# Embarrassing Crushes on Comic Book Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561 "2002-06-05T23:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/1 "2002-06-05T23:18:45Z")
Now, having crushes on TV/movie characters is one thing: they’re three-dimensional. But I must admit to having crushes on Dream and Lucifer from _Sandman_ and King Mob from _The Invisibles_. Heck, John Constantine from _Hellblazer_ ain’t half-bad either! Anybody else wanna confess? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/2 "2002-06-06T04:17:41Z")
Who _doesn’t_ have a crush on Dream? ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/3 "2002-06-06T04:44:18Z")
I’ll see your Dream and Lucifer and raise you Death (she’s a hottie!). ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/4 "2002-06-06T05:37:29Z")
Speed Racer. He’s not really a comic book character, is he? He’s yummy. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/5 "2002-06-06T05:55:39Z")
Silver Surfer Cuz, well, he’s just so damn cool. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/6 "2002-06-06T06:56:05Z")
Janet “The Wasp” Van Dyne–and Heather from Alpha Flight. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/7 "2002-06-06T07:05:56Z")
There’s a lot of it out there. [Who has had a crush on an animated character??](http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003i0H) [Animated Lust](http://www.dragonfare.net/AL/harem/lola.html) I may never look at a Saturday morning cartoon in quite the same, innocent way ever again … ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/8 "2002-06-06T07:11:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*Who _doesn’t_ have a crush on Dream? \*\* Well, up to a little while ago, I thought it was just me. 😃 If they ever do make a Sandman movie, Michael McManus (Kai from LEXX) _has_ to be Dream! ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/9 "2002-06-06T13:29:49Z")
Uh… _cough_ … Magneto, anyone? :o ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/10 "2002-06-06T13:50:28Z")
Ukio Kwonji from the _Ranma ½_ series. I also have something of a crush on Akane Tendo, so I can understand poor Ranma’s dilemma. ---
**Author:** ![girl27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@girl27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/girl27)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/11 "2002-06-06T13:59:04Z")
I used to have a crush on Hopey from Love and Rockets… She was one hot animated lady! What film or TV show once said… “Sure, she’s 2 dimensional – but you can’t have everything…”? ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/12 "2002-06-06T14:13:04Z")
I just read Spider-Man: Blue #1 the other day. I am now officially in love with Gwen. I’m going to contact Ah-Ha & see if they can show me how they crawled inside that comic book… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/13 "2002-06-06T14:55:49Z")
Since I read the latest Ultimate Spider-Man, I’m in love with Ultimate Gewn Stacy…she’s a baaad girl 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/14 "2002-06-06T15:03:33Z")
(and I’m a baaad speller) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/15 "2002-06-06T15:05:56Z")
I admit it, Dream and John Constantine - though that was a couple years ago, as I stopped reading most comics. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/16 "2002-06-06T16:18:59Z")
I challenge anyone to read **The Maxx** and not fall in love with Julie Winters. (Yeah, she’s got MAJOR issues, but what woman worth chasing doesn’t?) Husk from **Generation X** is up there too. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/17 "2002-06-06T18:17:51Z")
Oh, all right… **She-Hulk** was my childhood crush. The green skin gave her that exotic look, and she was always so self-assured…whatta woman. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/18 "2002-06-06T18:23:37Z")
I’d do Verinica. She’s just so danged… perky. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/19 "2002-06-06T18:25:06Z")
See? Even my fingers got stiff. Veronica. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/20 "2002-06-07T01:50:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\*If they ever do make a Sandman movie, Michael McManus (Kai from LEXX) _has_ to be Dream! \*\* I hadn’t thought about it but … you are _so_ right! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561.md?page=2)