Bernie
Died	November 2, 1985
Actor	Jesse Reid

Bernie (? - November 2, 1985) was a young black man who hung out at Bernard's newsstand sitting on a spark hydrant to warm his back smoking a pipe, while reading the Tales of the Black Freighter.

Bernard did not like him at first for reading comics for free, but as the nuclear war threat emerged, his emotions started to warm and even lent him his hat on a rainy day.

It turns out he's been reading the comic over and over again to "get it".

Shortly before the Alien Monster, Bernard learned that he shared their first name, and tried to protect the boy by embracing him as they died.