I definitely agree that Buscema’s first run puts him at the top, even if that awful later run with the lame duck Gilgamesh-including cast pulls his average down a bit, but Perez isn’t “way” behind.
Kirby stuck around for a very short time. His presence at the very beginning keeps him on the “definitive” list, but his shot tenure keeps him from being “way” ahead, if you’re talking about any factors other than general Kirby awesomeness.

So, in my gut: I never acquired a particular fondness for J’on, and Ben became emotionally inextricable for me with the malaise of Clone Saga. To me the masterstroke of the Ozzy reveal wasn’t just that their peak-human-hero (putting him in the company of such as Batman and Captain America) was the villain, but that he carried out his master plan and *then* revealed it, in utter contradiction of all expectation. Double-whammy. Never read Hellblazer, haven’t read very much Flash; guess I’m not that hardcore, but I still get a vote so I voted what I knew. I’ll admit I have moments of ambivalence over Hal Jordan, but I dig Green Lantern doing the Green Lantern thing and always have. Whose art do I picture when I picture the League? Its Perez, it really is. Question wasn’t who’s the greatest butler ever, question was who’s MY fave…gut said Jarvis. Ditto Nightcrawler, though I was shocked Scott got that much love considering how much hate you usually hear for him. I heart Vampi.

Yes. Me, at least. How old are you again?

I know that many fans think of fictional characters as more like friends, to the point of getting pissed when bad things happen to their “friends.”

And man are they annoying to talk to!

I know that many fans think of fictional characters as more like friends, to the point of getting pissed when bad things happen to their “friends.” That was never the case with me.

I’ve never seen so sad a thing as the people here getting worked up over the results of opinion poles.

I can top that – people who posted in the comments of the polls about how they love a character so much they voted for him ten times.

That’s sad beyond sad – rigging an inconsequential opinion poll for the benefit (though I’m not sure what the benefit is) of a fictional character.

I’d love it if you did it again – preferably without a year long wait!

Neal Adams… Man, I love hlm, but he draw just a few issues with the Avengers (five, maybe?), the Kree-Srull war. Not enough to make him a relevant artist for the series, like he did with Batman.

So Neal Adams is to the Avengers as George Perez is to the Justice League. By which I mean, awesome.

Neal Adams… Man, I love hlm, but he draw just a few issues with the Avengers (five, maybe?), the Kree-Srull war. Not enough to make him a relevant artist for the series, like he did with Batman.

On the favorite JLAer poll, the mean was again 14.3%. However, the standard deviation was 8%. The most averagely beloved JLAer was The Flash. There were more significant results. Folks love them some Batman in the JLA. They also feel the most tepidly about Wonder Woman and Aquaman. The sample size was 27% smaller at 1,345.

So, we have learned that comic fans would rather rip things on the Internet than praise them. That means creators should pretty well ignore about a third of the negative comments. They come from folks that are never reading whatever they are critiquing anyway.

Also, Aquaman is easily the least popular member of the original JLA and that while most people like Wonder Woman just fine very few love her. That suggests the ‘Big 7′ Justice League could use another female member and the logical slot is Aquaman’s.

In other words, Bruce Timm did his market research prior launching his “Justice League” animated series.