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Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team), the modern Marvel Comics cosmic team by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, Groot, Warlock based at Knowhere; basis of the 2014 film.

Gunslinger Girl (ガンスリンガー・ガール)

Gunslinger Girl (ガンスリンガー・ガール) is Yu Aida's 15-volume manga, serialized in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, about cyborg girls conditioned as assassins by Italy's Social Welfare Agency, adapted into two anime seasons.

H.I.V.E.

H.I.V.E. (Hierarchy of International Vengeance and Extermination) is a fictional DC Comics criminal organization, debuting circa Action Comics #513 or Superman Family #205 (1980-1981), founded by the H.I.V.E. Master, led at times by Adeline Kane, Queen Bee, and Damien Darhk, and best known for contracting Deathstroke against the Teen Titans.

Hägar the Horrible

Hägar the Horrible, also rendered Hagar the Horrible or German Hägar der Schreckliche, is Dik Browne's 1973 King Features gag-a-day comic strip about a family-man Viking, continued by sons Chris and Chance Browne and reaching tens of millions of readers worldwide.

Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩)

Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩) is George Morikawa's boxing manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since 1989, following bullied teen Makunouchi Ippo to the Japanese featherweight title; 145 volumes, over 100 million copies, currently on hiatus since March 2026.

Hanaukyo Maid Team (花右京メイド隊)

Hanaukyo Maid Team (花右京メイド隊), also Hanaukyo Maid Tai, is a maid harem love comedy manga by Morishige in Monthly Shonen Champion (1999-2006, 14 volumes), adapted as a 12-episode 2001 anime cut short and a 2004 remake, Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite.

Happy Kanako's Killer Life

Happy Kanako's Killer Life (幸せカナコの殺し屋生活, Shiawase Kanako no Koroshiya Seikatsu) is Toshiya Wakabayashi's full-color yonkoma comedy manga about office worker Kanako Nishino, who accidentally joins an assassination agency. Nine volumes since 2019, over 1.2 million copies, Seven Seas English edition, 2025 DMM TV live-action drama, and an April 2027 TV anime.

Hawk and Dove

Hawk and Dove are DC Comics superheroes created by Steve Ditko and Steve Skeates in Showcase #75 (1968): brothers Hank and Don Hall as avatars of War and Peace, later Hank Hall and Dawn Granger after Don's Crisis on Infinite Earths death.

Hellblazer

Hellblazer: DC Comics/Vertigo supernatural horror series (January 1988–April 2013, 300 issues) starring Liverpudlian occult detective John Constantine, spun off from Swamp Thing, written by Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis, and others.

Hellboy

Hellboy, the red-skinned demon with a stone right hand, is a creator-owned Dark Horse Comics character created by Mike Mignola in 1993, first appearing in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, with Seed of Destruction (1994) founding the series and del Toro's 2004 film adapting it.

Hellfire Club (comics)

Hellfire Club (comics): Marvel Comics secret society of wealthy elites created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, debuting in Uncanny X-Men #129 (1980) during the Dark Phoenix Saga; led by the Inner Circle with chess-piece ranks, counting Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw among its leaders.

Hellverine (comic book)

Hellverine: Marvel Comics character and series fusing Wolverine and Ghost Rider; demon Bagra-ghul possessed Logan in Weapons of Vengeance (2023), then Daken/Akihiro in the 2024 miniseries and ongoing Percy series.

Hen (変) (manga)

Hen (変) is Hiroya Oku's first serial manga, published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump in 13 volumes, later followed by a second series HEN; both adapted as 1996 TV Asahi dramas.

Hero Organization

Hero Organization (英雄機関, Eiyū Kikan) is an ongoing Shueisha Shōnen Jump+ mecha-sci-fi manga by Kei Saikawa and Akira Takahashi since 2024, about armor pilots fighting star beasts; volume 1 February 2025.

Heroes for Hire

Heroes for Hire is a Marvel Comics superhero business and team founded by Luke Cage and Iron Fist in Power Man and Iron Fist #54 (1978), later revived as team series in 1997, 2006, and 2010, distinct from the Avengers or Defenders.

Herogasm

Herogasm is a six-issue 2009 Dynamite Entertainment comic miniseries, the first spin-off of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys, drawn by John McCrea, depicting superheroes' secret sex-and-drugs retreat, adapted as The Boys season 3 episode 6 in 2022.

Himegoto (ひめごと)

Himegoto (ひめゴト), also known as Secret Princess, is a Japanese four-panel comedy manga by Norio Tsukudani serialized 2011–2015 in four Ichijinsha magazines, collected in six volumes, about a boy cross-dressing to repay debt; anime adaptation by Asahi Production aired in 2014.

Hinamatsuri (ヒナまつり) (manga)

Hinamatsuri (ヒナまつり) is a comedy manga by Masao Ōtake about yakuza Nitta and the telekinetic girl Hina. Serialized 2010–2020 in Fellows!/Harta, 19 volumes, adapted into a 12-episode 2018 anime by feel.

Hiram Lodge

Hiram Lodge, originally introduced as Burton Lodge, is the wealthy father of Veronica Lodge in Archie Comics, first appearing in Pep Comics #31 (September 1942); later the villainous father in Riverdale, played by Mark Consuelos.

Hit-Girl

Hit-Girl is the superhero name of Mindy McCready (Macready in films), the child assassin of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s Kick-Ass comics and films, played by Chloë Grace Moretz, with her own Marvel Icon and Image spin-off series.

Hitoner (ヒトナー)

Hitoner (ヒトナー) is a shōnen sci-fi manga by Tomohiro Yagi on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+, one-shot 2024, serialized from April 2026, about a human astronaut on a beast-folk star.

Homelander

Homelander is the Superman-analogue supervillain leading the Seven in The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson (first appearance The Boys #3, 2006). Comic Homelander (John Gillman) dies via the Black Noir clone in #65; the TV version, played by Antony Starr from 2019, is a Trumpism satire who dies in the 2026 finale.

Hon Nara Uru Hodo (本なら売るほど)

Hon Nara Uru Hodo (本なら売るほど) is a Japanese manga by Ao Kojima, serialized in KADOKAWA's Harta since September 2023, set in the used bookstore Jugatsudo. It won Manga Taisho 2026 and the 30th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Manga Grand Prize, with 3 volumes published.

Horimiya (ホリミヤ)

Horimiya (ホリミヤ) is HERO and Daisuke Hagiwara's manga adaptation of the webcomic Hori-san to Miyamura-kun, serialized in Monthly GFantasy 2011-2021 across 16 volumes plus 2023's bonus volume 17, with 2021 and 2023 anime adaptations.

Horsemen of Apocalypse

Horsemen of Apocalypse: Marvel Comics supervillain team serving En Sabah Nur as Death, War, Famine, and Pestilence; debuted in X-Factor #15 (1987); members include Archangel, Wolverine, Gambit, and Polaris.

Hotel Inhumans

Hotel Inhumans (ホテル・インヒューマンズ) is Ao Tajima's assassin-hotel manga, serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry 2021-2025 in 12 volumes, adapted into a Studio Bridge TV anime in 2025 with a second season in October 2026.

House of M

House of M is a 2005 eight-issue Marvel limited series by Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel, following Avengers Disassembled, in which the Scarlet Witch rewrites reality so Magneto's mutants rule Earth.

House of Secrets (DC Comics)

House of Secrets was a DC Comics horror and science fiction anthology (1956-1978, 154 issues), sister title to House of Mystery, hosted by Abel, and famous for Swamp Thing's first appearance in issue #92 (1971).

House of X and Powers of X

House of X and Powers of X (HoX/PoX) are two intertwined 2019 Marvel six-issue miniseries by Jonathan Hickman, with Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva, that relaunched the X-Men around the mutant nation Krakoa and Moira MacTaggert's reincarnation retcon, launching Dawn of X.

How to Handle My Sassy Big Sis

How to Handle My Sassy Big Sis (Namaiki na Gal Ane wo Wakaraseru Hanashi) is a Japanese manga by Numa Egaki, serialized by Shueisha since 2024.