Welcome to the 12th Annual CSBG DC/Marvel Character Tournament!
This time around, you will be voting for your favorite DC or Marvel live action television series and TV movies. Amusingly, this was also going to be the tournament last year, so the delay has changed the list dramatically, as WandaVision, Superman and Lois and Stargirl all debuted AFTER last March! Notably, though, I will not be including Falcon and Winter Soldier, as there have only been two episodes released so far in its first (only?) season, so that seems like too little to actually cover for something like this.
The rankings were mostly determined by the use of IMDB user reviews, which turned out to be EERILY in line with the voters back in 2019 when we did superhero cartoons (the first time I can recall a tournament where all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four). This time around, I made a few more changes, as it was just way too unreasonable for Batwoman, for instance, to be the lowest rated show out of ALL of the shows listed. So I made some judgment calls occasionally with the rankings.
After the shows were all ranked, they were split into four different regions. In the early rounds, we did two regions a day.
I've decided to show the results of each of the rounds here, leading to the finals! I'll go per Region and per round!
ROUND ONE RESULTS
WandaVision beat Power Pack, 95% to 5%
Titans edged out Constantine, 54% to 46%.
Superboy upset Human Target (2010) 59% to 41%
Arrow trounced Birds of Prey 80% to 20%.
Lucifer edged out Doctor Strange, 56% to 44%
Superman and Lois handled Shazam 62% to 38%
Batman trounced Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby) 92% to 8%
Luke Cage almost did as well, defeating Krypton 81% to 19%
ROUND TWO RESULTS
WandaVision beat Titans, 81% to 19%
Arrow poked holes in Superboy, 87% to 13%
Lucifer edges out Superman and Lois, 51% to 49%
Batman took care of Luke Cage, 59% to 41%
ROUND THREE RESULTS
WandaVision beat Arrow, 70% to 30%
Batman took out Lucifer, 75% to 25%
ROUND FOUR RESULTS
WandaVision beat Batman, 63% to 37%.
ROUND ONE RESULTS
Daredevil knocked out Legends of Superheroes easily, 92% to 8%
Defenders had a mild upset over Runaways, 57% to 43%
Agent Carter defeated Spidey Super Stories 83% to 17%
Stargirl took care of Powerless, 79% to 21%
Jessica Jones beat Mutant X, 92% to 8%
Gotham withstood a push from Iron Fist, 57% to 43%
Adventures of Superman defeated Generation X, 79% to 21%
Smallville outraced the Flash (1990) 65% to 35%
ROUND TWO RESULTS
Daredevil knocked out the Defenders, 90% to 10%
Agent Carter edged out Stargirl, 67% to 33%
Jessica Jones beat Gotham, 70% to 30%
Smallville scored a "super" upset over Adventures of Superman, 68% to 32%
ROUND THREE RESULTS
Daredevil defeated Agent Carter 75% to 25%
Jessica Jones ended Smallville's upset bid, 62% to 38%
ROUND FOUR RESULTS
Daredevil took out Jessica Jones, 71% to 29%.
ROUND ONE RESULTS
Watchmen defeated It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman 86% to 14%
Lois and Clark was the mild upset over Cloak and Dagger, 59% to 41%
iZombie defeated Blade 57% to 43%
Black Lightning trounced Supaidāman 81% to 19%
Incredible Hulk defeated Inhuman 87% to 13%
Preacher beat Human Target (1992) 78% to 22%
Wonder Woman defeated Captain America 77% to 23%
Agents of SHIELD took care of Secrets of Isis, 85% to 15%
ROUND TWO RESULTS
Watchmen defeated Lois and Clark, 73% to 27%
Black Lightning zapped iZombie 53% to 47%
Incredible Hulk smashed Preacher 62% to 38%
Agents of SHIELD beat Wonder Woman 58% to 42%
ROUND THREE RESULTS
Watchmen defeated Black Lightning, 77% to 33%
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. upset Incredible Hulk, 61% to 39%
ROUND FOUR RESULTS
Watchmen defeated Agents of S.H.I.E.D., 61% to 39%
ROUND ONE RESULTS
Flash won 87% to 13% over Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD
The 2019 Swamp Thing series was a mild upset over Batwoman, 61% to 39%
Doom Patrol won 92% vs 8% over Helstrom
Pennyworth survived an upset attempt by the 1990 Swamp Thing series, 52% to 48%
Supergirl beat the Amazing Spider-Man, 65% to 35%
Punisher took down Nightman, 89% to 11%
Legion defeated Man-Thing 83% to 17%
Legends of Tomorrow took down The Gifted 81% to 19%
ROUND TWO RESULTS
Flash ran rings around Swamp Thing (2019) 75% to 25%
Doom Patrol served Pennyworth 86% to 14%
Punisher shot up Supergirl 52% to 48%
DC's Legends of Tomorrow beat Legion 65% to 35%
ROUND THREE RESULTS
Flash outpaced Doom Patrol 56% to 44%
DC's Legends of Tomorrow upset Punisher by the same percentage, 56% to 44%
ROUND FOUR RESULTS
DC's Legends of Tomorrow upset Flash, 52% to 48%
Okay, so that gave us the following final four.
WandaVision, the #1 seed in the region.
Daredevil, the #1 seed in the region.
Watchmen, the #1 seed in the region and the OVERALL #1 seed in the tournament.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the #7 seed in the region (its seed was hurt by its really bad showings in its first two seasons, which is where most of the IMDB ratings come from). The Flash, for what it is worth, was the fourth-ranked of the four #1 seeds, so it presumably was the most susceptible to an upset.
Then the Final Four occurred.
Daredevil defeated WandaVision, 57% to 43%.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow rallied behind a strong show of force by Legends fans (is there a name for fans of the Legends?) who really came out in force to turn around an initial deficit almost 180 degrees, with Legends defeating Watchmen, 67% to 33%.
So that brought us to a final of Daredevil vs. DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Appropriately enough, a Marvel show vs. a DC show. Who pulled it out? Would DC's Legends of Tomorrow's Cinderella season continue or would the Devil of Hell's Kitchen take it down?
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The winner was Daredevil! It won 54% to 46%. Here's how the final vote broke down...
Well done, though, Legends fans, you got the show all the way to the finals! You should feel proud!
Here's the full tournament bracket, if you're into visuals...
You can click on it here to see the full-sized image.
So enjoy it, Matt! You can smile, you're the big winner!
Thanks to everyone who voted! We'll be back next year for the 13th Annual edition of the DC/Marvel tournament! Feel free to e-mail me at brianc@cbr.com (or on twitter at Brian_Cronin) if you have suggestions for what next year's tournament theme can be. Are there enough DC and Marvel movies to get to 64 yet?
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