Ran is also the red communist robot from Bob and George.
Made by Kalinka Cossack, he is made up of weak Russian parts and will die from just about anything. People have been known to hug him and cause him to die. He is however invulnerable to Nuclear attacks.
His weapon is the Cossack buster, an insanely powerful weapon capable of destroying just about anything. He has to survive long enough to use it, though...
Fortunantely for Ran, he is equipped with an item that resurrects him almost automatically, thus rendering him almost immortal. The dead body stays there though, and can be used. Examples of this are in 'Plague's Misadventures', a Bon and George SubComic.
Ran has appeared in just about all of the Bob and George FanComics, and some of the SubComics too. But he has yet to appear in the main comic.
Once there was a fad of eating RanCakes, which were compressed dead Rans. I have no idea when this was or how it began, I've just heard of it. It was before I started reading BnG.
Ran was created by Ran, also known as Midsith.