Superspy James Bond has been named Hollywood's top hero ahead of Indiana Jones, Superman and Harry Potter in a new magazine poll.
Bond, who has been played on screen by
Sean Connery,
Roger Moore,
Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, came in at No. 1 in the Entertainment Weekly Top 20 Heroes Poll, with
Harrison Ford's adventurer, Indiana Jones, coming in second.
Also making the top 10: Alien heroine Ellen Ripley, played by
Sigourney Weaver, Robin Hood, Spider-Man and Die Hard's John McClane.
Ford is the only star to land two characters in the top 10 -- his Star Wars hero Han Solo is also featured.
Meanwhile, the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz beat Darth Vader and cannibal Hannibal Lecter in a related top villains poll.
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