The Yikes Gang
- Li'l Bloody — a "deformation" of a Baron Blood knock-off Weissman drew in sketchbooks shared with his teenaged friends.
- Pullapart Boy — L'il Bloody's "Frankenstein's Monster" best friend
- Dead Boy — Pullapart Boy's "zombie" sidekick/brother
- Kid Medusa — inspired by Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa
- X-Ray Spence — inspired by iconic comic book ads for X-ray glasses.
- "Sweet Chubby" Cheeks — a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde character, as well as an illustration of the kind of "aw" cutesyness that Weissman didn't care for. Modeled on the later Our Gang comedies, with George McFarland continuing to play Spanky when he was far too old, Chubby is similar: adults would think he was still cute, but kids would know better. Eventually, Wiessman started modeling Cheeks on Joe Cobb's Little Rascals "fat boy" character, and he quickly became Weissman's favorite character in the series.
- Li'l Tin-Stars — inspired by Western heroes like the Lone Ranger
- Shaver — inspired by Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- Elzie Crisler — the kids' mascot, a reanimated dead dog named after Popeye creator Elzie Crisler Segar.
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