10 Comic Book Characters Every Reader Wants To Be

3. Jesse Custer There€™s a horrendous saying usually applied to crusty old movie icons like Sean Connery and Warren Beatty€ men want to be him, and women want to be with him. Well, with Preacher€™s Jesse Custer it actually seems to be true. How, heroic protagonists with eclectic, dynamic supporting casts often struggle to appear to be anything more than paper thin caricatures of nobility as everyone around them chews on the scenery and steals the story out from under them. But Jesse Custer €“ hard drinking, heavy smoking Texas good ol€™ boy turned preacher with rock star looks and a punch like a mule€™s kick €“isn€™t the kind of guy to let that happen. Possessed by a supernatural creature that gives him a virtual Voice Of God, Custer has John Wayne as an imaginary mentor and the hardest girlfriend in all creation. And there€™s no quit in the boy €“ he always stands up for what he believes in, and honour runs in his blood like beer does in an Englishman€™s. He€™s a man€™s man who knows how to love, the best friend you€™ll ever have, and if you screw with someone he cares about, Jesse Custer will nail you to the floor without breaking a sweat. Hallelujah and yippee ki yay.

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