Real World Characters

This page will feature links to profiles on the Marvel comics versions of real life people, past or present.

Allegri, Natasha (writer) - by Proto-Man

Axe of Violence (Lizzie Borden, accused murderer)

Aykroyd, Dan (actor, Saturday Night Live cast member)

Badfinger (late 1960s-early 1970s rock band)

Barris, Chuck (Gong Show host)

The Beatles (legendary 1960s rock band) - by Proto-Man

Belushi, John (actor, Saturday Night Live cast member)

Best, Pete (original drummer for the Beatles rock band)

Burgos, Carl (comic book artist) - by Proto-Man

Byrne, John (comic book creator) - by Norvo

Captain Universe (Casey, dog belonging to Glenn Herdling) - by Proto-Man

Carson, Johnny (legendary late night talk show host) - by Norvo

Cat (Peter Criss, KISS member)

Chan, Jackie (real-life actor/stuntman/martial artist, Jay Leno friend)

Christiansen, Dr. Jeff (veterinary surgeon, alleged former Captain Universe)

Claremont, Chris (Marvel Bullpen writer) - by Norvo

Colbert, Stephen (Colbert Report TV show host, former US presidential candidate) - by G Morrow

Coldsteel (Josef Stalin, former Soviet leader)

Curtin, Jane (actress, Saturday Night Live cast member)

Cyana (Lucrezia Borgia, notorious 16th century poisoner)

De Cordova, Fred (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson producer)

Demon (Gene Simmons, KISS member)

Dippel, Konrad (17th century alchemist, Frankenstein character)

Dracula (Vlad the Impaler...though the real guy obviously wasn't a vampire lord) - by Per Degaton, Prime Eternal, Greg O'Driscoll, Kyle Smith, Nick Hill, the Squid, Loki, Luis Olavo Dantas, Thor2000/WillU, Continental Op & Snood

Epstein, Brian (manager of the Beatles rock band)

Eubanks, Kevin (real-life guitarist, former Tonight Show bandleader)

Everett, Bill (comic book artist) - by Proto-Man

Fagan, Tom (Rutland, Vermont Halloween parade organizer)

Farr, Jamie (Gong Show judge)

Friedan, Betty of Earth-21766 (feminist icon) - by Proto-Man

Frost, David (British TV talk show host)

Garagiola, Joe (Tonight Show guest host)

Geller, Uri (psychic) - by Chadman

Goebbels, Joseph

Goering, Hermann


Gorman, Zac (writer) - by Proto-Man

Grandmaster Wong (martial arts master) - by Proto-Man

Gromyko, Andrei (former Soviet UN representative) - by Proto-Man

Hamaker, Steve (artist) - by Proto-Man

Hampton, Fred (Black Panther Party activist) - by Proto-Man

Herdling, Glenn (former Marvel Comics writer/editor) - by Proto-Man

Herdling, Laura (Glenn's wife)

Hicks, Bill of Earth-21766 (comedian, David Letterman Show guest) - by Proto-Man

Hitler, Adolf (German Third Reich leader) - by Prime Eternal, Per Degaton, Ronald Byrd & Markus Raymond

Hopkin, Mary (Apple Records musical performer)

Howlin' Wolf (blues musician & club owner, also space werewolf) - by Markus Raymond

Human Fly (Rick Rojatt, masked stuntman hero) - by Grendel Prime

Ickes, Sec. Harold (former US Secretary of the Interior) - by Proto-Man

Ignatius, Paul (former Undersecretary to the US Army) - by Proto-Man

Johnson, Arte (Gong Show judge)

Katzenbach, Nicholas de B. (former US Attorney General) - by Proto-Man

King David (Biblical era king of Israel & Judah) - by Prime Eternal & Proto-Man

Kirby, Jack (legendary comic book artist) - by Kyle Sims, Madison Carter, Omar Karindu, Prime Eternal, Snood & Stunner

Kirchherr, Astrid (long-time friend of the Beatles rock band)

KISS (rock band)

Klein, Allen (Apple Corps business manager)

Knox, Sec. Frank (former US Secretary of the Navy) - by Proto-Man

Kurtz, Scott (writer) - by Proto-Man

Landru, Henri-Desire (Dr. Strange character) - by Jean-Marc Lofficier

LaVeau, Marie (voodoo priestess)

Lee, Joan (Stan Lee's wife)

Lee, Stan (real life Marvel Comics comic book writer/editor/etc....the man, the myth, the legend) - by Kyle Sims, Per Degaton, Thor2000/WillU, Nick Hill, the Squid, Cisco, Omar Karindu, Proto-Man, Snood & Prime Eternal

Leno, Jay (real-life stand-up comedian, former The Tonight Show host) - by Proto-Man

Lester, Richard (acclaimed movie director)

Letterman, David (former late night television talk show host) - by Norvo

Lewis, "Strangler" (Robert H. Friedrich, 1930s wrestler)

Lomax, Jackie (Apple Records musical performer)

Lull, Ramon (13th century alchemist philosopher)

Mahon, Gene (graphic designer of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album)

Martin, George (EMI record engineer & producer of most of the Beatles' rock music)

McMahon, Ed (late night talk show announcer/sidekick to Johnny Carson)

McShane (British gangster) - by Loki

Michaels, Lorne (Saturday Night Live producer)

Moebius (Jean Giraud, famed French artist) - by Jean-Marc Lofficier

Morgan, Jaye P. (Gong Show judge)

Moreels, Eric (Weapon X Project agent)

Morris, Garrett (actor, Saturday Night Live cast member)

Murray, Bill (actor, Saturday Night Live cast member)

Newman, Laraine (actress, Saturday Night Live cast member)

The Not-Ready-for-Primetime-Players (Saturday Night Live cast) - by Proto-Man

Owen, Alun (screenwriter of A Hard Day's Night film)

Pardo, Don (Saturday Night Live announcer)

Perez, George (Marvel Comics artist) - by Proto-Man

Prodigy (Albert Johnson, rapper) - by Proto-Man

Radner, Gilda (actress, Saturday Night Live cast member)

Reagan, Pres. Ronald of Earth-267 (US President, killed by nuclear bomb activated by Kang)

Richards, Keith of Earth-9290 (famed guitarist, Fantastic Four leader)

Roberts, Julia (actress)

Rockefeller, Nelson of Earth-721 (President of the United States) - by Proto-Man

The Rolling Stones of Earth-9290 (rock band with Reed Richards as a member)

Romita, Johnny of Earth-1228 (Marvel Comics creative assistant)

Roosevelt, Teddy (26th President of the United States) - by Loki

Saget, Bob (real-life stand-up comedian & television personality)

St. Matthias (Biblical era Apostle) - by Proto-Man & Prime Eternal

Saint of Therapists (Dr. Sigmund Freud, famed Austrian psychologist) - by Proto-Man

Santa of Earth-9078 (magical gift-giver, Son of Santa ally) - by Proto-Man

Santa Claus (a right jolly ol' elf!) - by John McDonagh
Shaffer, Paul (late-night talk show bandleader/musician) - by Norvo

Sheridan, Tony (singer who worked with the Beatles rock band early in their career)

Space Ace (Ace Frehley, KISS member)

Spielberg, Steven (acclaimed movie director) - by Proto-Man

Starchild (Paul Stanley, KISS member)

Steinberg, Flo (Marvel Bullpen secretary) - by Norvo

Stonecold (Johann Bessler, former 17th century German alchemist turned demonic servant) - by Markus Raymond

Sutcliffe, Stu (artist, the Beatles' original bass guitarist)

Taylor, James (famed singer/songwriter)

Waid, Mark (Marvel Comics writer) - by Proto-Man

Wilford, Bonnie (Marvel Bullpen colorist, Chris Claremont's ex-wife) - by Norvo & MarvellousLuke

Williams, Al (The Beatles' original manager)

Wilson, Megan (color artist) - by Proto-Man

Woodward, Bob (Washington Post reporter)

Yogi, the Maharishi Mahesh (religious guru)

Zdarsky, Chip (writer) - by Proto-Man

Zyklon (Heinrich Himmler, German head of the SS)

List compiled by Proto-Man.

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