# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rib\_Eye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Rib\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rib_Eye)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/41 "2002-06-10T18:45:58Z")
Dawn! [www.linsner.com](http://www.linsner.com) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/42 "2002-06-10T19:33:45Z")
My crush years ago was on Black Canary in Green Lantern/Green Arrow. The way Neal Adams drew her made you wonder how it got past the comics code. šŸ™‚ Death in Sandman is the cutest, though not as sexy. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/43 "2002-06-10T22:20:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by widdershins \* > \*\*Years ago, I had a crush on Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat from the X-Men. > > [snip because as a Merry Marvel Marcher I donā€™t do DC chicks] > > And Black Widow when her hair was long. Hotcha! \*\* Thank God! I thought I was the only one with a crush on Kitty! I used to feel a little sick about it (I was seventeen at the time, and that age, wallpaper would make me horny). I kinda like Frank Millerā€™s version of BW, short hair, charcoal grey bodysuit with the spider on the left breast ā€“ yummy. šŸ˜ƒ Also: Scarlet Witch. Especially as drawn by John Byrne. :puddle: ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/44 "2002-06-10T23:06:38Z")
Ice, from the Giffen-DeMatties Justice League. Specifically, the picture of her from the loose-leaf ā€œWhoā€™s Who In the DC Universe.ā€ The yummiest girl picture Iā€™ve ever seen of a comic book female. Not the hottest, not the sexiestā€¦but definitely the yummiest. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/45 "2002-06-11T00:21:58Z")
Pretenders! All of you!! I loved Kitty Pryde like no man. Even her introductory John Byrne big-face period. That, however, was _romantic_ love. For sheer junior high-school fanboy lust there was always Starfire from The New Teen Titans. Iā€™m no psychologist, but my armchair diagnosis is that it must have been the boobiesā€¦ And to those of you who are all hot for John Constantineā€¦donā€™t you realize heā€™ll just get you killed?šŸ˜‰ (To all the Jhonen Vasquez fans out there: In _I Feel Sick_, when Devi is flashing back to her date with the creepy ā€œcan I touch your buttā€ guyā€¦that initial shot of her sitting on her bed with that cautiously optimistic look on her faceā€¦didnā€™t you want to just pick her up and cuddle her like a bunny?) ---
**Author:** ![kore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@kore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kore)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/46 "2002-06-11T00:24:16Z")
Condor Joe, from Gatchaman. oh my. At seven I fell for Jason on Battle of the Planets, but now that Iā€™ve seen the original versionā€¦ ohā€¦ myā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/47 "2002-06-11T00:57:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tixenfleaz \* > \*\*I wanted to marry Daphne from _Scooby-Doo_ and nail Vampirella on the side. My commitment problem apparently started early. \*\* ROTFLMFAO! Oh, perfectā€¦ **Ribeye** , I was waiting for someone to speak up for Dawn. šŸ˜‰ **arisu** , Daniel-Dream might have become more interesting if the series had gone on. But, yeah, I go for skinny, dark and mysterious. šŸ†’ (Even if my RL b/f is muscular, pale and dimpledā€“but, hey, theyā€™re _evil_ dimples!) **neofishboy** , John Constantine will get ya killed, but Dream will consign you to Hell for thousands of years! Heck, if we wanted nice guys, weā€™d all be drooling over Peter Parker. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/48 "2002-06-11T02:44:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gonzoron \* > \*\*I challenge anyone to read **The Maxx** and not fall in love with Julie Winters. \*\* I agree wholeheartedly. Sam Keith **knows** how to draw a woman. But more so than Julie, Iā€™m absolutely in love with Joseph Michael Linsnerā€™s **Dawn**. Never before has there been a more perfect set of hips and thighs in a comic. How could any man who loves full-bodied women NOT want to bow down and worship this goddess of birth and rebirth? ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/49 "2002-06-11T10:30:06Z")
Lol! It might be easier for me to list the ones I **dont** have a crush on! heh hehā€¦ Ok, top of my lust list, is **Wolverine** , especially the Michael Turner version. Then of course there are half the other X-Men, Gambit, Archangel, Beast, Colossus, Cyclops, blah blah, oh and we might as well throw in half the X-Girlies tooā€¦ Of course thereā€™s Ian Nottingham from Witchbladeā€¦ D from Vampire Hunter D, hundreds of other manga charactersā€¦ How about computer games? I got a thing about Sephiroth from FF7ā€¦ hell, I even though the lion thing in FF7 was kinda cuteā€¦ The list goes on! In fact, I am sad to the point that I have even created an [online harem](http://members.lycos.co.uk/kat22uk/harem) to perv over them! (havnā€™t finished it yet thoughā€¦) Itā€™s all good fun! And some of the fanfic out there is veryā€¦ umā€¦ entertaining! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/50 "2002-06-11T14:44:17Z")
Iā€™m suprised Iā€™m the first to say this: Psylocke from X-Men. Not only is she Asian (Asians are hotā€¦), but she is one of the best martial artists in the world! Man, now I have to go fine my copy of the Marvel Swimsuit issue to see her in a bikiniā€¦drooooooolā€¦ Also Rougeā€¦mmmmā€¦that southern accent gets me every time (naturally I attribute her voice to that of the animated series circa 1995.) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/51 "2002-06-11T17:06:14Z")
Angelfood McSpade looky [here](http://www.stat.pitt.edu/~stoffer/Crumb.html) about 2/3rds of the way down. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/52 "2002-06-11T17:52:55Z")
Early '90s, JLE-era **Power Girl** For two good reasons: I was 13. We didnā€™t have cable. oh, and those _other_ two reasons tooā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561/53 "2002-06-11T20:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*How about computer games? I got a thing about Sephiroth from FF7ā€¦ hell, I even though the lion thing in FF7 was kinda cuteā€¦ > šŸ˜ƒ \*\* ā˜¹ What about **Cloud**? If we can include FFVII, Iā€™m putting in my vote for him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-crushes-on-comic-book-characters/112561.md?page=2)