No , Batman is n’t the coolest person in comics . Consider : Batman is a small nutty . There are heaps of stories where Batman is portray as an uptight dude who does n’t understand the kid and their loud medicine . He just release himself into a tummy . Batman ’s sidekicks have included a dog in a cowling .
10 ) Dr. Strange
He inhabit in a Brownstone in Greenwich Village , which is always being destroyed by mystic force and rebuilt , over and over again . He ’s just as well-fixed teaming up with the Hulk , Silver Surfer and Submariner as he is join the Avengers . He ’s suave and totally poised , and he can rock a ludicrous large cerise cloak . Nothing enervate him , from Lovecraftian horrors to the weirdest extradimensional ridiculousness . Dr. Strange just cock an brow and keeps on going .

9 ) Grimjack
John Gaunt is a soldier of fortune and detective in the city of Cynosure , at the link of dimension . He manage to keep his footing in a city where the law of physics and the nature of reality change depending which neighborhood you ’re in , which is pretty impressive . He ’s a scarred veteran of the Demon Wars , who no longer conceive in anything except standing up for his friends . He owns his own bar , where just about every comics character hail and tope — and his sidekicks include an alcohol-dependent lizard advert Bob . He ’ll sound off your ass as before long as look at you .
- Whisper

She ’s our favorite fake ninja , who takes down external conspiracies and major supervillains while making it up as she goes along . As Douglas Wolk explains to us , “ Whisper is cooler [ than Batman ] because she is a ninja and a superhero despite not wanting to be a superhero and not even being certain exactly what a ninja is . ”
7 ) Jakita Wagner , Planetary
The first of two Warren Ellis part on this list , Jakita Wagner is thedaughter of the fabled Century Baby Lord Blackstock . She does n’t seem to age , but still has a low boredom threshold . And in one crosswalk story , she actuallyfights Batman to a standstilland then makes fun of his fetishy costume .

6 ) Margarita Luisa “ Maggie ” Chascarrillo , Love and Rockets
Part of asometimes very realistic universethat veers into magical realism , the supernatural , superheroes and weird science fiction poppycock on juncture , Maggiestarts offas a “ prosolar mechanic ” who specializes in rocket and robot repair . Later , she becomes an flat complex managing director in L.A. — but she never drop off her love for the write up of Space Queen , and shealways understands the bring around superpower of comic strip . Maggie is a survivor , who never stops kicking ass even she ’s deal with impression and heartbreak .
5 ) Bigby Wolf from Fables

The Sheriff of Fabletown is a detective and a problem - solver , but also a major tough guy wire who can turn into a ginormous wolf . He ’s get a kickass wife , he fight Nazis , and he ’s defeated the North Wind in armed combat .
4 ) Adele Blanc - Sec
She ’s a writer in pre - World War I Paris , which automatically get her cool . But also , shefaces downmad scientists , reanimated Egyptian mummies , sects of ogre worshippers , and tons of other uncanny animate being . She ’s not afraid to sprout gas pedal , drink the hard clobber , or fume like a man . She spent World War I in cryogenic suspension and then sway the 1920s . When giant tentacles seem in the River Seine , she ’s who you want on the fit .

3 ) prophesier
When Batman get his back broken , heput on a fake mustache and a fake British stress , and went around the earthly concern looking for Shondra Kinsolving , amagical negrowho repair Bruce ’s spine using her extra healing baron . When Barbara Gordon got her spine broken , she became something more than just a distaff version of Batman — she became one of the most authoritative submarine sandwich in the DC Universe : Oracle . Sharpening her top-notch - hacker skills , Oracle becomes the linchpin of the hero biotic community while running her own Birds of Prey squad . She ’s up to of kick your ass without ever leave alone her wheelchair . ( I know , now she ’s back to being Batgirl , but while she was Oracle , she was coolheaded than Batman . )
2 ) John Constantine

He ’s like the rougher , trenchcoat - wearing version of Dr. Strange — a mystic badass who combine the “ noir tec ” archetype ( all over with trenchcoat ) with the “ tough magician ” archetype . He’sendlessly misanthropic , snarky and not somebody you want to screw around with . He ’s capable of manipulating anyone , even Swamp Thing and some of the DCU ’s biggest heroes , when the stakes are high enough . He even smokes in the Batmobile .
1 ) Spider Jerusalem
The hero of Transmetropolitan , Spider Jerusalem is a gonzo diarist who speak Sojourner Truth ( and sometimes just the parole “ fuck ” over and over again ) to power . He takes on vicious politician and weird conspiracies , without ever selling out too much . He ’d probably do a sight worse than smoke in the Batmobile .

Thanks to Douglas Wolk , Robert Clough , Cyriaque Lamar , Annalee Newitz , Keith Veronese and Lauren Davis for the input !
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