I agree, Batman is a bit of a nothing superhero.

But I think the reason for his success is because he's, for lack of a better word, feasible. The kind of superhero where people think "Yeah, If I had all that money and technology that is what I would be doing", even though they know that in reality they couldn't. I think Iron man has the same kind of appeal too.

I agree, it's the villains that always steal the spotlight. Batman could've been cool, but he's just lame and boring (and a little bit of a Gary Stue).

Well, I'd like to see Captain Bulimia's supermodel form :).

Haha, you accidentally typed "awful" when you meant to type "awesome".

Does comic book "heroes" have to Super Heroes ? how about stuff like Scott Pilgrim and Sandman ? i actually like more of that stuff.

Maggot of the X-men, look him up and you will find the most pathetic joke of a superhero to ever walk on Marvel-Earth... He's so lame, he didn't make it into M-Day. He's so lame, the Skrulls took one look at his dossier and said, "We ain't copying this motherfucker!" He's so lame, the guy who came up with his character concept took one look at his creation, and swore off the illegal drugs he was taking at the time he conceived of this sad, sad excuse for a mutant.

Edit: And by the way, Batman kicks ass... I mean, he knows seven ways to deal with an armed assailant, and only three of them are lethal. There's a reason he's remembered even in the 31st century, and that reason is that he is literally one of the greatest heroes in the history of the DC Universe even without powers. highwaystar101 and MrBubbles, I respect you both but you are wrong on this one!

Ok, for Severance's sake, I'll name the worst hero to ever stink up comic books in the Eastern World: Light Yanami of Death Note fame. He's so awful that his creator ended his series, and his life, after just 12 volumes, just because his creator couldn't stand how awful his creation turned out to be. Let me put that in context for you:

Dragonball (including Z): 42 volumes

Naruto (including Shippuden and Kakashi's story): Ongoing but already topping 50 volumes

Bleach: Ongoing but already topping 40 volumes

Rurouni Kenshin: 24 volumes

Death Note: 12 volumes

See my point?

Kakashi's story? wtf? ... well at least now I have something to read, if I ever find it online.

I just looked up Maggot, he seems pretty useless. I mean, he could easily be replaced with a vial of highly corrosive acid carried by one of the X-men by the sounds of things. I mean if the digestive power of slugs is all he has, what's the point?

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I think how you view superheroes is a subjective thing. I can see why someone would like batman, there's plenty to like about him. But he's just not my cup of tea.

It was a few-volumes-long side story that was released between Part 1 (the one covered by the original anime series) and Part 2 (Shippuden) as a fan service designed to take the edge off of the wait between Parts 1 and 2.