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August 28, 2011


FFF Results Post #264—Best Buds

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Comics Characters With Whom You Wanted To Be Friends As A Child." This is how they responded.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Linus
2. Spider-Man
3. Jimmy Olsen
4. The Thing
5. Mr. O'Malley

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Eric Reynolds

1. Kitty Pryde
2. Snoopy
3. Popeye
4. Power Pack
5. Changeling

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Michael Dooley

1. Skippy
2. Kayo
3. Mickey (himself) McGuire
4. Worry Wart
5. Smokey Stover (for adult supervision)

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Justin Colussy-Estes

1) Hot Stuff
2) Sasquatch (from Alpha Flight)
3) Popeye
4) Bugs Bunny
5) Billy from Family Circus, but only when he's wandering around the neighborhood.

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Michael Grabowski

1. Dennis Mitchell
2. Charlie Brown
3. Kitty Pryde
4. Peter Parker
5. Popeye

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Rob Clough

1. Linus Van Pelt
2. Bugs Bunny
3. Jarvis
4. Richard Rory
5. Beverly Switzer

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Frank Juliano

1) Shang-Chi
2) Clint Barton
3) Norrin Radd
4) Dick Grayson
5) Howard The Duck

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Justin J. Major

* Hot Stuff the Little Devil
* Jughead
* Billy Batson
* Johnny Quest
* Steve Dallas

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Mark Coale

1. Barry Allen
2. Scott Free
3. Hank Pym
4. Raul the Cat
5. Hot Stuff

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Eric Newsom

1. Tim Drake
2. Chuck Taine
3. Angelo Espinosa
4. Stephanie Brown
5. Marvel Comics artist Rick Parker of "The Bull's Eye" fame

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Fred Hembeck

1. Pete Ross
2. Peter Parker
3. Little Archie
4. Jimmy Olsen
5. Little Lulu (Tubby and Alvin were both just too annoying)

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Tom Galambos

1. Charlie Brown
2. Robin
3. Richie Rich
4. Linus
5. The Superfriends (as a unit. I didn't have a clear preference).

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Stergios Botzakis

1. Bat-Mite
2. Casper the Friendly Ghost
3. Snoopy
4. Milo Bloom
5. Jughead

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Tom Bondurant

1. Zonker Harris
2. The Atom (Ray Palmer)
3. Commander Arcturus Rann
4. Kid Flash (Wally West)
5. Uncle Scrooge

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Jake Kujava

1. Herbie
2. Tubby
3. Sad Sack
4. Pluto
5. Jack Kirby's Hulk

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Eric Knisley

1. Doctor Canus
2. Big Barda
3. Alfred Pennyworth
4. Ben Boxer
5. Porkypine from Pogo Possum

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M. Emery

1. Stogie
2. Hoagy
3. Garfield
4. Bogor
5. Dan Dare

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Gerry Alanguilan

1. Tintin
2. Sam Guthrie-Cannonball
3. Alfred E. Newman
4. Kitty Pryde
5. Brother Eye

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Jason Green

1. Heathcliff
2. Stimpson J. Cat
3. Michelangelo
4. Asterix
5. Jokey Smurf

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Andrew Mansell

1. Robin
2. Linus
3. Mon-El
4. Sun Boy
5. Ultra Lad

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Buzz Dixon

1. The Lone Ranger
2. Superman
3. Donald Duck
4. Gorgo
5. Dondi

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Chris Duffy

1. Spider-Man
2. The (blue, furry) Beast
3. Nightcrawler
4. Snoopy
5. Nova

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Indigo Kelleigh

1. Renensco P. Blue
2. Sam & Max
3. Zot!
4. Binky & Bongo
5. Hobbes

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Woodrow Phoenix

* Jughead
* Hank McCoy
* B H Calcutta (failed)
* Ralph Dibny
* Janet van Dyne

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John Platt

1. Jimmy Olsen
2. Spider-Man
3. Richie Rich
4. E-Man
5. Irwin from Boom Hilda

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Vito Delsante

1. Dick Grayson/Robin
2. Cosmic Boy
3. Ferro Lad
4. Rick Jones (I wanted to be in the Teen Brigade before I was a teen!)
5. Wally West/Kid Flash

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Marc Sobel

1. Han Solo
2. Spider-Man
3. The Wonder Twins
4. Snoopy
5. Jokey Smurf (he only had one joke, but it was a good one)

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Randall Kirby

1. Forsythe P. Jones
2. Jack Power
3. Pig Iron
4. Kool-Aid Man
5. Huey Duck (et al)

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Marc Arsenault

1. 555 95472
2. Tintin
3. Invisible Kid
4. Abigail Arcane
5. Rick Jones

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Dustin Harbin

* Richie Rich
* Jackie Jokers
* Jughead Jones
* The Black Knight
* Gyro Gearloose

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topic suggested by Michael May; thanks, Michael

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