10 favourite bald comic characters

Before the X-Men movies and cartoons came along, most of the world still pronounced his name Zay-veer. Oh, for the good old days.

When the first image of Jessie Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice was revealed, the first question people asked was: “Why isn’t he bald?” There was pretty much the same reaction when James McAvoy was cast as Professor X in X-Men: First Class.

While there have been instances where characters were given the bald look just to spice up the character’s image, it’s a much bigger deal when it’s the other way round. Can you imagine characters like Professor X or The Watcher having hair? Yeah, we can’t either.