook from Strange Adventures Martian Manhunter!😎👍🏻

Thanks for the mention. Definitely my favorite comic channel 👍

I miss the Blue Devil prior to his supernatural upgrade. He was a fun character with fun adventures, now he’s only rolled out when a storyline goes dark. DC did him wrong.

This is Marvel, but Comet Man has been pretty much forgotten.

I actually never knew anything about Blue Devil. Then I listened to a podcast about him and found a few issues. Now I'm trying to find the whole run. Love it. So much fun! I didn't realize he was in the Swamp Thing series, which I didn't finish. I now have incentive to finish it!! How about Isis? Loved the show as a child. Used very sporadically in the DCU over the years.

“Glad we’re sticking to well known characters” - I don’t know a lot of these heroes 😅😅

Can i give a shout out to Hawk and Dove. I loved the 60s run. In fact you could make another video on the dc showcase new heroes from the silver age. Great choices everyone.

I still think Dolphin is worth more than one expensive Silver Age cover. Also Rex the Wonder Dog! :-)

I missed the prompt but max mercury has been criminally underused

I see on 1 comment that someone does remember Captain Comet. Discovered him in s few issues of Secret Society of Supervillains. He made an appearance in DC Comics Presents but I think his last appearance was in Infinite Crisis. Rose and Thorn is another intriguing character(s) which I'm starting to discover. I love Metal Men and the Creeper but they seem to have silver age appeal IMO. I think some golden and silver age characters have trouble staying relevant to midern readers.

What about Adam Strange, Static shock , Bat mite or myxlplix, The Atom, Orion, Hitman, Captain Atom, Anarky, Parasite and I vampire. I LOVE THE DC CONTENT!! PART 2?

Dc freedom fighters volume 1 issue 3 has 1st appearance and creepy origin of Skragg the super sniper. I have thousands of comics, but when I got this of the old spinner racks, it was shocking for its time.

How about the Manhunter by Goodwin and Simonson that appeared in Detective Comics in the 1970’s? Or the Black Orchid? And so many of the forgotten Quality Comics heroes that DC took over, like the Phantom Lady or the Human Bomb?

Another great episode Underused Firestorm Plastic man KGBeast Vigilante Not used right Shazam Black Canary Yes Tim Drake Black Lightning Green Arrow We never seen forgotten Bronze Tiger Amazing man Onyx Red Tornado Lady Shiva Merlin (Green Arrow villain)

The Creeper

How about Hawkman and Hawk girl? They are two of the most intertwine characters with an amazing backstory. It blows my mind how little used they are

Kinda funny Lobo and Ambush Bug both just were just in Fire and Ice

I loved that the tv series smallville when it was on, wrote in Martian Manhunter for a few episodes.

Also dead mean was main player in the DC nightmare event as well. So we have seen deadman a lot.

Good video as always, would like to see a Marvel one as well! I'd like to see a little more Red Hood out there in the mix myself. As far as Marvel reads, I just finished Predator Vs Wolverine & think it was pretty awesome. Its got a little retcon to it but I think they did a really good job meshing their history together, definitely worth a read if you get a chance to pick them up.

I LOVE Animal Man, the Grant Morrison run is great

Great information as always, thank you.

Sgt. Rock, The Atom, Blackhawk, and The Legion of Super Heroes

The Legion of Super Heroes. I wasn't thrilled with the fairly recent Bendis version.

No love for Blackhawk 😞

Mr. Bloom was in task force x comic I believe with .... was it nightwing or red hood leading the team ? And ambush bug was in suicide squad a few years back

I was always a fan of Rocket Red he doesn’t get much attention in my opinion. Also DC has totally forgot about Blue jay and the Beefeater these days.

Scarface and the Ventriloquist? I realize that having a dummy represent the dark side of a person is a bit of a cliche. But if I remember correctly, Scarface was in some interesting stories. I haven't read any current comics, so he may be used a lot. "Shade the Changing Man" by Peter Milligan used to be one of my favorites. (I know Ditko created the character.) Milligan stories often had that thought-provoking weirdness that Grant Morrison and Alan Moore used to have. They were members of the British "M" squad that invaded American comics - Morrison, Milligan, Moore, and Mark Millar. Interesting video. Thanks!

No Keith Giffen = No Ambush Bug.

Have you ever tried the pick-up line, "I have a large Man-thing?"

This was a great list, a lot of the characters on there I completely forgot about mentioning but I’m glad other people did. I’m also very surprised I’m the only on that said Martian Manhunter!😭

Blue devil was in jl dark a bit Tynion seems to love using the more obscure characters

Your new visual graph/chart system is fantastic. You have always done a nice job with visualizing stats and trends, but this one is so user friendly and visually appealing. As always, a great job and video, my friend!

2023 appearances that I know of. Lobo and Ambush bug - fire and ice Dead man - DC Knight Terrors

Rip Hunter & Cave Carson

Deadman was also in Night Terrors and the new Batman/Scooby Doo comics. He's been out a lot lately.

Warlord is due for something

Alan Scott is totally being used wrong. Where are Kyle Simon and Jessica.

Green Arrow may not be underused... what a strange suggestion... but Connor Hawke DEFINITELY is. The guy was once touted as one of the best hand to hand fighters in the DC Universe. On that track, Richard Dragon, Lady Shiva and The Bronze Tiger (see a theme here?) all underused. On the villain front I would add Prometheus. Lastly as far as Marvel goes, I don't know what folks are talking about. There's some great runs going on right now. Off the top of my head, Immortal Thor, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Dr Strange, Invincible Iron Man, Wolverine, X-force... all great reads. Not to mention the whole Fall of X storyline, The Star Wars line, Aliens, Predator and Wolverine vs Predator which was very fun... I'm still enjoying Marvel and they make up the bulk of my weekly pickups in addition to my DC pickups and other companies. People are missing out I guess

Captain Comet!

Where is Dr. Fate?? I love that character.

Larfreeze, atrocities, pretty much most of the other lantern colors….maybe guy Gardner

Love these videos! We need a captain carrot series!!!

If youre looking for a good red tornado story id give one star squadron a read

A popular character I think is underused/ used wrong is Jason Todd, because I've always wanted to see him more as Robin than Red Hood. I always headcanon Tim in the BTAS world as Jason instead (no hate, to Tim). And I think a more modern version of Jason's Robin could be interesting! Would you ever do a follow-up video to this one recommending some good stories with the characters listed in this video? A casual fan like me could really use an introduction to some of them.

Keep up the content dude, some cool characters.

Vixen is coming to Birds of Prey soon.

Challangers of the Unknown were just used in Brave and the Bold 9

Love this video. I would love some more ambush bug 😂 johna hex is in legends of tomorrow also

I would swap Aquaman and Green Arrow. Green Arrow is underused and we either see enough of Aquaman or he's misused. I would like to see more of Hush and Scarface and Arnold Wesker. I would say Martian Manhunter is seemingly forgotten. Bring back Sheriff Lobo!

RED BEE. Okay, people think he is a joke, but consider this: you start fighting a hero, and then all of a sudden, you start getting bee stings all over ! And… sucker punch, and Red Bee for the win. Soooooooo underused and underrated.

You should do one for Marvel.

I saw someone sent Zatanna in but you didn't get her in your list. Do think she is somewhat underused. Good video!

it seems like these days dc and marvel forget about other characters to only focus on the real money makers.

As a Canadian I would have liked to see Equinox being used more.

Vixen is not the first black JLA member John Stewart is

The Atom is very underused as is Resurrection Man

Great Video

Great list

I know this is more of an agency than a single character, but what do you guys think about Checkmate? I personally enjoyed that series, but it seems to be totally forgotten about. Never hear anything about it anymore.

I'd add Vibe in the forgotten category. Where is Cisco at?

Great video! Did I miss him, or was Adam Strange not on the list?

Nice shirt ,I have that same crimson ghost tattoo

I haven't seen Amazing Man in a while.

banger vid!!

Atom!

There are a few characters here that I would love to dive into like Deadman, Mister Miracle, Simon Dark and Rag Man. Coming from a guy that mostly collects Marvel Im really intrigued by them.

Wait, did you delete the original post that mine was on? I don’t see my comment under the post. I had such a good list there.😢

Should do one of these for Marvel even if you aren’t so up to date on them! I’m also not reading a lot of Marvel these days but Moon Knight is good, as is Ghost Rider which has more of a horror feel than usual. Another great series from last year was Clobbering Time,a Thing team up series with crazy, amazing art. .

How about Fox and Crow?

I missed where I could list a character but javelin would be a good one I think

Jack Wheeler (WILD DOG)

Bloom showed up in Task Force Z.

The Question!

Many of the characters you listed have appeared in DC comics recently. Ambush Bug, Spectre, Question, Lobo, Azrael, Firestorm, Vixen, Red Tornado (lois version), Captain Carrot, Bloom, etc have all recently appeared in books (and by recently, I mean last few weeks to last few months). Other characters in this list have had a natural ending, Elongated Man is dead and he faces a redundancy considering Plastic Man is a similar character, etc. Deadman was a big part of Knight Terrors, and they even resurrected Wesley Dodds in that event. I do agree that I would like to see these characters appear in books more often, but the reality is when DC tries something different with a new book, many don't pick them up. I think the new golden age books (Wesley Dodds Sandman, Jay Garrick Flash, and Alan Scott Green Lantern) have been excellent, but hardly see them mentioned elsewhere. The Challengers of the Unknown were featured in an issue of Outsiders, and even had their own story in the World's Finest 2024 Annual #1.

UltraHumanite, Parasite, Winslow Schott, Huntress, Carol Ferris, Calvin Ellis, Desaad, Cersei

So did this imply making Tim Drake gay was bad writing?

How about Dr. Fate? NOT the Helmet of Fate.

I remember from the original bronze age jla members atom hawkman elongated man and red tornado are the ones i consider have disappeared i know elongated man is dead and now replaced by plastic man but they need to do more with atom and red tornado 🌪 plus another underused is creeper

Incredible Hulk is the best Marvel series going today