As voted on by CBR readers...

Marvel

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)


DC

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)

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Cripes, if you add up the votes for the three Robins on the DC list, then Robin beats Superman.

That just ain't right.

Going just by points, the top 15 from both companies seems to be --

1. Batman (Bruce Wayne) – 6585 points (313 first place votes)

2. Spider-Man – 5519 points (277 first place votes)

3. Superman – 4096 points (117 first place votes)

4. Captain America – 4062 points (106 first place votes)

5. Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing/Batman) – 3618 points (105 first place votes)

6. Thor – 2736 points (40 first place votes)

7. Wolverine – 2728 points (54 first place votes)

8. Joker – 2667 points (18 first place votes)

9. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) –2549 points (74 first place votes)

10. Flash (Wally West) – 2471 points (67 first place votes)

11. Hulk (Bruce Banner) – 2286 points (41 first place votes)

12. Daredevil – 2280 points (71 first place votes)

13. Iron Man (Tony Stark) – 2226 points (34 first place votes)

14. Doctor Doom – 1808 points (23 first place votes)

15. Wonder Woman – 1780 points (42 first place votes)

What do you know? The masses are right.

Wow, suprised that you rank Spidey over Superman and Nightwing, but fair enough.

Oh, Rafael. You're so bourgeoisie.

Superman not being number one means I have lost all faith in the world, after a lifetime of evidence that he was on top.

You can hold my umbrella.

Barbara Gordon made DC's top 10! But she and Wonder Woman are the only women in either top ten.

Not surprised that Batman beat out Superman and Spidey. I am surprised that Thor placed so high. The movie must have done his popularity a world of good.

Yeah, I'm stunned that Thor is so high as well... I think it's the movie plus that he's being used so prominently in the Marvel Universe over the past couple years.

People love Oracle, she truly was one of the best characters DC had. I'm not surprised she ranked high.

Buy I'm surprised Power Girl made it to the top 20.

You shouldn't be. Think of how many pent-up horndogs read comics.

How many?

909, give or take a few.

Think.

Emma Frost is the top Marvel woman?

I'm surprised Daredevil beat Iron Man.

I now want to read about what the top 20 worst characters are from the big two.

Surely Marvel's would have to include the U-Foes and Paste Pot Pete?

And surely DC's would have to include Egg Fu and Prez?