# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/21 "2002-06-07T02:48:19Z")
Strongbow from ElfQuest. What can I say? I like the strong silent types. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/22 "2002-06-07T04:05:50Z")
What? No one’s got a crush on Lenore? \ ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/23 "2002-06-07T04:07:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragonblink \* > \*\*I hadn’t thought about it but … you are _so_ right! \*\* Tall, slender, dark-haired (okay, if he touches up his roots), great voice and used to weirdness. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/24 "2002-06-08T01:10:29Z")
**Harley Quinn!!!** Check her out wearing the Batgirl cossie in the comic book series. Grrrooowwlllll 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/25 "2002-06-08T01:59:17Z")
Years ago, I had a crush on Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat from the X-Men. Also, Black Canary, I guess it was the fishnets and the boots. And Black Widow when her hair was long. Hotcha! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/26 "2002-06-08T02:05:18Z")
Wow, everyone’s stealing my thunder. 1981 - A young JC dreams the night away with his dearest love, Kitty Pride. Man, that ‘BITCH’ shirt really did it for me. And Chance the Gardener is right. Ranma is a fool. Ukyo is the keeper of Ranma’s fiancees. Strong, flexible AND she can cook! Hopey is cool but let’s face it, she’s lesbian. So that’s sort of out for me. And Death (especially in her first appearance in ‘The High Cost of Living’) is just…well…to _die_ for. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/27 "2002-06-08T03:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > Strongbow from ElfQuest. Hell, yeah. Also, Cassidy from _Preacher_. Who’s pretty much the complete opposite of Strongbow…and Dream, too, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/28 "2002-06-08T04:04:05Z")
Slappy Squirrel I must be a yutz! Slappy: I’m gonna make you some brain food. That’s right, I’m gonna make you my famous walnut fig dough surprise. Skippy: What’s the surprise? Slappy: I’m outta walnuts. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/29 "2002-06-08T07:06:34Z")
**Aunt Fritzi** is hot! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/30 "2002-06-08T08:27:48Z")
Will Eisner’s **The Spirit**. ---
**Author:** ![Cataclysm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Cataclysm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cataclysm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/31 "2002-06-08T11:05:41Z")
Vinnie, the white mouse from “Biker Mice from Mars” was a pretty spunky thing! My sister **Kayeby** however, fell in love with the fox from the cartoon version of Robin Hood. 😉 But if I had to pick an X-man… well, Gambit all the way! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/32 "2002-06-08T13:59:12Z")
Wasn’t this the subject of an a-ha video? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/33 "2002-06-09T13:42:43Z")
I’m pretty basic. Clark Kent’s my fella. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/34 "2002-06-09T14:11:54Z")
Oh, definitely Disney’s Robin Hood. That doesn’t count as bestiality, does it? Speaking of which, my X-Man is now and has always been the Beast. Strong, smart… everything a girl wants in a man. And Daredevil. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/35 "2002-06-09T14:33:29Z")
I used to be in love with Lisa Hunter from Robotech. Jane from Disney’s Tarzan was a little hottie, too… ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/36 "2002-06-10T02:32:42Z")
I wanted to marry Daphne from _Scooby-Doo_ and nail Vampirella on the side. My commitment problem apparently started early. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/37 "2002-06-10T04:18:18Z")
OOoooooohhh my. Do NOT ask otaku this question. Let’s see: Amiboshi and Suboshi from Fushigi Yuugi; Kira and Setsuna from Angel Sanctuary; Yuuhi from Ayashi no Ceres, Quatre from Gundam Wing; and of course, Skids, Harley, and Collin from [Boy Meets Boy.](http://boymeetsboy.keenspace.com) Let me also add Skut from Tintin. (My first crush!) ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/38 "2002-06-10T17:18:09Z")
**Kaworu Nagisa** from _Evangelion_, of course 😃 Special mentions for **Subaru Sumeragi** from _X/Tokyo Babylon_. And of course Holden from Arcana. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/39 "2002-06-10T17:41:11Z")
I’ll second the votes for Dream and John Constantine. I don’t know if this counts as a crush, but OMG, I want to be loved like The Crow loved his girlfriend in the J. O’Barr comix of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/40 "2002-06-10T18:30:49Z")
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