Welcome to the All-Star Squadron / Young All-Stars / Seven Soldiers "Selection & Seeding" Regional portion of the 2010 AFi Fan Bracket for DCUC. Think of this as the "prologue" to the actual bracket event.

We did our best to include all relevant characters; however there may be a few missing that we just couldn't fit in (I'm looking at you, Stuff the Chinatown Kid). So don't be upset if your favorite isn't included.

The last Bracket was a lot of fun, but we're doing things a little different this time. This first round of voting will determine 1) the characters choices, and 2) the seeding order entered into the actual bracket. We have 40 characters, and only 32 spots - so we need you to decide who is worthy of making the cut. In addition, your votes will also determine the order of the match-ups. This gives Mattel a much more accurate count of who are the most-wanted characters for DCUC.

Example:
Let's say The Flash is the top vote-getter with 100 votes; he would be the #1 seed in the bracket. And maybe Anna Fortune has the least votes, with 5. She misses the cut at #40. And Tomcat receives 9 votes at the #32 spot; he makes the cut and is paired up against Flash at #1. Just like similar brackets, the #1 vs #32, #2 vs #31, #3 vs #30, #4 vs #29, #5 vs 28, etc etc. Make sense?

Each fan gets to vote for 25 of the 40 characters; only one vote per character (so you cannot vote for Nuklon 25 times). And you only get one chance to vote, so make 'em count! The voting will last for one week, ending next Monday night. The votes will then be counted and organized, and entered into the A-SS/YAS/SS Region on the official Fan Bracket. Once all four regions have been organized, then the head-to-head Fan Bracket voting will begin.

If you have any questions, post them below!

Amazing Man (Will Everett)


Air Wave (Lawrence Jordan)


Blackhawk (Janos Prohaska)


Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett)


Bulletman (Jim Barr)


Bulleteer (Alix Harrower)


Captain Triumph (Lance Gallant)


Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis, suit/fedora)


Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis, red costume)


Dan the Dyna-Mite (Danny Dunbar)


Dr. Occult (Richard Occult)


Flying Fox


Frankenstein


Fury (Helena Kosmatos)


Green Arrow (Oliver Queen, Silver Age costume)


Iron Munro (Arn Munro)


Jester (Chuck Lane)


Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers)


Judomaster (Hadley "Rip" Jagger)


Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence-Chambers)


Manhattan Guardian (Jake Jordan)


Manhunter (Paul Kirk)


Mister America/Americommando (Tex Thompson)


Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman)


Neptune Perkins


Quicksilver/Max Mercury


Robotman (Robert Crane/Paul Dennis)


Sandy, the Golden Boy (Sanderson Hawkins)


Sargon the Sorcerer (John Sargent)


Shining Knight (Justin Arthur)


Speedy (Roy Harper)


Stripesy (Pat Dugan)


Tarantula (Johnathan Law)


Tiger (Tiger Tanaka)


Tsunami (Miya Shimada)


TNT (Thomas N. Thomas)


Vigilante (Greg Saunders)


The Whip (Rodney Gaynor)


Wing (Wing How)


Zatara (Giovanni Zatara)

Vote for Neptune Perkins!

'Cause Aquaman needs more friends!

while we're voting, let's also make these figures for DCIH (or whatever Mattel is changing their 3" line to) and JLU!

Thanks for this list and doing the research, but this one is a little weird for me with the inclusion of Morrison's Seven Soldiers. I get why it was done, I guess I just didn't expect it.

If Vigilante is made I want his motorcycle too, that key for that character and the same goes for Shining Knight and his horse Victory. I really want to see them and Amazing Man, Robotman (the real one, not that other knock off) and Tarantula.

Honestly, I'd buy just about every one of these characters on all four of these lists. I hope DCUC makes it that long. But I bet my wife hopes it ends sooner.

Awesome to see Bulleteer (Alix Harrower) in a poll! She's one of my favorite characters. I hope she wins and I also hope she gets more appearances in some books soon! I also voted for all of the Young All-Stars and the modern Seven Soldiers of Victory. Great to see all of them represented in this poll.

Aquaman pulled together his own Justice League back in Aquaman 25 (Peter David era!) If you want him, you need to vote for Tsunami as well.

That's always been one of my favorite splash panels Fly. I had it as my wallpaper forever lol.

And completely agree on Shining Knight's horse and Vigilante's motorcycle. They could easily make them the C&C for that wave.

This is probably the weakest bracket of the group. I'm rooting for for Max Mercury, Shining Knight, and Vigilante in this one.

For my first post, i'd like to spread enthusiasm for Giovanni Zatara. What a classic he is - and would go nicely with the DCUC Zatanna.

Zatara would simply require the Gentleman Ghost body with a new head

a few hours left to vote...

I will compiling the data this weekend and setting up the Brackets, with voting to follow next week.

FINAL TALLY:

Shining Knight (Justin Arthur) [ 128 ]
Vigilante (Greg Saunders) [ 117 ]
Johnny Quick (Johnny Chambers) [ 113 ]
Liberty Belle (Libby Lawrence-Chambers) [ 109 ]
Speedy (Roy Harper) [ 101 ]
Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett) [ 96 ]
Blackhawk (Janos Prohaska) [ 92 ]
Tarantula (Johnathan Law) [ 90 ]
Quicksilver/Max Mercury [ 85 ]
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen, Silver Age costume) [ 84 ]
Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis, suit/fedora) [ 80 ]
Zatara (Giovanni Zatara) [ 79 ]
Manhunter (Paul Kirk) [ 78 ]
Amazing Man (Will Everett) [ 76 ]
Stripesy (Pat Dugan) [ 69 ]
Bulleteer (Alix Harrower) [ 66 ]
Robotman (Robert Crane/Paul Dennis) [ 66 ]
Dr. Occult (Richard Occult) [ 64 ]
Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis, red costume) [ 60 ]
Frankenstein [ 58 ]
Fury (Helena Kosmatos) [ 56 ]
Sargon the Sorcerer (John Sargent) [ 54 ]
Air Wave (Lawrence Jordan) [ 51 ]
Judomaster (Hadley "Rip" Jagger) [ 50 ]
Bulletman (Jim Barr) [ 48 ]
Sandy, the Golden Boy (Sanderson Hawkins) [ 45 ]
Mister America/Americommando (Tex Thompson) [ 40 ]
Tsunami (Miya Shimada) [ 39 ]
Mister Miracle (Shilo Norman) [ 38 ]
Flying Fox [ 33 ]
Manhattan Guardian (Jake Jordan) [ 33 ]
Iron Munro (Arn Munro) [ 30 ]

missed the cut:

Wing (Wing How) [ 30 ]
Neptune Perkins [ 29 ]
Dan the Dyna-Mite (Danny Dunbar) [ 24 ]
Jester (Chuck Lane) [ 23 ]
TNT (Thomas N. Thomas) [ 23 ]
The Whip (Rodney Gaynor) [ 20 ]
Captain Triumph (Lance Gallant) [ 15 ]
Tiger (Tiger Tanaka) [ 14 ]

I will have the official Brackets up later this week.

The official Bracket is below, with close-up of the Region. Voting is coming soon!