The disappointment in this thread was definitely expected and unavoidable. FYI, there's more to come.
I've heard and expect 3 guest characters - not 2. (So Subby, Raiden and one more).
That said, there's a lot of good news for DC fans. Red Hood and Starfire are here, don't forget that. And the ratio of 6 DC characters and 3 guests is a good one. That way, you're not overrun with guests and the people that aren't hardcore comic fans still have reasons to buy the DLC packs.
How about keeping it 9-0?
Akuma is in Tekken. Cool. But Tekken cast is mostly Tekken.
MKX had movie characters, which is fair because they never had any other affliations to a major fighting game.
MKX didn't have Robin, Ivy, Grodd, Captain Cold as DLC package.
This isn't just about comic fans, it's the fact that DC has so many interesting characters out there and NRS decided to be lazy, get the easy buck and put in a character they already have a design for.
The only guest characters I'm in for are guys like Spawn who have notoriously been in fantasy battles against Superman and Darkseid amongst fans of comics and non comics. As far as I'm concerned, no one cares what happens between Sub Zero and Batman. It doesn't create an interesting battle theme...and I'm someone who has played Sub Zero since 1992 and been a Sub Zero lover into day(my main in MKX). I own 81 Batman comics too..theres no lore to see these two battle...Sub Zero vs Superman...nope....Sub Zero vs Captain Cold? Uninteresting battles.
If theres going to be guest characters, make an impact.
Spawn
Goku or Vegeta (you want to talk about sales and money?)
Hellboy