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I got this idea from something Stealth said in the MMB.
So, I thought it would be interesting to talk about this... the question is, when you read a comic, what (Celebrity/ personal / or other) voices do you hear in your head whenever characters speak?
Here's a few for me-
Spider-Man: I always hear that fantastic voice actor from "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends" talking.
Light Lass: Stephanie D'Abruzzo, from Avenue Q.
Rogue: Claire Danes, with a slight southern accent.
Superman: Christopher Reeve
Dr. Doom: Daniel Day-Lewis
Batman: Kevin Conroy
Lyta Hall: Daryl Hannah
Mary Jane Watson: Julia Roberts
I also hear the old Darkseid, from Super-Friends whenever he talks.
Ted Cord: Matthew Perry
Booster Gold: Dirk Benedict
I'm sure I'll think of some others.
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Reed Richards -- Gerald Mohr Sue Richards -- Jo Ann Pflug Ben Grimm -- Paul Frees The Watcher -- Paul Frees Galactus -- Ted Cassidy Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Betty Brant, JJJ -- the actors from the 1967 cartoons James Bond (Titan Books newspaper strip reprints) -- Guy Doleman (to me, that's who the artists' rendition of him most resembles!) James Bond (novels) -- Timothy Dalton
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As I said in the Random thread, Shannon Farnon's voice will always be the definitive Wonder Woman voice for me.
I don't know if I had a particular actress in mind, but the voice of Phantom Girl in the animated Legion isn't quite what I expected she's sound like. I guess I always imagined her having a deeper voice. Saturn Girl on the other hand is about spot on.
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The Hulk is totally Gregg Berger, doing different voices for each aspect of the character -- the savage green Hulk sounds to me like Grimlock from Transformers; the thuggish gray Hulk sounds like Long Haul, also from Transformers; the intelligent merged Hulk sounds like Skyfire, yet another Transformers character, as does Bruce Banner, only more soft-spoken, the way Skyfire was in the first episode he appeared.
Jarvis sounds to me like Paul Eiding, Perceptor from, you guessed it, Transformers.
Quicksilver sounds to me like Corey Burton, Tomax from G.I. Joe.
And here's the ones I already mentioned in the Random thread:
Wasp: Mary McDonald Lewis (Lady Jaye from G.I. Joe)
Ms. Marvel: B.J. Ward (Scarlett from G.I. Joe)
Giant-Man: Frank Welker (his "Fred Jones" voice)
Ultron: Frank Welker (his "Galvatron" voice)
Vision: Arthur Burghardt (Devastator from Transformers, Destro from G.I. Joe)
Scarlet Witch: Marlene Aragon (Elita-One from Transformers and Synergy from Jem)
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ok this is gonna sound crazy but when i was reading L.E.G.I.O.N. 89-90 when Lobo was a member i always invisioned who ever did the voice of Shipwreck from the 80's G.I.Joe series doing the voice of Lobo.
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wow good question. For me I don't think of anyone in particular. But I do have different tones in my head for each charater. Batman, Superman have deeper voices but completely different tones, Spider-Man sounds like a young man, etc.
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Interesting topic. I never really gave this much thought so I'll have to pay attention the next time I'm reading an issue but I honestly think, like Miner, that I don't hear anyone either.
Does that mean I'm Comic Book Reading Challenged?
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quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: I'm sorry I hear Burt Ward when I read Robin. That's about all.
either that or Casey Kasem, even from the New Teen Titans, right up untill the Batman TAS when i read any comic book featuring Dick Grayson either as Robin or Nightwing i always kinda heard Casey in my head.
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I actually find it incredibly difficult to replicate other peoples voices in my mind, so I would guess they all sound like me.
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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The voices are telling me that I'm not supposed to talk about the voices.
But Dr. Doom has always been voiced by James Earl Jones, in my head.
Wolverine has always been voiced by Daffy Duck. (I have to make my own fun. His lines are always so terrible.)
I sure as hell don't hear the voices of the cartoon characters. The Teen Titan Starfire, in particular, sounds nothing like the comic character should sound, IMO. She should have a voice that sounds like sex doused in sugary butter. If it was on fire.
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Here's a couple more, from the X-Books: Shatterstar sounds to me like Michael Bell (Lance from Voltron), and the Beast sounds to me like Mike McConnohie (Tracks from Transformers.)
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