# Which comic book character represents you?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 24, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708 "2015-05-24T06:59:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/21 "2015-05-25T09:09:13Z")
Can it be a comic strip character instead of a comic book character? I always liked Moonbeam McSwine. She was messy, liked animals better than people, and was the only woman in Dogpatch who didn’t give a flying eff about the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
When I was younger, I identified a lot with Hopey and Maggie in _Love and Rockets_, but maybe not so much anymore. I have Maggies mechanical skills, and Hopey’s flightiness, and I was really into the Ramones.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/22 "2015-05-25T12:04:38Z")
Marvel : Iron Man
DC : Starman of Hourman (Golden Age JSA)
They created their own powers.
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### Author:  [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/23 "2015-05-25T12:29:57Z")
Probably Gladstone Gander, if he counts.
If it has to be a superhero, I guess Shamrock or Longshot, or a couple others, but none of them feels quite right.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/24 "2015-05-25T14:26:50Z")
Maleekwa
that or Asterix
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/25 "2015-05-25T17:04:43Z")
DC: Ambush Bug
Marvel: Ambush Bug
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### Author:  [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/26 "2015-05-26T06:19:32Z")
Yomiko Readman, if we can include manga.
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### Author:  [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/27 "2015-05-26T16:16:49Z")
Hulk
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### Author:  [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/28 "2015-05-26T17:19:48Z")
To use the OP’s criteria (but mixing and matching, I don’t know the comic book world as well as I used to):
Hero: The Thing (A sense of humor, sensitivity, somewhat of a loner)
AntiHero: Mr. Freeze (except when protrayed by Schwarzzenger (sp)…
Supervillian: Lex Luther (smooth, ruthless, bald…well, mostly the bald part)
If I’m allowed to use on-line comics, then Schlock: Mercenary is my Hero.
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### Author:  [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/29 "2015-05-26T17:31:54Z")
Apparently I am Cyclops, so says a comic book friend who matched everyone in our group with a character based on their personality.
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### Author:  [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/30 "2015-05-27T10:56:18Z")
As a kid, it was definitely Spider-Man.
As an adult, Captain America.
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### Author:  [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/31 "2015-05-27T11:25:56Z")
Dr McNinja, definitely.
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### Author:  [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/32 "2015-05-27T12:37:48Z")
Superman, definitely Superman.
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/33 "2015-05-31T06:55:27Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> Can it be a comic strip character instead of a comic book character? I always liked Moonbeam McSwine. She was messy, liked animals better than people, and was the only woman in Dogpatch who didn’t give a flying eff about the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
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> When I was younger, I identified a lot with Hopey and Maggie in _Love and Rockets_, but maybe not so much anymore. I have Maggies mechanical skills, and Hopey’s flightiness, and I was really into the Ramones.
It can be any character you want
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/34 "2015-05-31T20:03:16Z")
DC: Woozy Winks, sidekick to Plastic Man.
Marvel: Forbush-Man.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/35 "2015-05-31T20:57:53Z")
If comic strips count too (and since I read the OP with caffeine in my body this time), I choose **Pogo Possum** , from Waly Kelly’s old strip.
> [@](#):
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> Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly.
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> There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tinny blast on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/36 "2015-05-31T22:59:56Z")
I’ll opt for a comic strip as well, my alter ego is **Doc Wonmug** from Alley Oop, inventor of the time machine that transports Oop to all his adventures.
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### Author:  [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/37 "2015-06-01T01:29:25Z")
Although primarily a TV series I would have to say [**Underdog**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underdog_%28TV_series%29#Books_and_comics). Apparently he also appeared in several comic books from time to time.
> [@](#):
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> Among his many powers shown on the show are: super strength, super speed, supersonic flight, physical invulnerability, X-Ray Vision, super breath, cosmic ray vision, atomic breath, atomizing eyes, ultrasonic hearing, Supersonic High Pitch Hi-Fi Voice and a great calculating brain.
Hmm, I guess I’ve lost my ring with the **Super Energy Pill** in it. Although I may have atomic breath!
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### Author:  [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/38 "2015-06-01T02:28:49Z")
> [@Nava](#):
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> [Mafalda](http://www.quino.com.ar/mafalda-digital/). Has “a problem with authority”, worries about things which the grown-ups consider “beyond her years”. My brothers are a Felipe (reality would be so much cooler if it was the way he’d imagine it) and a Manolito (“sexy van!” - said about a Brinks).
Quino came up with one fine set of archetypes, didn’t he?
I suppose I’d be one of the guys in his later period gag panels, trapped in the utter cosmic absurdity.
> [@Kobal2](#):
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> The Riddler. Complete weirdo with an obsession with obscure, useless knowledge who thinks he’s a lot smarter than he is and feels super smug knowing shit you don’t ? Hellooo.
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> Now all I need is a nemesis who punches me in the face every once in a while. Oh wait, that was high school, never mind :).
Hmmm… (looks in the mirror) I might have to join you in this. Except for the facepunching.
> [@eschereal](#):
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> I would have to be a Giraud hero. Not Blueberry. Probably
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> [this one](http://zizki.com/moebius/horny-goof)
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> Although, I [do like hawks](https://fumetti.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/la-trilogia-nikopol-di-enki-bilal/) …
😃 I _like_ the way _you_ think.
Okay, let’s see… comic book, other than the aforementioned Riddler… no superhero/antihero/supervillain really comes to mind quickly. Probably one of the more emo X-Men, back in my younger days. Is any superhero known for anxiety disorder?
OTOH if we include American comic strips, easy one, it’s Dilbert for sure.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/39 "2015-06-01T03:12:13Z")
I always connected the most with **Daredevil** growing up, although I can see a heavy dose of **The Riddler** thanks to **Kobol** ’s excellent descriptor.
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### Author:  [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-character-represents-you/720708/40 "2015-06-04T03:08:40Z")
Supergoof for me.😃
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