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Examples:

  • The Adventures of Peter Wheat: One of Peter Wheat's friends is a boy named Sammy Sweet.
  • Lots of examples in Archie Comics: Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Sabrina Spellman, Coach Clayton, Dilton Doiley, Moose Mason (full name plus nickname Marmaduke Merton Matowski "Moose" Mason), Waldo Weatherbee, Trula Twyst, Evelyn Evernever, and a few others. Some are nicknames or titles,note  but it still fits.
  • Deadeye Duck from Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!, along with his former gang, the Corsair Canards.
  • Captain Gravity: The main character of the comic book is Joshua Jones.
  • Dolltopia has Soccer Scotty, Kitty's old housemate from before she left her old life as a toy behind.
  • In Druid City, the leader character and one the central villains are named Hunter Hastings and Scott Silo, respectively.
  • El Marvo: The real name of one of El Marvo's allies, Go Get 'Em Girl, is Madeline Moonshine.
  • Hybrid Force: A number of members of Testify have this naming theme. Examples include...
    • Lizard Lady.
    • Komodo Khan.
    • Silver Spider.
    • Corporal Chameleon.
  • Minor Invincible character Damien Darkblood, Demon Detective. In his latest appearance he remarked that he hates it when people say the "demon detective" part — evidently it just sounds silly to him.
  • When Josie and the Pussycats was named "She's Josie!", Josie's name was "Josie Jones". Nowadays she is named "Josie McCoy".
  • Jupiter Jet: The hero's civilian name is Jacqueline "Jacky" Johnson.
  • Many characters in German comic strip Nick Knatterton. (Barbara Beerbottle, Felix Finster...)
  • Beverly Brooks, the civilian identity of Mother Wonder from The Pitiful Human Lizard.
  • Rulah, Jungle Goddess has Rulah's friend, the Bold Explorer Muriel Maxim.
  • Scott Pilgrim, has quite a bunch of them.
    • Scott's cool gay roommate, Wallace Wells.
    • Stephen Stills and his roommate, Neil Nordegraf.
    • Kim Pine's coworker, Hollie Hawkes.
    • 5/7 of Ramona's evil exes have alliterative names. They are Lucas Lee, Roxanne (Roxie) Richter, Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, and Gideon Gordon Graves.
  • In stories by Wilhelm Busch: Max and Moritz, Hans Huckebein, Kuno Klecksel, Balduin Bählamm, and others.
  • Golden Age Ace Comics Superhero Magno the Magnetic Man.
  • Peyo's superhero character Benoit Brisefer, also named Steven Strong and Benny Breakiron.
  • Antonio "Tony Twist" Twistelli, a mob enforcer from Spawn
    • Todd MacFarlane admitted he named the character after real-life NHL player Tony Twist. Unfortunately, the real Twist wasn't amused, and he sued MacFarlane... and won.
  • Mindy McCready/Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass.
  • Strontium Dog had "Middenface" McNulty (His given name is Archibald, but the only one who calls him that is his gran). For added bonus, his code name as a resistance fighter was "The Tartan Terror".
  • Alan Moore's Supreme, which is a blatant and affectionate Pastiche of Silver Age Superman, gives all the analogues of the "LL" characters of Superman "DD" names. In particular the Lex Luthor Captain Ersatz is Darius Dax and the Lois Lane one is Diana Dane.
  • Ungrounded has Mister Solenoid's girlfriend, Vivian Von Valiant, and her brother, Virgil Von Valiant.
  • In the German comic Werner:
    • Werner Wernersen.
    • Günter Günzelsen.
  • Judge Dredd ("Dredd" = "Jredd"), or to give his full name, Judge Joseph Dredd.
  • WILQ – Superbohater has the SS Sisters, a duo of female villains who turned from being typical Neo-nazis into ecofascists.
  • Radioactive Man is naturally rife with this: Claude Kane, Gloria Grand, Rod Runtledge, Gretchen Grille, Miles Mando, Lure Lass, Larceny Lass, and so on.
  • Manifest has protagonist Tessa Theus.
  • Pat Patriot: America's Joan of Arc: Pat Patriot's real name is Pat Patrios.
  • Thin Blue Line: The Mayor of the city of Hagan, Illinois is named Myron Mulch.
  • Tintin has Prof. Cuthbert Calculus. This even extends to his name in the original French, which was Tryphon Tournesol.
  • Varmints: One of the outlaws seen in the train is known as Two-Bit Teddy Tudson.
  • In Gaston Lagaffe, Gaston himself is a downplayed example due to the prefix "la", but his name reads as "Gaston la Gaffe" (Gaston the Goof).
    • Bertrand Labévue is a similar name, reading as "Bertrand la Bévue" (Bertrand the Blunder).
    • Gaston, Jules and Bertrand made a music group called "Moon Module Mecs".
  • Big Bang Comics: In keeping with the stories they are homaging, many of the faux golden age characters have aliterative names. These include:
    • Roger Ryan a.k.a. The Badge
    • Marla Mason a.k.a. Infra-Girl
    • Kent Kane a.k.a. Infra-Man
    • Reid Randall a.k.a. Knight Watchman
    • Chuck Cox a.k.a. Mr. Martian
    • Chris Kelly a.k.a. Ultiman
    • Christine Kelly a.k.a. Ultragirl
  • The eponymous heroine of Lori Lovecraft.

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