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The Characters Who Gave Us Joy in 2021

A shout out to the heroes who kept us going this year.
James Whitbrook & Germain Lussier & Cheryl Eddy & Charles Pulliam-Moore | Comments (0) |
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The whole of 2021’s been hard on all of us, which means it’s been a fun time adopting as many comfort characters as possible to keep us delighted this year. Here’s the io9 staff’s favorite characters of 2021.

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