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16!!The following have their own pages:
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18* EnsembleDarkHorse/OneHundredBullets
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28* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' has had several over the years.
29** ''ComicBook/NikolaiDante'' was, by a fairly wide margin, voted to appear on the cover of prog 2000, in spite of the series only having run for three years at the time and pushing aside long time fan favorites like [[ComicBook/ABCWarriors Hammerstein]] and {{ComicBook/Slaine}}.
30** ''ComicBook/SinisterDexter'' was hugely popular during its run, sometimes running twice in the same prog, and the ending of the series made prog 1139 the first prog since prog 2 that did not have any ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' in it.
31* ''ComicBook/ThirtyDaysOfNight'':
32** George, the AddledAddict PlayfulHacker who works for VampireHunter Judith, only has minor roles in each arc he appears in but has a good number of fans for his likable attitude, useful skills, and SmallRoleBigImpact moments. [[spoiler:His being bitten and experiencing an abrupt case of TranshumanTreachery is one of the only unpopular things about ''Return to Barrow''.]]
33** BadassNormal GeniusBruiser HunterTrapper John Ikos and his BrawnHilda ally and eventual girlfriend Deputy Donna Sikorsky are only introduced in ''Return to Barrow'' and tend to play second fiddle to other protagonists, but make favorable impressions on the fans every moment they spend fighting vampires.
34** Olbrecht, the head of the vampire hit squad from ''30 Days Til Death'', gets some love for being a downplayed NobleDemon who is a formidable warrior who mostly targets unsympathetic vampires but is capable of feeling WorthyOpponent respect.
35* Raul the Cat, from ''Comicbook/AmericanFlagg''. He even won the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for "Favorite Supporting Character" in 1984.
36* ComicBook/ArchieComics: A later comic had Sabrina switch everyone's gender. Fans really want more of Reggie's counterpart, Regina, who is a proper AlphaBitch.
37** Archina and especially J.J. are very popular ''(a picture of them and Regina can be found [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yKw3LNA8R5A/UDVEUqWkmQI/AAAAAAAAArQ/HRn5YVJh0yU/s1600/gang1.jpg here]])''. Archina has cute GirlishPigtails and people enjoy her reverse harem more than the usual version, while J.J.'s fashion choices, apathetic personality, and BigEater qualities make her attractive to people (much more so than normal Jughead).
38** Kevin's debut issue sold out in record time. While this ''could'' have been due to the publicity over Kevin being the first openly gay character, issues where he is prominent consistently sell better than average, especially if he's on the cover, to the point that he got his own {{spinoff}} in less than a year.
39* ''ComicBook/BattleChasers'': Red Monika. Even though the comic might be obscure these days, she is the main reason why anyone still remembers it due to the amount of pin-ups and fan art spawned by it, which is ironic, considering she was a secondary character to Garrison and Gully, who were the story's point-of-view characters.
40* Franchise/GIJoe's Snake-Eyes. The character created only so that the company could sell another figure without having to pay to paint it ended up becoming the posterboy for the franchise as a whole.
41* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable:''
42** [[MisplacedKindergartenTeacher Patty]] (and by extension, her gaming group, Patty's Perps) is ''very'' popular with the fans. It seems that almost every issue includes at least one request from fans for "More Patty!"
43** Crutch (who is, incidentally, a member of Patty's group) has amassed a respectable fanbase of his own. Readers responded well to the sympathetic portrayal of his criminal past, and his determination to keep his nose clean. The awesome ''Crime Nation the RPG'' campaign he started running helped matters.
44** [[CampStraight Gordo]] has his fans, mostly for his [[NiceGuy unshakable niceness]], even in the face of [[{{Jerkass}} Stevil's]] constant bullying. And he has one kickass home gaming setup, complete with special lighting, aromatherapy machines, and a sno-cone maker.
45* Bug from the ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' was originally just the PluckyComicRelief on the team but as time went on, he became a more sympathetic three dimensional character. Along with his own one shot comic, he also got to appear in non-Micronaut titles such as ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and according to WordOfGod, he came very close to being in the [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 movie]].
46* ''ComicBook/CommonGrounds'': Mosche/The Acidic Jew is a good contender for the best-remembered protagonist of the series despite having to share the focus of the one story he has a speaking role in due to being a HumbleHero with a strong sense of spirituality and duty while still having some BlessedWithSuck moments.
47* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Scourge the Hedgehog and, by extension, the Suppression Squad. When they first appeared, Scourge was just "Anti-Sonic", the Suppression Squad the "Anti-Freedom Fighters" and their homeworld of "Moebius" was just "Anti-Mobius". Even their looks were bland - they were just "Freedom Fighters in leather". Anti-Sonic was so ineffectual, his lowest point was being dropped by [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys Antoine]] ''completely by accident''. Under the pen of Ian Flynn, however, he shed all of those traits, getting a new look and taking a [[BreakThemByTalking breaking speech]] to heart, [[TookALevelInBadass becoming a massive threat.]]
48* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': Doctor Aphra was introduced as a supporting character several issues into ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'', acting as Vader's sidekick. She proved to be so popular that when that series ended, she was quickly spun-off into [[ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra one of her own]] to star in.
49* In ''ComicBook/{{Wildguard}}'' "Freezerburn" was originally going to die in #4, but the series site poll showed him to be one of the most popular characters. Crag Langley was dispatched instead. Freezerburn ultimately won the poll, out of a very big field of applicants, to become a member of the final team.
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