Dear Bao Bay - Be My Valentine Contest - First Place Winner

Dear Bao Bay by Rain

Bao bay,

I saw your face on a wanted poster the other day. It made me think, who is this man that haunts my thoughts?

I’ve never even met you; but I can only hope that one day we might have the chance to complicate one another.

Just envisioning you in your tight pants and Brown coat makes me tyen-shaio duh!  ~ Shiny!

Let us, you and I, find a moon to ourselves. Where we can misbehave long into the night…jen mei NAI-shing duh FWO-tzoo!

Sheh-sheh for making this ‘verse a better place!

With Love,

Rain

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Congratulations, Rain, on being our First Place Winner. We love Mal too!

If you'd like more from Rain, please check out her blog, Etsy page, Flickr photostream, and Facebook page. 

Dear Ms. Kane - Be My Valentine Contest - Honorable Mention

Dear Ms. Kane by Minnie Saucedo

Ms. Kane,

Your actions as Flamebird have made you a true hero in my eyes. I know you sometimes struggle with your worth as a crime fighter since it appears Batman, Nightwing and even your partner Batwoman seem to forget everything you've done. But I haven't. I see you, Bette. And you're kind and strong and so much smarter than people believe. Bette Kane, you are the most beautiful woman—inside and out—to ever grace Gotham City's drab streets. Let me show you just how amazing you really are in my eyes... Be my Valentine? 

Sincerely yours,

E. “Minnie” Saucedo

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I wish I had received a Valentine like this, so Hoorah for Bette! She's in good company, in particular, with Batman and Nightwing who also received Valentine's letters. Remember those cheesy little Valentine's cards we used to pass out in the 1st grade? Ok, last thing, we're one entry away from the First Place Winner. Get ready.

Dear Dick Grayson - Be My Valentine Contest - Honorable Mention

Dear Dick Grayson by Leilani Adams

Tights and pixie boots have never looked so good.  I'll even forgive the trip into disco revival because you became a cop in an effort to legally keep innocent people safe. 

You have always had my heart, Dick Grayson, and you will always be my favorite half of the dynamic duo.

Love always,
Leilani Adams 

 

Dearest Ms. Frye - Be My Valentine Contest - Honorable Mention

Dearest Ms. Frye by Angel Lopez

Dearest Ms. Frye,

Forgive me, but I must speak my mind. Our meeting, brief though it was, left the most striking impression on me. A thousand angels could sing a thousand songs across every planet in the verse and never would they match the beauty of your voice. How I long to hear it again.  

Until that time Ms. Frye, Kaylee, I must ask a most important question. On this holiday of Saint Valentine, a day honored from Earth-that-was, I beg you to accept my affections and return a wave saying you will be my valentine.

Lovingly yours,

Angel

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Kaylee is the sweetest sweatheart in all the verse. 'Nuff said.

Dear Shulkie -- Be My Valentine Contest - Honorable Mention

Dear Shulkie by Brian Caylor

Dear Shulkie (can I call you Shulkie? Jen? Just She-Hulk? Okay.) --  

Dear She-Hulk, 

It’s Valentine’s Day and I just wanted to share with you a poem that I wrote just for you.

         Apples are red

         Bruises are blue

         Boogers are Green

         And so are you

Okay, I admit I’m no Shel Silverstein, but do I get an A for effort? I could settle for a B+.

Happy Valentine’s Day She-Hulk!

Brian

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She-Hulk is the only one to receive two Valentines in our contest! So, in this contest, she wins the award for Best Loved Valentine. You can see how excited she is about this in the picture she took for us above. <GRIN> Both entries are funny, so be sure to read both Valentines to She-Hulk.

Dear Garrus - Be My Valentine Contest - Honorable Mention

Dear Garrus by Ariel Carman

Dear Garrus,

I've known you for a few years now but only as soldiers fighting together against a shifting enemy. 

Somehow, in the middle of all of this, I've come to care for and about you. I realized my feelings had changed when I found myself looking to see if you were safe after a battle first- spending no more time in looking than necessary, mind you, but always looking for you first. 

If you feel as I do, meet my eyes after the next battle- and don't look away.

-Ariel

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For those of you unfamiliar with Garrus Vakarian, he's from the world of Mass Effect. This entry was another of our favorites. In fact, we like all the entries so much that we awarded each participant one free comic book. Lastly, you may have noticed that we've tagged all these Be My Valentine entries as Poetry. That's because love is so poetic. <BLUSH>

Dearest Dark Knight - Be My Valentine Contest - 2nd Place Winner

"An Ode to a Knight" by Jacob DeSersa

The blackest cowl upon your head

excites me like no other

your batarangs and grappling hooks

cause my heart to flutter

The greatest of hero's i would say

takes on the guise of a bat

his skills, his cunning, and charming grace

can always go un-matched

regular men and hero's alike

tremble at your very thought

the kryptonian, lantern, and atlatean too

the fear over them you've brought

you swoop over gotham, wings out stretched

instilling terror in some, hope in others at your very sight

for this is ode to you, the batman

the mightiest, and darkest, of knights

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Congratulations to our 2nd place winner - Jake, the drummer in Seeker, Sacramento's own ultimate punk rock band! Even before he submitted his entry, there was no doubt in our mind that he would be writing to the Dark Knight. That's loyalty! Another post hits tomorrow. And if you missed this contest, be sure to read up on limericks for our next contest that's starting in a couple of days.

Dear She-Hulk -- Be My Valentine Contest - Honorable Mention

Dear She-Hulk by Joshua Cargain

Dear She-Hulk,

I am a 24 year old unemployed community college student. I live in a small apartment next to the mall with my room-mate and two cats. I think we should be together because you remind me of my mother.

Attached below, is my address and date of birth so you can come to my 25th birthday. No gift is required, your presence is present enough, unless you want to do your hair in a side tail and wear an off the shoulder t-shirt. If not, a tube top and a mini-skirt would be fine too.

If we were together, you could sleep on my couch, clean up after me and open my pickle jars.

Please respond to my letter, if not, I’ll just call you every hour on the hour till you pick up, or your voicemail is full. Whatever comes first…..

Love always,

Your Snuggle Bear,

Joshua Cargain

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There's no doubt this one had us laughing! We still laugh when we read it. It's that good. By the way, if you're good with limericks, you'll want to keep an eye on our website and Facebook Page for this month's contest coming soon. Be sure to check out Joshua's punk rock band's Facebook Page too.

Dear Nightcrawler - Be My Valentine Contest - 3rd Place Winner

Dear Nightcrawler - By Jessica S.

 

Nightcrawler,

It's that time of year again, 
Where in comes the pink, 
And out goes my Zen. 

Oh, who would my hero be?
I think--my comics!
An arrow hits me, 

BAMF!—and a smile once again
Fills up the panels, 
With blues that brighten.

Foreign phrases n'er ignored, 
Demonic features-
A creature with sword! 

Yet so angelic at heart, 
I know you'll say yes, 
So here is my part- 

Kurt Wagner, will you be Mine? 
I won't be alone-
(Amanda won't mind.)

A thought then fills me with dread 
Forgotten, but now,
...I'm sorry, you're dead!

Liebe Grüße,

Jessica

 

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Well, this contest was all about love, so how could we deny everyone who entered a free comic? Still, there were three that received top honors, and here's the 3rd place entry. On top of that, Jessica has the honor of being the first poem to our comics blog.

We're going to share all of the entries, one at a time, until we get to 1st place. We hope you enjoyed this one as much as we did. See you soon.