Assorted Comic Book Characters - 2 Quiz

Answer: Snoopy

'Peanuts' is a comic series created by Charles Schulz and published by United Features Syndicate on 2 October 1950. It features Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy. The series was one of the most popular newspaper strips. The series ended on February 13, 2000, a day after Schulz's death.

Answer: Regina

'Richie Rich' is a comic series by Harvey comics, first published in the comic book 'Little Dot' issue number 1 dated September 1953. It features the stories of Richie Rich, the richest kid in the world. Richie's father is Richard Rich, his mother is Regina Rich and he has a dog appropriately named Dollar.

Some other popular characters in the series include his girlfriend Gloria, his cousin Reggie, the butler Cadbury, robot maid Irona and Professor Keenbean the inventor. Vanessa is Reggie's mother and Noovo is Richie's aunt.

Answer: Jerry-Joe

Clark Kent is a mild-mannered reporter who in reality is Superman, who came as a boy from a planet called Krypton. On Earth, Superman enjoys vast superpowers which makes him the greatest superhero of all times. 'Superman' was created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel in 1932 and made its debut on 30 June 1938 in 'Action Comics' issue number 1. Superman comics, cartoon series and movies have become popular making Superman the most popular superhero of all times.

Answer: Mary Jane

Spiderman is a popular masked fighter of crime. This character was created by Stan Lee and first published in 'Amazing Fantasy' issue number 15 in August 1962. Spiderman is Peter Parker, a student who after being bitten by a radioactive spider gets the power to spin webs.

He takes the identity of Spiderman and takes on crime. Parker marries his girl friend Mary Jane Watson. The "Spiderman" comics have also been made into TV series and a successful movie franchise.

Answer: Johnston McCulley

'The Curse of Capistrano' was a story written by Johnston McCulley and published in 1919 in 'All-Story Weekly'. This novel first introduced the masked character Zorro. Don Diego De La Vega was a nobleman who took the identity of Zorro to fight against the tyrannical rulers of California. The success of the book spawned many comics and films about Zorro.

Answer: Dewey

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are two the most famous cartoon characters in the world and were created by Walt Disney. Donald made his first appearance on 9 June 1934 in the cartoon 'The Wise Little Hen'. Donald has three nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie and his uncle is the miserly Scrooge McDuck. Daisy Duck is Donald's girlfriend and April, May and June are Daisy's nieces.

Answer: Mysterio

'The Batman' is a popular comic series that feature the adventures of a masked crime fighter called Batman. The series first appeared in May 1939 in Detective Comics issue number 27 and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The Batman is in reality Bruce Wayne, a wealthy Gotham City playboy whose parents are killed by criminals. Since then, he takes a vow to fight crime as Batman. Robin is his side-kick accompanying him in many of his adventures. Alfred is his butler and the Catwoman is a negative character. Mysterio is a character from 'Spiderman'.

The Batman series has been made into a successful movie franchise.

Answer: Rastapopoulos

'The Adventures of Tintin' is a comic series created by Georges Remi (Herge). It was first published on 10 January 1929 as a comic strip in the Belgian newspaper 'Le Vingtieme Siecle'. The series features the boy reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy and his friends Captain Haddock the sailor, Professor Calculus the inventor and their adventures. Jolyon Wagg is a pesky insurance agent who troubles Haddock. Rastapopoulos is one of the villains in the series whose plans are foiled by Tintin.

Other key characters in the series include the bungling detectives Thompson and Thomson and the singer Bianca Castafiore.

Answer: Getafix

'Asterix' is a popular comic series featuring the adventures of Asterix the Gaul, a pint-sized warrior who gets superhuman strength after drinking a magic potion. Asterix's best friend is Obelix, who has permanent superhuman strength as he fell into the potion as a child. Getafix is the druid who brews the magic potion. Geriatrix (an old citizen), Vitalstatistix (village chief) and Fulliautomatix (blacksmith) are three villagers featured in the series.

The Asterix series was created by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and first published by Dargaud in 'Pilote', Issue number 1 on 29 October 1959.

The success of the comic series resulted in a number of movies featuring Asterix.

Answer: Korak

Tarzan appeared on the scene in a novel 'Tarzan of the Apes' written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. This was the story of a boy raised by apes in an African jungle. The boy returns to civilization as Lord Greystroke, but once again comes back to the jungle. Tarzan was married to Jane and they had a son Jack, who took the ape-name of Korak.