# Help me think of "support characters" in comics.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-support-characters-in-comics/723992>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 1, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-support-characters-in-comics/723992 "2015-07-01T21:15:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-support-characters-in-comics/723992/41 "2015-07-04T14:43:40Z")

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There was a (fairly weak) novella I read where they were turning out?androids? with super powers. Most memorable was the super power of being always able to find a parking space. (Can’t use that one now…) But it suggests all the ordinary tasks: being on time, finding lost objects, cleaning, making money, rescuing, many of which are well known from fairy tales and TV series…

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**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-support-characters-in-comics/723992/42 "2015-07-07T03:55:13Z")

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[Pompous Boy!](http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2015/06/20)

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