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** Before Gambit, Longshot played similar role, both in his own mini-series and as a member of the X-Men. The main differences are that he didn't have a longcoat (though his leather clothes certainly were meant to invoke '80s cool, just like Gambit's clothes invoked '90s cool), and instead of being a brooding yet loveable rogue he was a naive (due to being an amnesiac alien from another dimension) yet loveable rogue. He was also co-created by a female writer.

* Savant, from ''[[Birds of Prey]]'', was designed to be a hot one shot villain but became popular.

* For the [[Furry Fandom|furries]] out there we have ''[[The Astounding Wolf Man]]'' who often suffers [[Clothing Damage]] and frequently ends up [[Walking Shirtless Scene|shirtless]]

* ''[[Empowered]]'''s boyfriend [http://adamwarren.deviantart.com/art/EMPOWERED-2-s-Thugboy-59205937?offset=10 ThugBoy]. Lessee... Half German/Italian, half Japanese (for the all-important manga eyes and long, silky black hair), blessed in the lunchbox, really buff, more likely to be shirtless than not, more likely to be ''trouserless'' than not, more of a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] than a third of the other examples, a prime example of [[Love Redeems]]... and loves his [[Cool Shades]].

* Most, if not all of the male elves in ''[[Elf Quest]]''. When Wendy Pini did a pinup calendar (for 1998), half the plates showed guys. [http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/images/eq13.jpg The one of Strongbow was reused for a cover later].

* Inevitably done with [[Steelgrip Starkey]], given that he spends almost all his time wearing [[Limited Wardrobe|a red short-sleeved shirt]] that shows off his muscled arms and washboard abs. Justified in that one reason he was selected was because he matched the archetype of a hard-working American hero.

* The Wally West [[Flash]] in the beginning of the series.

* ''[[Asterix The Gaul]]'' gives us Tragicomix: blonde, handsome, never wears a shirt which allows viewers to see his very nicely built chest.

 

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