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Sorta a bummer that it's only DC/Marvel...your bias is showing I am, however, looking forward to Zatanna being trounced

This cracks me up, Batman / Firestorm is just sad. Starman / Green Lantern bracket is gonna cause people to loose sleep. But I predict the true under dog to watch will be Death, but what do I know.
Is Vegas giving odds? later!

okay i'm pumped! so should we post our final four pics here or wait for a separate post?

So how do we vote in this thing?

My picks are pretty predictable, but I actually went through the whole thing, picking my favorite for each match-up, and this is what I got:

Final four: Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, and Captain America.

The winner: Batman.

I don't get what we're supposed to do. How is it decided who wins?

At 6pm, I'll post Region 4's match-ups.

At 8pm, I'll post Region 3's match-ups.

Then tomorrow at noon I'll post Region 1's match-ups and tomorrow at 2pm I'll post Region 2's match-ups.

It'll all be in the form of individual polls.

I'm just posting the brackets now so people can get a good look at the brackets before the voting begins later.

All you're doing now is predicting who you think will win (and your Final Four).

Do we pick whom we think would win in a fight, or do we pick the character we think is more interesting?

Theno

Ah, I see the confusion. "Who you like best" is often used to discuss fights, as well, isn't it? "Who do you like in this match?"

Anyhow, no, I mean you're voting on who you find more interesting/more appealing/plain ol' like more.

If we'd pick the one who'd win in a fight, it'd be quite obvious that Death would win the whole tournament. She'll always win in the end.

Which Captain Marvel is that? I'd assume Billy Batson, but there's about 50 different characters who've used that name.

I ended up with Dream, Thanos, Joker and J'onn J'onz in the Final Four, with Dream taking the Championship. That is not how I expected it to end up at all.

That's another reason I listed all the names above, Conor, because I didn't have space for anything but Captain Marvel, and I didn't know how else to abbreviate it "CM ( Billy)"?

But yeah, that's Billy Batson.

I'm glad you clarified the intended criteria - I was all set to vote based on implicit basketball skills....

I edited the brackets to show that it is Billy Batson, just to make sure!

Cronin sayz: "Anyhow, no, I mean you’re voting on who you find more interesting/more appealing/plain ol’ like more."

OHHH well that changes everything! I totally picked it based on who would whoop up on who. for that, I had Thanos, Doom, Wonder Woman, and GL (Hal). but if we're doing interesting / like more... i have to redo this whole damn thing!!!

OKAY i redid my final four based on appropriate criteria (a.k.a. who is most awesome... or rather, the awesomest:

Final Four

She-Hulk vs. Iron Man
Storm vs. The Joker

...and.... STORM wins!!!!

This is coolio.

Some great first round matchups: Kitty vs Jean in a battle for mutant hearts and minds! Vic Sage vs Frank Castle in black and white! If anyone can upset a top seed, it's got to be Sgt Fury!

Some interesting potential second round matchups loom, especially in Region 3 where we could have archer vs archer, and maybe the rematch Barbara Gordon's been asking for for years!

And the sweet sixteen could see some Flash on Flash action! If Walter Kovacs doesn't ride his resurgent internet wave to some upsets...

Should be fun to see where this goes. I'm pulling for Quasar.

My Final 4? Doc Doom, Superman, Thor and Hal Jordan

Lots of interesting matchups here, including a few pairs of frequent sparring partners (Dr. Doom/Namor, Captain America/Nick Fury).

The Ben Grimm/Barry Allen matchup will be one of the most difficult for me to pick personally. Barry was my first "Favorite Character" as a youth, but, as Bully demonstrates time and time again, Ben Grimm Rocks!

Hmmm.... I think the Final Four will be Batman, Superman, Hulk and GL (Hal Jordan). Winner will be Batman.

I think the guy with the strongest upset potential is Rorschach (unless we are completely Watchmen weary at this point), and I think Darkseid has a pretty good chance to pull off an upset or two coming from a 12 seed.

Personally, I think the weakest #1 seed is Captain America -- there is a fighting chance Fury will put him out of the tournament in Round 1.

Winner: Batman

Final Four:

Batman
Superman
Daredevil
Spider Jerusalem

Just printed on A3 - nice and big...

Bit confusded as to who "Woman Wom" is...

Final Four:
Batman vs. Flash
Hulk vs. Joker

Winner: The Joker

If that pissant Hawkeye beats the Big Red Cheese I'm shitting on something and posting the photo of it every hour on the hour.

I came up with:

Starman
Rorschach
Daredevil
Deadpool

Money's on Rorschach to take it.

(Though I did smile a cruel smile when I came to the Oracle/Joker matchup...)

OK, I've got a Final Four. I'm betting on the irrefutable and sustained awesomeness of Bully's "365 Days of Ben Grimm" making a big-time impression on the voters!

Final Four:
Batman vs. Ben Grimm
Spider-Man vs. The Joker

Then, in a match-up of former Team-Up Title Stars, Ben Grimm defeats Spider-Man for the championship!

My final four:

She-Hulk
Flash (Wally)
Power Girl
Oracle

But I reckon Batman will win it...

This is MAD! my BlackBerry hasn't stopped blinking since this thing started. later!

Just printed on A3 - nice and big…

Bit confusded as to who “Woman Wom” is…

I actually am nice enough that I actually went back and fixed that.

Final 4: Batman, The Thing, Luthor, Joker

With The Thing being the overall winner

This is MAD! my BlackBerry hasn’t stopped blinking since this thing started.

Hmm?

The tournament had broken your BlackBerry!?!?

By the way, for the record, I didn't mess with the order at all to make more interesting match-ups. This is just how the rankings ended up. I didn't even look at the match-ups myself until I had them all typed into the bracket.

It's just funny because there are some very intriguing possible ones, like Oracle/Joker, Wally/Barry and Hawkeye/Green Arrow, so it almost seems like I did them intentionally.

My predictions are Superman vs Batman & Spider-Man vs Hal Jordan, with Batman as the winner.

My personal picks had Kyle vs Thanos & Power Girl vs Hal, with Thanos as the ultimate winner. (Region 2 was hurtin' for my favorites, and most of those were against each other in the first round!)

And Billy beat Clint in both scenarios.

Should I assume the "The Question" is meant to be Vic Sage? (since it's from the most popular characters list)

By the way, for the record, I didn’t mess with the order at all to make more interesting match-ups. This is just how the rankings ended up. I didn’t even look at the match-ups myself until I had them all typed into the bracket.

I thought the Batman/Darkseid matchup had to be intentional, but what a funny coincidence!

THERE WILL BE NO GREEN ARROW/HAWKEYE

I have no shot at winning this, but I'm going with the characters that're most interesting to me.

final Four:

Starman
Flash (Wally)
Swamp Thing
Captain Marvel

with Captain Marvel winning.

Great idea.

My final four:
Batman
Superman
Spider-Man
Hawkeye
Winner: Batman

lol i think alot of people are drinking the grant morrison mixed kool-aid on batman

Darkseid
NightCrawler
Magneto
Deadpool

With either Deadpool or Darkseid for the win.

Of course, I would really enjoy this if you do it again but the voting being on who would beat who. This is a perennial and favorite argument of mine at the store.

Just for clarification's sake, is that the DC/Vertigo version of Death, or Marvel's Death?

And for Captain America, should I assume that it's Steve Rogers, or are we going with the current Bucky Barnes/Winter Solider Cap?

-r-

Should I assume the “The Question” is meant to be Vic Sage? (since it’s from the most popular characters list)

Yes, but I edited it in to the bracket just now just to be safe.

I thought the Batman/Darkseid matchup had to be intentional, but what a funny coincidence!

Ha! Yeah, that's another really good one.

Final Four:

Thor
GL (Hal)
The Thing
Darkseid

Thor vs The Thing

Thor wins

Just for clarification’s sake, is that the DC/Vertigo version of Death, or Marvel’s Death?

And for Captain America, should I assume that it’s Steve Rogers, or are we going with the current Bucky Barnes/Winter Solider Cap?

Vertigo and Steve Rogers, respectively.

OK!
8 - Reg1. Batman - Wolverine
Reg2. Superman - Death
Reg3. Spider Man - Hulk
Reg4. Cap.America - GL(Hal)

4- Reg1. Batman
Reg2. Superman
Reg3. Spider Man
Reg4. GL (Hal)

2 - Batman - Spider Man

Winner: The BAT

Final Four:
Batman (Barely beating doom in a real nail biter)
Superman (Outlasting Flash, Wally West)
Magneto (After easily trouncing Wonder Woman)
Hal (Another easy victory over Zatanna)

My criteria was easy - whom would prompt me to pick up and read the comic. Final Four: Batman, Iron Fist, Daredevil and Captain America. The winner? Iron Fist.

Did yield some interesting matchups which boggled the mind: Doom vs. Batman, Joker vs. Deadpool, Nightwing vs Iron Fist.... All three of those would be amazing one-shots.

My final four:
Batman, Wally West, the Joker and Spider-Man with Spider-Man winning it all

Final Four:
Morpheus
Wally West
Spider-Man
Capt. America

Winner:
Spider-Man

Final Four
Region 1: Wolverine (Logan)
Region 2: Wonder Woman
Region 3: Nova (Richard Rider)
Region 4: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Winner: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

How the heck did silver surfer not get put on this bracket but madrox did? did stan lee step in again and say it was wrong for anyone but himself to write down that name.

Region One is tough..Logan, Bats and Doom all together and Darkseid as a 12 seed (ouch!)...wow...anyways, MY Final Four predictions: Batman, Barry Allen Flash as Cinderella, Daredevil & Hal Jordan. Bruce batters Barry in one semi-final while Matty Murdock knocks down a blind buzzer beaters to edge out the Lantern to make it to the final. But this is the Year of the Bat (there have been plenty) and Bruce Wayne makes Murdock's defense look prehistoric all the while trash talking lalalalalala for getting in his lane while he was trying to F'n score! BATMAN wins again!!!!

BUT...if we are staying all in character, didn't Firestorm play ball? I am not sure if Brucie had much competition at his prissy prep schools. AND Reed Richards, Elongated, Plastic Man would have quite an advantage here....just saying.

Wolverine, Superman, Nick Fury, Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing wins

That whole bracket thinger containing Superman is the problem one. I don't see how three of the final four can not be Batman, Spider-man, Joker (though those are my personal biases as well). Hmmmm... I think I'll vote for Superman in the final spot despite thinking Nightwing or Wally could be more popular at present. But don't make me choose between Bats and Spidey! AAARRRGGHHH! I'll say Batman wins it all because he won a deciding coin flip

Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Hal Jordan

Winner: Batman

It's less useful to pick upsets in this format, since character strengths are less variable. I'm only picking Hal over Cap because I think his popularity has gone up some since that last poll was made. Of those picks, Superman is the one I'm most worried about (and his chief competition would be Robert Downey Jr Iron Man).

How the heck did silver surfer not get put on this bracket but madrox did? did stan lee step in again and say it was wrong for anyone but himself to write down that name.

You're absolutely right. I made a major boo-boo there. To fix it, I decided to replace Madrox with Surfer

Spider-Man was the only #1 seed that even made it past the round of 64 for me. Nova vs. Thanos, Oracle vs. Joker, Hawkeye vs. Green Arrow were some of my interesting matchups. In the end it went down to:

Final Four
Region 1: Firestorm (yep, that's right!)
Region 2: Magneto
Region 3: Deadpool
Region 4: Thanos

Winner: Deadpool over Firestorm

Replacing Madrox with Silver Surfer made Deadpool vs. Silver Surfer tough... but mine still stayed the same. But having those two together is like having Louisville and Pitt in the same region.

I came up with Batman, Rorschach, Luthor and Hal Jordan as my final 4.

Are we supposed to e-mail you our picks? And if so, in what form. I've decided I'm all about the brackets this year.

No, Lucas, the voting starts tonight at 6pm (for Region 4) and 8pm (for Region 3). Regions 2 and 1 follow tomorrow (noon and 2pm, respectively).

nevermind. i really need to refresh my browser more often.

Ok, my picks for who will win the polls are: Batman, Death, Spider-man, Joker. With Batman for the win.

My personal final four, however, is Jesse Custer, Nova, Madrox (just barely beating Blue Beetle), and Deadpool. With Jesse Custer for the win.

Oh, and to echo the other folks here, this is a great idea. Thanks!

LOL!

How can Death not win all this?

The lack of Sinestro makes this contest useless.

Ha. I didn't even notice Barry when I was going through that to pick a final four. I meant Wally. To post it again with the revision:

Final Four:
Batman vs. Flash (Wally)
Hulk vs. Joker

Winner: The Joker

And Madrox got completely removed? Aww.

Final 4: Nightwing, Daredevil, Green Arrow, Batman

Winner: Batman

I'm going to call on everyone right now to break the Batman hegemony. He cannot be prepared for us voting against him!

Criteria - those who have the best potential to tell interesting and ongoing stories over the long term.

Winner - Cap

Final Four: Captain America, Spider-man, Superman, Batman

(there's a reason all of these characters are still being published, etc. this long after their birth...)

Final Four- Batman, Rorschach, Captain America, Hulk
With Batman as the winner
Kobe!!!

First timer here be gentle.

In Region 1: Batman

In Region 4: Flash (Barry)

In Region 2: Spider-Man

In Region 3: GL (Hal)

The Finals are Batman vs. GL (Hal)

The winner: Batman

Death will win, come on that's an obvious one , and most likely on the other side i'd like to say it come down to GL and Thor, with GL coming out the winner.

This is a really really fun idea. Although, since we're not the NCAA, it might be cooler to give us 48 hours to vote each time, instead of 24. Flexibility in a busy world is a very valuable asset!

Meanwhile, I'm not even going to bother predicting a final four ... it seems like it the Final Four should be comprised of some no-brainer choices (from, say, six top characters) ... but then again, the possible upsets (like Oracle over Joker! that'd rock) are what makes a tourney worthwhile, after all. But it makes my sleep-deprived head hurt, right now, to try to predict them.

It will sooo be interesting to see if some characters have risen or fallen in popularity (Rorschach, Batman, Wolverine) since the awesome poll that inspired the seedings. And, @ Mudassir: I agree about my man Sinestro. He was in my Top Ten back when we voted. I bet he'll place a lot higher if (when?) Brian ever does the poll again.

My Final Four:
Doom
Spidey
The Thing
Silver Surfer (my Cinderella pick in a nail-biter, with a last-second shot over The Joker)

The Thing takes Spidey in the finals for my personal pick; but my Vegas bet is on Wolverine.

John

You're a madman, Cronin.

My predicitons for the final four are:
Batman, Thor, Spider-Man and Joker. Batman wins.

My personal picks?
Batman, Thor, Death, Silver Surfer. The Surfer wins.

I'll be on a plane, so won't be able to vote. Pity.

Oh, and if Madrox were in it, they'd all be post.

I meant toast.

Final Four:

Batman
Flash (Wally West)
Thor
The Joker

Overall Winner: Batman

Not what I want to happen, what I THINK will happen.

Batman
Superman
Oracle
Wonder Woman

Batman wins it all

my elite eight --> final four:
Batman v. Doom --> batman [by a hair]
Supes v. Wally/Flash --> supes
Spidey v. Animal Man --> Animal Man [love the Grant stories!]
Captain America v. Black Canary --> Black Canary [love a blond bombshell in fishnets!]

Bats v. Supes --> Supes
Animal Man v. Black Canary --> BC

Winnah!! Supes. First and greatest of them all.

Batman
Superman
Spider-man
Cap America
Is the most predictable

I'd say rorschach and barry allen can make through in Superman's Region but i don't know

Here's who I'd like to see winning:

Final Four:
Batman
Punisher
Iron Fist
The Joker

Last one standing: The Joker

At first, I reasoned it all out based on logic and coherence... which lead to a final four of Batman, Death, J'Onn and the Silver Surfer, with Death trouncing Batman in the final fight... but ONLY because it's Death of the Endless.

Then I decided to go with my personal biases and the final four I'd like to see:
Booster Gold vs Kitty Pryde, and Animal Man vs Hawkeye, leading into the Kitty Pryde vs Hawkeye fight, and emerging with a Hawkeye victory over all.

Notably, either way sees Spider Jerusalem getting as far as the final eight.

Wonder Woman Will Win Woverall!

... and the final four will be:

Region 1: Starman
Region 2: Wonder Woman
Region 3: Black Canary
Region 4: Emma Frost

My Final Four:

Batman
Rorschach
Spiderman
The Joker

Batman > Rorschach
Spiderman < The Joker

Eventually...

Batman vs. The Joker

Result: The Joker.

Just to clarify that, the way I did it (purely of my own personal bias) was:

Batman/Firestorm: Batman
Starman/GL (Kyle): Starman
Batman Batman
Robin (Tim)/Darkseid: Robin (Tim) Cyclops
Cyclops/She Hulk: Cyclops
Batman
Dr. Strange/Dream: Dr. Strange
Wolverine/Jesse Custer: Wolverine
Wolverine Wolverine
Booster Gold/Constantine: Constantine Dr. Doom
Dr. Doom/Namor: Dr. Doom

Superman/Nova: Superman Batman
Kitty Pryde/Jean Grey: Jean Grey
Superman Superman
Iron Man/Emma Frost: Emma Frost Emma Frost
Nightwing/Thanos: Nightwing
Superman
Nightcrawler/Iron Fist: Nightcrawler
The Thing/Flash (Barry): Flash (Barry)
Flash (Barry) Rorschach
Beast/Rorshach: Rorschach Rorschach
Flash (Wally)/Death: Flash (Wally)

Spiderman/Storm: Spiderman
Question (Vic)/Punisher: Punisher
Spiderman Spiderman
Wonder Woman/GL (Guy): Wonder Woman Thor
Thor/Power Girl: Thor
Spiderman
Magneto/Animal Man: Magneto
Hulk/Catwoman: Hulk
Magneto Magneto
J'onn J'onnz/Lex Luthor: Lex Luthor Daredevil
Daredevil/Swamp Thing: Daredevil
The Joker
Cap. America/Nick Fury: Cap. America
Silver Surfer/Beetle (Ted Kord): Silver Surfer
Cap. America Cap. America
Green Arrow/Zatanna: Green Arrow Hawkeye
Hawkeye/Captain Marvel (Billy): Hawkeye
The Joker
Oracle/Hawkman: Hawkman
The Joker/Aquaman: The Joker
The Joker The Joker
Deadpool/Black Canary: Deadpool Deadpool
GL (Hal)/Spider Jerusalem: GL (Hal)

BATMAN VS. THE JOKER:

WINNER - THE JOKER

My personal top four would be:
Dr Strange (Lee style)
Iron Fist
Nick Fury
Daredevil

Yeah, I'm a Marvel Zombie. For me, the win would go to Daredevil, for sure.

To pick for the prize, I'll say:
Batman (because he's the business for everyone)
Spider-Man (because he's the Marvel business)
The Joker (because he does rock pretty hard)
and
Iron Fist (because he shold have enough of an underground following to make ti happen!)

I think all the number one seeds are going to make it into the final four, with the winner being Batman. Although I think that Doom, Joker, and Death all have potential for some upsets.

Batman
Iron Fist
Daredevil
Green Arrow

Batman
Daredevil

Daredevil

I like that you said the Joker will win Scotty360 even though I think you're wrong.

I would also like to revise my predictions and say Spider-man instead of Wonder Woman, but I still think Batman will win it all. So:

Batman
Superman
Oracle
Spider-man

Batman wins it all

Darkseid is a 12 seed? Silver Surfer is an 8?

Darkseid is a 12 seed? Silver Surfer is an 8?

Well observed.

The seedings all come directly from how they were ranked in the Top DC/Marvel Characters Poll from late 2007.

The Surfer's doesn't. :p

For my happiness:

Darkseid
Kitty Pride
Swamp Thing
Captain America

Cap takes it

Hey Gang-

Ok, Final Four?

Region 1: Batman
Region 2: Spiderman
Region 3: Blue Beetle
Region 4: Rorschach

Winner: Blue Beetle ('Cause he's my favorite)

-Citizen Scribbler

MY final four: Starman, Storm, Green Lantern, Jean Grey
Starman vs. Jean Grey
and Jean takes it

Final Four
1 Batman
2 Thor
3 Hawkeye
4 theThing

winner
Batman

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I'm just wondering where Hellboy , Cerberus, or Spawn would fit into this.

Thanks for the game

I’m just wondering where Hellboy , Cerberus, or Spawn would fit into this.

So today begins Comics Should Be Good DC/Marvel Comic Character Tournament!

Somewhere in there.

And I apologize in advance if you were just curious where those characters would be if this were a DC/Marvel/Image/Dark Horse tournament. Lost my impulse control for a few seconds.

I used some rules to winnow to the final four like "highest last letter of the superhero name" and "lowest first vowel of the real name", deciding ties by coin flips. Different rule each round.

Final Four: Wolverine, Daredevil, Nova, and Oracle.

Decided the rest by coin flips.

Winner: Wolverine (James Howlett)

He really is the best there is at what he does, I guess.

Again, our personal preferences for who our favorite characters are :

My Final Four from this set up are Dr. Doom, Iron Man, Daredevil and Green Arrow with Dr. Doom being my favorite.

Tough calls included Batman - She-Hulk, Superman - Iron Man, Thing - Beast, Thing - Iron Man, Dr. Doom - Batman, Spider-Man - Thor, Guy Gardner - Thor, Lex Luthor - Daredevil, Joker - Aquaman, Green Arrow - Nick Fury

I wish Marvel & DC would get back to doing crossovers with each other. Those were great.

wow, i actually had to fill out 2 brackets. one for who i thought would win, and one for who i'd want to win

who i think will win:
batman over superman
spider-man over joker

batman wins

who i want to win:
rorschach over jesse custer (where's the love for him? Preacher is one of the greatest series ever!!)
spider-man over deadpool

spider-man wins

if this is going on who our favorites are and not would "should" win, my final 4 are

nightwing over cyclops
animal man over aquaman

animal man wins.

[...] Should Be Good is running a set of March Madness character polls. In the first round, Wally West outraced Death, but despite a last stand, the Thing clobbered Barry [...]

how do we actually vote in this? and how do we see updated brackets?

Watch for DC/Marvel Character Tourney Region X, Round Y posts. You go to them to vote for the match-ups.

Sorry to say it, but Magneto dispatched Animal Man in the first round