# Which character in the DC comics universe would you like to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927 "2023-02-17T02:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/1 "2023-02-17T02:53:31Z")
Notice that I said “character” and not “superhero”. Let’s try to stick to the comics for now, please. I think I would like to be Alfred Pennyworth. The pay is good, the job is never boring…and you can tell The Batman to eat his dinner or go without. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/2 "2023-02-17T03:14:25Z")
Easy…Harley Quinn ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/3 "2023-02-17T03:18:45Z")
Jimmy Olsen. With his special signal watch, he has Superman at his beck and call 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/4 "2023-02-17T06:02:27Z")
Really? Only 3 answers and somebody already took Jimmy Olsen? How about Mr. Myxylpltk? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/5 "2023-02-17T06:08:37Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > How about Mr. Myxylpltk? What’s a Ktlplyxym weigh? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/6 "2023-02-17T06:21:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Notice that I said “character” and not “superhero”. Are you saying that it doesn’t have to be a superhero, or that it has to not be a superhero? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/7 "2023-02-17T06:22:27Z")
Being a superhero sounds like a lot of work. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/8 "2023-02-17T06:26:11Z")
It doesn’t have to be a superhero. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/9 "2023-02-17T06:41:14Z")
I think I would be Dr Manhattan–having all his power but no desire to use it to its full potential. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/10 "2023-02-17T06:50:50Z")
I think I’ll go with God. > **[The Presence (DC)](https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/The_Presence_(DC))** > > The Presence, also known as God or Yahweh, is the overarching instigators of the DC Universe and is based on the real Abrahamic monotheistic God. The Presence first appeared in Fun comics issue #52 created by Jerry Siegnal and Bernard Baily. He has... ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/11 "2023-02-17T08:35:39Z")
Perry White. I want to spend my days banging my fist on a desk yelling, _Great Caesars ghost!_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/12 "2023-02-17T15:18:18Z")
Bystander #3 - the one that just gets a good look at the action without being affected by it. They get to go on living their lives undisturbed by the superhero nonsense going on around them. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/13 "2023-02-17T15:20:06Z")
I’m with Beck; Harley for sure! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/14 "2023-02-17T15:25:22Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Being a superhero sounds like a lot of work Yep. For that reason, I’d be billionaire Bruce Wayne and promptly retire myself from the superhero business. Pack up all my billions and head off to some far-off city not so infested with supervillains. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/15 "2023-02-17T15:27:56Z")
Yeah, he’s tried that one or two times, then a loved one is hurt or killed and he has to get back in the biz. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/16 "2023-02-17T15:32:08Z")
Use those billions to hire a really good therapist. But yeah if it weren’t for all the civilians one would think the solution to Gotham would be nukes from orbit. Me, I would want to be on staff at the Daily Planet. Where most of us figured out the obvious quickly but played along just to see how long it took Lois. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/17 "2023-02-17T15:33:06Z")
I was going to say Julius Schwartz but he’s dead. And also allegedly an inappropriate fondler. So I’ll go with Ambush Bug. He seems fun. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/18 "2023-02-17T15:42:12Z")
Proty. Assume any form you want communicate via telepathy. You could be anyone else you wanted and do anything you wanted. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/19 "2023-02-17T15:42:55Z")
Put me down for the Seraph. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927/20 "2023-02-17T16:04:58Z")
I’d like to be Batman and spend unlimited dollars wreaking vengeance on the forces of evil with absolute impunity. I’d also get to drive the Batmobile whenever I want. 🥰 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927.md?page=2)