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January 15, 2011


FFF Results Post #239—Godly

On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Your Five Favorite Comics Gods From Within A Comics Story." This is how they responded.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Heimdall
2. Kly'bn
3. Bacchus
4. Arishem
5. Highfather

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Michael Buntag

1. Yahu-Wahu (The Cartoon History of the Universe)
2. Bast (The Sandman)
3. Thor
4. Hecate (Hellboy)
5. Big Barda

*****

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Uriel A. Duran

1) Rao
2) Loki (The Sandman version)
3) Rama Kushna
4) Jeriven
5) Darkseid

*****

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Chad Nevett

1. Thor
2. The Magus
3. The Twelve Gods
4. Darkseid
5. Thanos (for a time... )

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Mick Martin

1. Volstagg
2. Thunderhead (from Astro City)
3. Thor (from Sandman)
4. Hercules
5. Leir

*****

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Kenneth Graves

1) Hiroshima
2) Skuld
3) Gran'Ma'Pa
4) Athena
5) Tarim/the giant stone Thrunk

*****

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John Platt

1. The Eyeball Kid (Bacchus)
2. Cthulhu (Savage Henry & Those Annoying Post Bros.)
3. Hecate (Hellboy)
4. Odin (Thor)
5. Loki (Thor again)

*****

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Mark Coale

1. Thor (from Sandman)
2. Kanto the Assassin
3. Volstagg
4. Athena (from wonder woman)
5. Rao

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Stergios Botzakis

1. God-man (Tom the Dancing Bug)
2. Hercules (Marvel version)
3. Orion
4. Monkey King (from American Born Chinese)
5. The Eyeball Kid

*****

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Des Devlin

1. William M. Gaines (in the title role of "What If God Was One of Us?" from MAD #347)
2. Tarim... or is it Terim? ("Cerebus")
3. The Great Pumpkin ("Peanuts")
4. (tie) Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury
5. Mr. Mxyzptlk

*****

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Michael Grabowski

1. Gary Larson's God (the one who wins the game show)
2. Foolbert Sturgeon's Jesus
3. Chester Brown's Jesus
4. Chris Ware's God
5. R. Crumb's God

*****

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Milo George

1. Thanos
2. Jack Chick's God
3. Orion
4. Chuck Jones via Bugs Bunny
5. Galactus

*****

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Buzz Dixon

1. Jehovah (R. Crumb's Book of Genesis Ilustrated)
2. Skuld (Ah, My Goddess)
3. Thrunk (Cerebus CHURCH & STATE v.1)
4. Rock God (Creepy #32; collab. among Frank Frazetta, Harlan Ellison, & Neal Adams)
5. Loki (Thor)

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topic suggested by Don MacPherson; I couldn't remember if MacPherson had give the sample gods list used on Friday or if I had, so I just excised it and made a new one. Sorry, Don!

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