[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Greenskar

This is honestly how I'm starting to feel about Batman. I disagree with your comment about Wolverine not deserving to be that popular, fans get to determine that, that's just the way it is. What I do agree with is the level of down right ridiculousness that that both Wolverine and Batman fans bring to message boards with their godly ability to pwn every Character in either universe in a fight (no wonder these two formed Dark Claw in Amalgam).

I seriously have to tune out and just read the stories for what they are and watch the movies for what the are (sorry Wolvie, but you're severely behind the curb in both categories to Batman lately) and ignore the silliness of how Batman > MW3 or whatever stupid meme gets thrown out these days.

IGN is the worst for this actually. I can't go into one article about anything Marvel related without noticing every comment associated from "fans" is about Batman. Just to be dicks.

Someone should just write a blog about when Good Superheroes become annoying because of fanboys.

Then let me try again. I'm more talking about Wolverine's forced popularity. While the fandom is annoying, it's not nearly so much as over the top as Marvel takes Wolverine. Wolverine this, wolverine that. Wolverine starring in like four-six monthly team titles, two solo books, whatever mini series is going on, and guest starring in at least four different books a month. Then gets headlined OVER the X-men in the Wolverine AND The X-Men cartoon, and given control of the team when there are half a dozen other, better leaders underneath him (Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, Frost).
Two million toys exist of him, when we have trouble getting other alpha characters who actually may be more important to the marvel universe (And this goes back to the pre ML Toybiz days).

And because Wolverine can't be in enough places, they clone him and make a cute little girl Wolverine (That's disturbing on sooooooooo many levels), and because Sabertooth being the "evil" wolverine schtick wasn't enough, they make Dark Wolverine, too.

I won't deny that Batman is the DC equivalent. (Green Arrow would sooooo rock an animated series, if they would stop plugging Batman, and give someone ELSE a chance!)
The only thing I'll put Batman above Wolverine, is Batman is capable of screwing up, big time.

But, that's more or less what I'm talking about when I say Wolverine doesn't deserve the popularity he gets. Over exposure to insane levels by the publishers and other companies handling the marvel franchises. (And I'm not saying Batman isn't. He's a whole different can of worms) In the real world, he's not as insanely popular as the companies think he is. Popular yes, but from what I pick up even from his most diehard fans is they'd like to see him get scaled back, too.
Wolverine's the best there is at what he does, and what he does is be everywhere.

Personal opinion, He was a lot cooler back in Giant Sized X-Men era, before he was overexposed. Better written, a more realistic character, and just all around better rounded.
Nowadays, his best scenes are when Molly Hayes beats the snot out of him.