# Since we're all in a comic book mood: Who's your favorite comic character? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964 "2012-05-24T16:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/1 "2012-05-24T16:34:30Z")
Marvel or DC or any combination of the two. Mine are [Thanos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos) (very popular due to Avengers) And [Venom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_(comics)) who, upon thinking of it more and more, eclipses Thanos as my favorite of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Reverse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@Reverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reverse)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/2 "2012-05-24T16:46:10Z")
[The Coyote](http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=486). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/3 "2012-05-24T16:59:30Z")
My go-to’s when I was a kid was Thor, The Avengers, and Spider-Man. Later I really got into Daredevil – I like the Frank Millers - the graphic novels. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/4 "2012-05-24T17:12:20Z")
Swamp Thing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/5 "2012-05-24T17:21:38Z")
Shang-Chi, master of Kung Fu ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/6 "2012-05-24T17:25:18Z")
Captain Marvel ([this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)) one, not [that](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(Marvel_Comics)) one). I’ve always liked the Golden Age characters, at least on a conceptual level, since I first started reading about the JSA in the annual JLA team-ups. But Captain Marvel has the benefit of original stories that are actually decent, unlike most of the JSA stuff. I really liked the Sandman and Spectre revivals in the 90s, (Sandman Mystery Theater, that is, not the Gaiman Sandman, though that’s also good). I haven’t caught up with them recently, but am interested in this new Earth-2 series that was mentioned in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/7 "2012-05-24T17:26:06Z")
If we’re talking comic books, then Scrooge McDuck, no question. If we’re talking comics in general, then Pogo. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/8 "2012-05-24T17:34:29Z")
Back in the '80’s when I was reading comic books, my favorites were Grimjack (the original, not the reincarnated version), and the entire cast of Weasel Patrol. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/9 "2012-05-24T17:44:40Z")
Superman, Swamp Thing, Howard the Duck are in the running, but Morpheus (Sandman) is #1. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/10 "2012-05-24T17:49:03Z")
Hard to nail it down. Spider-Man, The Thing, Superman, and the Fabulous Frog-Man (yes, really), all for basically the same reason. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/11 "2012-05-24T18:18:08Z")
If we’re talking big-time superhero comics, Batman. If we’re going to get into smaller, more niche books, it gets more complicated. Several of the \*Mouse Guard \*characters are delightful (though I’ve only read the books once, so I can’t remember them by name). Stinky, the badger from _Fables_, was great before he turned into a religious fanatic. (I’m way behind on _Fables_, sadly, so I don’t know what might’ve happened to him since.) “The Creature” (heh) and Pullman from \*The Unwritten \*are both awesome in their way, and Pauly Bruckner, foul-mouthed rabbit extraordinaire… ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/12 "2012-05-24T18:25:27Z")
Batman, if we are talking on-going characters. I also really liked Paul Kirk Manhunter (RIP). He was a good character in an exciting story; but one that had a beginning, middle, and end. Even so, I think some amazing things could have been done with him in more recent times. He was one of the first characters DC had that really definitively moved things away from a juvenile audience. ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/13 "2012-05-24T18:28:27Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > My go-to’s when I was a kid was Thor, The Avengers, and Spider-Man. Later I really got into Daredevil – I like the Frank Millers - the graphic novels. :eek: This is almost word for word what I would have answered. Get out of my head sir 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/14 "2012-05-24T18:31:41Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Batman, if we are talking on-going characters. I was all set to say Ozymandias without being able to go that extra mile, but since the character is about to get his own series I guess he’s doubly qualified. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/15 "2012-05-24T18:32:32Z")
Probably not what you were looking for, but it reflects my limited comic book exposure: Fat Freddy’s cat. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/16 "2012-05-24T18:35:02Z")
[Bigby Wolf](http://www.comicvine.com/bigby-wolf/29-7266/) from _Fables_. He’s the “big bad wolf”, but he reformed and became the sheriff for all the other fables. The three little pigs still hate him, though. [Here’s](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XuFAggf0KgY/TTo3AmGciFI/AAAAAAAAAEM/IwPQoI5awT8/s1600/fable1.jpg) a better picture of him talking to Snow White. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/17 "2012-05-24T18:38:42Z")
When I was a kid, it was Superman all the way. I got older and migrated to Marvel from DC via G.I.Joe, then started getting into the superhero books when Secret Wars came out. I got into Spider-Man, X-Men, Punisher, and Captain America, among others. Of them all, I’d have to go with the ole webhead. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/18 "2012-05-24T18:43:35Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Probably not what you were looking for, but it reflects my limited comic book exposure: Fat Freddy’s cat. Along those lines, I’d have to go with [Mr. Natural](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Natural_(comics))! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/19 "2012-05-24T18:49:40Z")
I was an X-Men (the first issue I bought was #94, an issue in to the re-boot and featuring the death of Thunderbird - my fave character was Cyclops for a variety of reasons.) and Spider-Man kid. On the less major side, I also had a thing for \*\*Iron Fist \*\*- classic revenge story gone sideways coupled with \*\*Gil Kane \*\*pencils for the first issues in Marvel Suspense… ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964/20 "2012-05-24T18:58:24Z")
[Catwoman](https://www.google.com/search?q=catwoman&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=HhJ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsu&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-IO-T6GLK4ikgwfp3O2NDw&ved=0CH4QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=778) [Death](https://www.google.com/search?q=sandman+death&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=9Me&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=G4S-T7_9GImOgwf55NGADA&ved=0CFsQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=778) (as envisioned by Neil Gaiman) Favorite male, Batman. Oh, and [Jean Grey](https://www.google.com/search?q=jean+grey&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jQe&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-YS-T5G0AcXFgAemuo2GDw&ved=0CH4QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=778) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-were-all-in-a-comic-book-mood-whos-your-favorite-comic-character/622964.md?page=2)