We don't understand the current pop culture hate for "gingers." Redheads are awesome, primarily but not entirely because redheads are often devastatingly attractive.
Nowhere is this more true than in the comics. Sure, redheads in comic books tend to show up more than they do in real life, mostly because comics are fantasies (and everyone fantasizes about redheads, except possibly redheads). Besides, a character with red hair is much more fun for a colorist than a bunch of blondes. So pick up a few issues on a Wednesday and you'll get a whole bunch of gorgeous characters (and Guy Gardner) sporting the carrot top.
Here's a list of the 20 hottest redheads in mainstream comics, including both guys and gals -- but
not including blatantly porno comics like
Tarot. Sorry, Tarot, you're a hot redhead, but we don't know anyone who reads you.
20) Ann O'Brien
Seven feet tall, 250 pounds, red hair and red eyes. No, not Giganta,
it's Ann O'Brien from Art Adams's series
Monkeyman and O'Brien!
A little radiation made her into the ultimate redhead powerhouse who
happens to pal around with a gorilla. She has an action figure while a
lot of the names on this list don't
19) Archie Andrews
Archie gets by on being Riverdale's resident redhead and the girls seem to fall all over themselves to get a date with him. He's been dating two of them off and on since your grandparents were in the war.
18) Elongated Man
Ever since
Identity Crisis in 2004, you'd be hard pressed to
say Ralph Dibny's name without inserting the words "poor, poor." The man
was the redheaded, super-stretchy detective in the JLA for years, but
when his wife was murdered by an old friend, his life fell apart. While
trying to pull it together, he died at the end of the yearlong
52
event. Now he's a ghost, but we're seeing precious little of him.
17) Atom Eve
In the ongoing superhero soap opera that is
Invincible, Atom
Eve is the brainy redhead girlfriend of the protagonist. But she's more
than just smart arm candy, she has superpowers of her own and has used
them to save the world. It took a shit-ton of issues, but it really was
worth it just to see her and Invincible kiss.
16) Siryn
Siryn was originally just "girl Banshee" in the X-comics, but that
changed in a big way once she joined Jamie Madrox's X-Factor
Investigations in 2005. Her character got involved in some dynamic
stories, including a pregnancy that ended badly (the baby was absorbed
back into the father), taking control of the whole detective agency, and
having a fling with Deadpool!
15) Banshee
Pretty much the most Irish character in comics, especially when he had
the big sideburns and was smoking that little pipe of his. Could have
stepped out of
Darby O'Gill and the Little People. When he was
alive ("was" since he's dead now), his hair was a dark orange while all
the redheads in Marvel comics have hair like a maraschino cherry.
14) Fairchild
Gen13 is much like Dawson's Creek, where there are no unattractive people in any corner of the world. Fairchild, while being the shrinking violet of the team, gets to start in about 1,000,000 sexy drawings at comic cons and on the internet. Plus she wears a bathing suit with long sleeves, which is somewhat sexy.
13) Starfox (Eros of Titan)
While most comic readers think he's kinda sleazy, Marvel's Starfox gets more ass on a regular basis than you ever will. His pleasure-inducing powers attract women wherever he goes, and he's not known for saying "no" to them. Redheaded, kind of a douche, but the ladies love cool Eros.
12) Rose Red
It's even in her name! The reddest redhead in all of
Fables, we
were introduced to her when she faked her death in the first story arc
with her loser boyfriend Jack. She got shipped up to the Farm, with all
the animal Fables, and then crushed reeeeal hard on Little Boy Blue. But
since she has existed for centuries, she's really the oldest hot
redhead on the list.
11) Velocity
Still waiting on that
Velocity series that was supposed to spin
out of Image's Pilot Season 2007, guys. The super speedster made her
debut in 1992 with her team, Cyberforce (she's still with them) and has
grown her own fanbase since. But her big boost came when her one-shot
was chosen as the hit of Pilot Season, written by Joe Casey and drawn by
Kevin Maguire. She may be fast in the comics, but sloooow when coming
to comic shelves.
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