What's everyones's top 30 DC characters?

[Talisman]

Oy...Ok. Here goes...

1. Black Canary
2. Green Arrow
3. Donna Troy
4. Dream Girl
5. Nightwing
6. Superman
7. Omen
8. Catwoman
9. White Witch
10. Elongated Man
11. Big Barda
12. Brainiac
13. Zatanna
14. Hawkwoman
15. Flash (Barry Allen)
16. Mad Hatter
17. Vixen
18. Star Sapphire
19. Poison Ivy
20. Nightshade
21. Bronze Tiger
22. Dr. Fate
23. Captain Cold
24. Kid Flash
25. Princess Projectra
26. Batgirl (original babs not gail babs)
27. Shadow Thief
28. Huntress (Helena Wayne)
29. Green Lantern (Hal)
30. Amazo

[Cowtools]

My criteria include: longevity, iconic-ness, uniqueness, amount of good stories, storytelling potential, fun factor, diversity
No particular order:

1- Superman
2- Lois Lane
3- Lex Luthor
4- Batman
5- Dick Grayson
6- Tim Drake
7- Damien Wayne
8- Barbara Gordon
9- Cassandra Cain
10- Stephanie Brown
11- Joker
12- Wonder Woman
13- Green Lantern (I don't care which one)
14- The Flash (ditto)
15- Black Canary
16- Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)
17- Starfire
18- Raven
19- Renee Montoya
20- Jaime Reyes
21- John Constantine
22- Zatanna
23- Aquaman
24- Martian Manhunter
25- Animal Man
26- Swamp Thing
27- Manhunter (Kate Spencer)
28- Catwoman
29- Green Arrow
30- Miss Martian

[aidanphantom]

I'll give it a go.

1. Wildcat
2. Wonder Woman
3. Mad Hatter
4. Batwoman
5. Detective Chimp
6. Frankenstein
7. Ragman
8. Madame Xanadu
9. Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
10. Hawkman (Carter)
11. Batman
12. Barbara Gordon
13. Animal Man
14. Swamp Thing
15. Kyle Rayner
16. Blue Beetle (Jamie)
17. Aquaman
18. Supergirl
19. Man-Bat
20. Tim Drake
21. Superboy
22. Beast Boy
23. Doctor Mid-Nite
24. Mera
25. Abby Holland
26. Scarecrow
27. Bunker
28. Riddler
29. Gorilla Grodd
30. Kid Devil

[Orin]

1. Superman
2. Batgirl (Stephanie Brown)
3. Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
4. Aquaman
5. Robin (Damian Wayne)
6. The Flash (Wally West)
7. Death
8. Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
9. Hawkman
10. Lex Luthor
11. Green Lantern (John Stewart)
12. Impulse
13. Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark)
14. Lois Lane
15. Oracle
16. Brainiac
17. Batman
18. Dr. Fate
19. The Spectre
20. Supergirl
21. Wonder Woman
22. Martian Manhunter
23. Green Arrow
24. Ozymandias
25. Dr. Manhatten
26. Superboy
27. Connor Hawke
28. Miss Martian
29. Blue Beetle (Jamie Reyes)
30. Hourman (Matthew Tyler)

[Sandor Clegane]

Pretty much this:





Give or take a few duplicate characters.

[Hatut Zeraze]

30? That's kind of a big and arbitrary number, not that it's stopping me, mind you.

In no particular order, only as I think of them:

1. Aquaman
2. Swamp Thing
3. The Penguin
4. Batman
5. The Flash (Wally West)
6. Swamp Thing
7. The Ventriloquist
8. The Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
9. Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
10. The Question (Vic Sage)
11. Wonder Woman
12. John Constantine
13. Jonah Hex
14. Green Lantern (John Stewart)
15. Martian Manhunter
16. Infectious Lass
17. Steel (John Henry Irons)
18. Superman
19. Robin (Damian Wayne)
20. Hawkman
21. Element Lad
22. Jimmy Olsen
23. Professor Pyg
24. Plastic Man
25. Aquagirl (Lorena Marquez)
26. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
27. Mr. Tawky-Tawny
28. Black Manta
29. Solomon Grundy
30. The Creeper

[vampiric_cannibal]

1-30. The Legion of Super-Heroes.

Which incarnations, which continuity?

Oh my, you're such a rebel.

Humour poor Chiasm. He had a rough childhood. Probably hasn't finished it, either.