Comic Book Characters
With Red Hair

Comic book characters are fun and make us laugh. Like a lot of people, I LOVED comic books growing up!

Years ago, my own redheads especially loved the compact little ‘Archie’ comic books (Archie of course also being a redhead)! They had stacks of them...plus, they were great for trips and stocking stuffers.

Anyway, if anyone doesn’t know what a comic book is, it’s really just a story told by colorful short comics with the characters’ dialogue in word balloons. Some people call them funny books or comic magazine. Some started because they were reprinted comic strips from the newspapers, eventually getting longer. Some comic books and the comic book characters are more adult in their focus and themes, but the ones some of us grew up with were strictly funny and humorous.

Now so much is online or on the computer and DVDs. I wonder if kids are missing something by not just sitting down with a funny comic book? Hope yours get a chance to do just that.

There are actually several redhead comic book characters and I’ve listed a few below. Some are also cartoon characters, having their own animated TV cartoon series or movies, or appear in comic strips as well.

ARCHIE COMICS	-- Archie (Archie Andrews - freckled, redhead teen; in alternate universe is known as "Pureheart the Powerful" -- Princess Sally Acorn - half squirrel and half chipmunk, in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ series -- Knuckles - in Sonic the Hedgehog series
DELL COMICS	-- Woody the Woodpecker - redhead mischievous woodpecker -- Howdy Doody - redhead, freckled marionette with his own TV show in the 1950s 'The Howdy Doody Show' and had a comic book too!
DC COMICS	-- Poison Ivy - one of Batman’s villains with lovely red hair -- Lois Lane - Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane whose hair color varies....usually a brunette but has appeared as a redhead and even auburn -- Jimmy Olsen - Superman’s friend and boy reporter had red hair -- Lana Lang - Clark Kent’s (Superman) high-school sweetheart who lives next door to the Kent family farm and has been drawn as a redhead and in films -- Yosemite Sam - from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from Warner Bros. A colorful grouchy cowboy who hates Bugs Bunny. Huge red mustache and bushy eyebrows -- Daphne Blake - from ‘Scooby-Doo’ appears as redhead and is also seen on the Cartoon Network version -- Giganta - villain who fights against superhero ‘Wonder Woman’ -- Tasmanian Devil - or known as ‘Taz’ and is from ‘Looney Tunes’ cartoons from Warner Bros. Appears as a deep auburn to brown.
DISNEY COMICS	-- Chip and Dale - 2 chipmunks from Walt Disney studios. Dale is the light brown/reddish-brown chipmunk, 2 buck teeth, a big red nose, and messy tuft of fur on his head.
SUPERIOR COMICS	-- Brenda Starr - beautiful, adventurous, glamorous redhead female reporter. She was originally a comic strip that was very popular in the 1950s. Apparently, famous artist Jack Kamen was featured in several issues (#2, 4, 14...)
MARVEL COMICS	-- Dum Dum Dugan (or, Timothy Dugan) - has red hair and mustache, wears bowler hat...An officer of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- Mystique - a shape-shifter of 'X-Men' has red hair in comic books, with blue skin and yellow eyes -- Jean Grey-Summers - (aliases 'Red' or 'Redd') another comic book character of the X-Men' saga, wife of 'Cyclops,' is a mutant super-heroine with powerful telekinetic and telepathic powers. -- Siryn (or, Theresa Rourke Cassidy) - superhero female with long red hair associated with X-Men. An Irish mutant possessing a sonic scream. -- Scarlett - (Agent Scarlett, aka Shana M. O'Hara) from the 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero' comic books. Also appeared in some G.I. Joe animated series. Has lovely red hair and is a strong warrior. -- Virgina "Pepper" Potts - part of Marvel Comics Universe, is the girlfriend of 'Iron Man' and created by Stan Lee & Don Heck. -- The Black Widow - Title of a super spy in the Marvel Comics Universe: originally known as Natasha Romanoff or Natalia Romanova) but later a Russian spy called Yelena Belova won the title. -- Mary Jane Watson-Parker ("MJ") - Seen in 'Spider-Man' comic books, MJ is the beautiful redhead best friend/love of Peter Parker (Spider-Man). She's played by pretty actress Kirstin Dunst in the 'Spider-Man' movies. (Thanks to reader, Dean, for the reminder.)
MAD Magazine	Alfred E. Newman -- A redhead?...well sort of... 'Alfred E. Newman' is the name of the fictional mascot for US humor/satire magazine ‘Mad’ magazine. Mad magazine began in 1952 by Harvey Kurtzman and William Gaines, originally as a comic book from EC comics. As a child of the 50s, I grew up reading Mad Magazine but it appears their changes over the years have brought some controversy.... The magazine would spoof and do parodies of US culture, movies, TV, and people so Alfred’s face often appeared on the cover, replacing some known character or celebrity. Not the classic 'comic book character' but definitely a character. Although he is a brunette for the magazine, it appears this printed portrait of this character that 'Mad' magazine has adopted has been around for a LONG time, showing up in a lot of different places and in advertisements....usually as a redhead. Shown here are an early version of the ‘What Me Worry’ kid from around 1920s and then a 1908 Antikamnia Tablet (pain reliever) calendar ad that looks like him!

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