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Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs) is a fictional antihero and one of the protagonists in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics in 1986. Rorschach was created by writer Alan Moore with artist Dave Gibbons; as with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a Charlton Comics character; in this case, Steve Ditko's the Question.
The Justice League of America, one of the most famous superhero teams, as they appear in JLA, Secret Origins. Art by Alex Ross. The following is a partial list of teams of superheroes from various comic books, television shows, and other sources.
[note 1] While film producer and comics historian Michael Uslan has debunked the particulars of that story, [note 2] Goodman, a publishing trend-follower, aware of the JLA's strong sales, did direct his comics editor, Stan Lee, to create a comic-book series about a team of superheroes. According to Lee, writing in 1974, "Martin mentioned that ...
Transonic (Laurie Tromette) is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #526, in the first chapter of the "Five Lights" storyline, and was created by Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen . [ 161 ]
Albion is a fiction comic book superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. His civilian identity is Peter Hunter. In 1914, Peter Hunter's life changed when the mystical Green Knight bestowed him the Pendragon spirit-power once belonging to Herne the Hunter and Merlin, becoming the British hero, Albion. During World War I ...
Wizard magazine ranked Spider Jerusalem as the 38th-greatest comic book character of all time. [6] Spider Jerusalem was also ranked as the 12th-greatest comic book character of all time by Empire magazine quoting that "Spider is a true one-off, a character so fearless and vibrant and nonchalantly cool that Patrick Stewart is his biggest fan.
By most definitions, characters need not have actual superhuman powers to be deemed superheroes, although sometimes terms such as "costumed crimefighters" [2] are used to refer to those without such powers who have many other common traits of superheroes. For a list of comic book supervillain debuts, see List of comic book supervillain debuts.
Mastermind Excello (Earl Everett [152]) is an American comic book character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His only appearances for several decades were in Mystic Comics #2 and 3, published in the 1940s by Marvel's forerunner, Timely Comics , during a period that is known as the Golden Age of Comic Books .