Admittedly, my knowledge may be out of date, since I haven’t bought a comic book in years.
I’m guessing that most of the other heroes probably can’t stand Batman. He’s grim, completely humorless, makes it clear that he fundamentally doesn’t trust any of them, can beat all their asses (and they know it), and has an arrogant conviction that any decision he makes is correct. If I were a super, he’d piss me off.
Superman, on the other hand, seems like the kind of guy the other heroes would all like. He’s cheerful and good natured, despite being the last of his kind. He’s good looking. He’s got an Eagle Scout-like vibe that radiates off him. Superman is like the smart, athletic, nice guy that all the other kids cluster around.
Most of the heroes would probably like to pimpsmack Green Arrow. he’s the kind of loudmouth that has to tell you his opinion on everything, especially when he’s drunk or high.
Namor probably isn’t real popular, what with all his anger issues.
Ben Grimm seems like a guy who gets invited to a lot of parties. He probably likes to drink beer, watch football, and so on.
Anybody else?
Guy Gardner, a on-again/off-again Green Lantern, is a grade A jerk, chauvinist-pig, & ethically questionable.
Zatanna is increasing on the outs with everybody.
“increasingly” :smack:
Heroes feared/disliked/hated/mistrusted: (A lot of this is due to current events in-continuity)
DC: Wonder Woman, Batman… ditto Guy Gardner and, say, Triumph.
Most beloved among superheroes themselves is probably Superman, although I’d give JSAer Wildcat an odd nod (he seems to get along with everybody.)
Marvel: Wolverine (although he had that weird thing with female mutant sidekicks), Hulk, Spider-Man, Speed-Ball (all perennially) Scarlet Witch, most of the Ultimates but esp. Thor, Henry Pym and Captain America, the X-Men. Most beloved is Captain America.
Homage: (Astro City) Crackerjack, most of the Astro City Irregulars, El Hombre of the Honor Guard, Winged Victory. Most beloved is probably Samaritan, possibly the now-deceased Silver Agent.
Image: Spawn, Omni-Man
Actually, I imagine Guy Gardner became a lot more popular once he opened the bar.
In the DCU, it seems that Alan Scott has some universal respect thing going.
The current Doctor Mid-Nite is probably too much of a health nut to be thought of as a fun companion, though I wouldn’t say anyone actually dislikes him.
In the Marvel Universe, I think most people think of Wolverine as a jerk, and of Spider-Man as a decent guy.
The Hulk, in any/all incarnations/colors etc. is not popular. People get…stressed…
El Hombre? Not likely. Manufactured 2 fake crises to bolster his reputation – see Wikipedia article on Astro City heroes
Even before the whole “House of M” thing… Quicksilver.
He’s an often bigoted, arrogant and condecending guy. He hates himself and the entire world to some degree. Probably the only people that like him are… ummmm… Nobody. His estranged wife Crystal probably loves him but doesn’t necessarily like him. Ditto with his sister.
Henry Pym is pretty much persona non grata in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Not sure if he was such a dick in the 616 Marvel Universe.
Ooops - Askia had El Hombre in the feared/disliked/hated/mistrusted category, not the liked one. He was right and didn’t need my correction. Sorry
From my 1980s-Marvel knowledge:
Northstar was often moody and felt very out of place in Alpha Flight, especially after his sister had her powers altered.
Moondragon was never very well liked on the Avengers or the Defenders.
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DC’s Captain Marvel, on the other hand, is a friend to all (except Guy Gardner). He is soooo nice, soooo polite, and soooo annoyingly sweet that even Batman likes him (at least in JLU).
Captain America, if not liked, is well respected wherever he goes. Nightwing too. Most of the JSA old-timers are also revered as the standard setters for modern-day heroes.
In the Marvel Universe - USAgent. Replaced Captain America for a time, and was written so that he tried hard, but wasn’t up to snuff.
Since then, other writers either used him as a second string Cap, or often as an un-funny ultra right-wing Guy Gardner. I kind of liked the character during the original run. I thought later writers did him a dis-service.
D-Man - got no respect, but when they restarted the Avengers a while back, none of the other Avengers except Cap would associate with him or sit by him because he smelled after living among the homeless.
Booster Gold was typically not well-liked (except by his close JLI teammates) because he was a shameless self-promoter and sellout; a superhero who endorsed products and business for pay. Also, his origin is not selfless or traumatic: he started his entire hero career by travelling from the 25th Century to the present armed with future technology and knowledge of future events IN ORDER TO BECOME a superhero-celebrity. (Before that, he was an athlete who was busted for gambling on his own games.)
I do believe that Infinite Crisis and 52 will garner Booster newfound respect among the costumed community… if he survives.
During his stint in X-Factor, they had an issue where Quicksilver went to a psychiatrist (Doc. Sampson IIRC) and he explained he gets irritated because everyone moves so much slower than him. I remember Quicksilver saying something like “You know how you feel in a grocery store when the people in front of you seem to be moving in slow motion? That is my whole life.” I love that comic.
Jury’s still out on that. I just saw the cover for 52, Issue #2.
Booster, covered in endorsements like Captain Amazing, surrounded by a throng of ladies, while a visibly annoyed Clark Kent looks askance at him.
This isn’t the first time – after Booster quit the League in Justice League America #37, he became the leader of the Conglomerate, a new corporate-sponsored super-team put together by Claire Montgomery, Maxwell Lord’s devious ex-wife. They all wore matching leather jackets covered with corporate logo patches – this was in Justice League International Quarterly #1, years before the Mystery Men movie came out with Captain Amazing’s similar look.
X-Factor #87 by Peter David and Joe Quesada. Great issue – one of the only mutant comics I kept after I purged almost everything with an “X” from my collection.
So, you don’t count the not-even-remotely-concealed contempt everybody felt for him in the Dark Knight serieses as canon (well, everybody but Wonder Woman, that is)?
DC:
Most of the heroes aren’t too fond of Batman right now. And the feeling’s mutual. Although he’s still on good terms with Nightwing. They’re aiming towards lightening him up, at least.
Green Arrow is actually fairly well liked. Even people who have reason to dislike him - Black Canary (who he’s cheated on, repeatedly) or Black Lightning (who would be very justified in blaming Ollie for the death of his neice), for instance - tend to forgive him pretty quickly. He’s a fuck-up, really, but he’s a personable fuck-up, so he can talk his way back into most people’s good graces. Batman doesn’t like him, but Batman doesn’t like anyone.
Hal Jordan’s mistrusted by Batman. Everybody else believes the Paralax-is-a-yellow-bug thing, so he’s been forgiven on the whole.
Guy Gardner’s liked by some, tolerated by most.
Wonder Woman and Zatanna are both fairly divisive issues - there are some who think what they did were unforgivable, there are others who disagree (this covers both ‘there was nothing wrong with what she did’ and ‘it was a mistake, but she’s only human’), and both sides are vocal.
The original JSA and their legacies tend to be respected and well-liked.
Ditto the modern Flashes. It’s almost impossible not to like Wally, and Barry’s one of the most respected heroes of the modern group, especially since his death.
The current Titans, both as a group and individually, are well-liked - although things will change for Robin, soon. Superboy weathered his mind-controlled rage, and the resultant self-doubt well enough.