Best Replacement Superheroes

A selection of heroes who have replaced superheroes for prolonged periods of time.
The Top Ten
1 Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)

The first Batgirl was Betty Kane.

Replaced Betty Kane (kind of)

2 Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)

Replaced Johnny Blaze

3 Robin (Damian Wayne)

Replaced Tim Drake

4 Batman (Dick Grayson)

Replaced Bruce Wayne

5 Spider-Man (Miles Morales)

Replaced Peter Parker in the Ultimate universe

6 Robin (Jason Todd)
7 Batman (Terry McGinnis)

Replaced Bruce Wayne

8 The Flash (Wally West)

Replaced Barry Allen

9 Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)

Replaced Mar-Vell

10 Robin (Tim Drake)

Replaced Jason Todd

The Contenders
11 Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) Green Lantern is the name of a number of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Replaced Hal Jordan

12 Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) Blue Beetle is the name of three fictional superheroes who appear in a number of American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939.
13 Ant-Man (Scott Lang) Ant-Man is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Ant-Man's first appearance was in Tales to Astonish #27. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he is portrayed by Paul Rudd.
14 Venom (Flash Thompson)
15 Thor (Jane Foster)
16 Spider-Man (Otto Octavius)

Replaced Peter Parker

17 Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)

Replaced Clint Barton

18 Captain America (Sam Wilson)

Replaced Steve Rogers

19 Scarlet Spider (Kaine)

Replaced Ben Reilly

20 Captain America (Bucky Barnes)

Replaced Steve Rogers

21 Wolverine (X23)

Replaced Logan

22 Black Panther (Shuri)
23 Hulk (Amadeus Cho)

Replaced Bruce Banner

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