Recently at Multiversity, we had an article where we looked at the greatest mustaches in comic book history because it’s Movember – the month where humanity grows mustaches for the purpose of earning money for charity. With the month less than half over, it seemed like a good idea to tackle even more comic book fun with facial hair, which brings us to our first of three Movember specials.
Today, we have a few folks who work in the comic book industry – who also happen to be Movember participants – answering the age old question of “what is the greatest mustache in comic history?” This is on grounds of what ‘stache would they most want for themselves, not something ridiculous like Drunk Tony Stark’s.
Check out their take after the jump, and stop by next Monday for even more Movember fun. Also, to contribute to a good Movember squad’s cause, check out the The Ministry of Mustache Growth and Management‘s page. They’re our primary contributors and deserve your love.
Patrick Thorpe
Assistant Editor, Dark Horse Comics
Hands down, if I could be the mustache peer of any comic-book character, it would be Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader “Dum Dum” Dugan. Dum Dum was not only one of the famed Howling Commandos, but also an officer of S.H.I.E.L.D. Though his bowler hat and robust facial hair do not meet military regulations, no officer has ever told Dum Dum to remove either, likely for fear of being immediately emasculated. As a side note, and this is just pure speculation, but Dum Dum could be a direct descendant of Seamus McFly.
John Schork
Assistant Editor, Dark Horse Comics
It might seem obvious, but that’s only because it’s the indomitable heavyweight champion of comic book mustaches. Without a doubt, I would like to sport Commissioner James Worthington Gordon Sr.’s justice duster. The popular idea seems to be that Batman is Gotham City’s most fearsome crime fighting force, but I say nay!
Just looking at that hearty strip of musky determination is enough to make any man herniate with guilt. Gordon has harnessed the power of the law and combined it with his craggy yet formidable, mustachioed visage; making himself perhaps the only hero capable of sending you to the gas chamber while also conveying crushing paternal disappointment.
Jim Gordon makes me want to be a better man. His mustache makes me want to wring truth, justice, and life out of every shining day and inky night I have left on this planet.
Jim Gibbons
Assistant Editor, Dark Horse Comics
I’ve always thought Doctor Strange had the quintessential comic book mustache. Sometimes it was a classy Clark Gable-esque strip of hair, sometimes it was more of a “Hulk Hogan chopper ‘stache meets mystic fu manchu,” but I’ve always felt that Strange is a character who needs a mustache–one who I can’t imagine without a mustache. There was a terrible period of time in the ’90s and early ’00s where all these awesome comic book mustaches were being replaced with goatees, and while that may work for playboy billionaire Tony Stark (I still prefer mustachioed Tony), I never thought it fit Doctor Strange. He isn’t a hip-looking hero who adapts to modern trends, he’s a gentleman and a scholar–a renaissance man of magic! If there’s any hero who exemplifies the masculinity, intelligent, grooming and grace of the mustache–a well-groomed defender against the dread Dormammu–it’s the master of the mystic arts, Doctor Strange!
Joe Keatinge
Writer on Image’s upcoming Hell Yeah! and Glory, Co-writer on Image’s upcoming Brutal
I WANT MY ‘STACHE TO LOOK LIKE: Savage Dragon from the cover of SAVAGE DRAGON #1: Holy crap, just look at that mustache. So powerful. Sure, it helps out the dude is holding a gigantic looking gun, but hot damn, that’s a ‘stache. He didn’t keep the ‘stache for all too long, but man, when he had it it tore down buildings without him even realizing it.
