DC Comics’s Most Divisive Characters

Who are the most divisive characters in comics?Following a recent commentary we wrote about the currently-ongoing Batman crossover Death of the Family, a number of our readers weighed in on Facebook to tell us about how they either hate Damian Wayne and hope to see him die during the story, or else that he’s one of the most interesting, nuanced characters in comics. There wasn’t anyone in the middle, and it got us to thinking about some of the other characters out there that really polarize readers.A lot of these aren’t necessarily one specific character as they are small groups of characters who share the same endearing or infuriating trait, so bear with us if you see us lumping together Green Lanterns or Teen Titans a bit.Damian WayneLike Jason Todd before him, this Robin follows on the heels of a decades-long turn at the role by a fan-favorite character. And like Jason, he’s pretty obnoxious.There is a segment of the audience that loves him for it, thinking that he’s an interesting, complex character and that it’s fun to see the other heroes bounce off of him but for each reader who feels that way there’s another one who just wants to see Bruce’s kid disappear from the pages.He’s a continuity black hole in the New 52, and his existence flies in the face of DC’s premise that heroes with kids/nephews and nieces/older sidekicks are artificially aged by the experience. Still, keeping him around in deference to the great work Morrison has done on Batman is difficult to argue.