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Abomination (character)
The Abomination is a Marvel Comics supervillain and the alter ego of Emil Blonsky, a KGB agent permanently transformed by gamma radiation, first appearing in Tales to Astonish in 1967.
Angel Salvadore
Angel Salvadore, also known as Tempest, is a Marvel Comics mutant introduced in New X-Men #118 (2001) by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver, with housefly-like wings, acid spit, and egg-laying, distinct from Warren Worthington III.
Aqualad
Aqualad is the name of two DC Comics sidekicks of Aquaman: Garth, Aquaman's Atlantean partner introduced in 1960 and a founding Teen Titan, and Kaldur'ahm from Young Justice.
Asgardians (Marvel Comics)
Asgardians are Marvel Comics' fictional race of godlike humanoids native to Asgard, first appearing in Journey into Mystery #83 (1962) via Lee, Lieber, and Kirby; worshipped by the Norse, long-lived warriors including Thor, later featured in Asgardians of the Galaxy (2018-2019).
Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon, also Batgirl and Oracle, is a DC Comics character created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, debuting in Detective Comics #359 (1967), paralyzed by the Joker in The Killing Joke (1988), and reinvented as the information broker Oracle.
Big Barda
Big Barda (Barda Free), DC Comics New God superheroine created by Jack Kirby, debuting in Mister Miracle #4 (1971): Apokolips-raised ex-leader of the Female Furies, wife of Mister Miracle, wielder of the Mega-Rod, member of the Justice League and Birds of Prey.
Booster Gold
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter), DC Comics time-traveling superhero created by Dan Jurgens, debuting 1986: a disgraced 25th-century football star who uses stolen future tech and robot Skeets to pose as a hero, famed for his Blue Beetle friendship and planned DCU TV series.
Brainiac 5
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a DC Comics superhero, a green-skinned 12th-level Coluan genius and descendant of Superman's enemy Brainiac. Created by Siegel and Mooney, debuting in Action Comics #276 (1961), he serves the 30th-century Legion of Super-Heroes, invented its flight rings, and appears in the 2006 cartoon and 2023 animated film.
Bronze Tiger
Bronze Tiger, real name Ben Turner, is a DC Comics martial artist created by Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry in the 1974 novel Dragon's Fists, debuting in Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #1 (1975); brainwashed by the League of Assassins, later a Suicide Squad field leader who beat Batman.
Bullseye (Marvel Comics)
Bullseye (Lester; Benjamin Poindexter in TV continuity), Marvel Comics assassin and Daredevil enemy, debuted in Daredevil #131 (March 1976) by Marv Wolfman and John Romita Sr.; kills with any thrown object, served Osborn's Dark Avengers as Hawkeye, and appears in Netflix Daredevil and Born Again.
Captain Boomerang
Captain Boomerang (George "Digger" Harkness) is a DC Comics Australian supervillain, a Flash Rogues member and Suicide Squad recruit, created by Broome and Infantino, debuting in Flash #117 (1960), played by Jai Courtney in film.
Captain Britain
Captain Britain is a Marvel Comics superhero created in 1976 for Captain Britain Weekly, the first comic made for the British market by Marvel. Brian Braddock, empowered by Merlyn, later joined Excalibur and the multiversal Captain Britain Corps.
Cheshire (comics)
Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a DC Comics assassin and Teen Titans enemy, debuting in New Teen Titans Annual #2 (1983) by Wolfman and Pérez; a poison specialist, mother of Lian Harper with Roy Harper, and lead of the 2025 miniseries Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League.
Corsair (character)
Corsair (Christopher Summers) is a Marvel Comics space pirate, leader of the Starjammers, created by Claremont and Cockrum, debuting in X-Men in 1977, and father of Cyclops, Havok, and Vulcan.
Cosmic Boy
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes founder from Braal with super-magnetism; debuted in Adventure Comics #247 (1958); 1986 solo miniseries; animated and Smallville appearances.
Cosmic Cube
Cosmic Cube: Marvel Comics reality-warping artifact, first appearance Tales of Suspense #79 (July 1966) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; created by A.I.M., powered by the Beyonders, can evolve into sentient beings like Kubik; adapted in the MCU as the Tesseract.
Crow (comics)
The Crow is James O'Barr's 1989 independent comic, published by Caliber Comics, about a murdered musician revived by a crow to avenge himself and his fiancée. It spawned films, a TV series, and a multimedia franchise.
Cypher (Marvel Comics)
Cypher (Douglas Aaron Ramsey) is a Marvel Comics mutant, a New Mutants member created in 1984 whose omnilingualism lets him understand any language; killed in New Mutants #60, resurrected, and now the villain Revelation in Age of Revelation.
Dagwood Bumstead
Dagwood Bumstead, fictional husband of Blondie in Chic Young's comic strip Blondie (1930), disinherited playboy turned sandwich-building commuter; source of the Dagwood sandwich, 28 films, radio and TV adaptations, public domain 2026.
Danielle Moonstar
Danielle Moonstar, also Psyche and Mirage, is a Marvel Comics Cheyenne mutant superheroine created by Claremont and McLeod, debuting in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982) as a founding New Mutant with fear-illusion and psionic arrow powers, later a Valkyrie, and star of the 2026 Moonstar solo series.
Deadshot
Deadshot, also known as Floyd Lawton, is a DC Comics marksman and hired assassin, a Batman villain from 1950 and a core Suicide Squad member.
Defenders (comics)
Defenders (comics): Marvel Comics superhero "non-team" debuting in Marvel Feature #1 (1971) with Doctor Strange, Namor, and the Hulk; distinct from the 2017 Netflix Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist team.
Den (comics)
Den is Richard Corben's fantasy comic character, David Ellis Norman transformed into a muscular adventurer in Neverwhere. Serialized in Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal 1977-78, adapted in the Heavy Metal film, restored by Dark Horse in five volumes 2023-2025.
Deviant (comics)
Deviants (Homo descendus) is a fictional race of humanoids in Marvel Comics that features wildly varying physical characteristics across generations, first published by Jack Kirby in The Eternals (1976).
Doctor Manhattan
Doctor Manhattan (Jon Osterman) is the only superpowered being in DC's Watchmen, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in Watchmen #1 (September 1986); a physicist transformed by an intrinsic-field accident, he is named for the Manhattan Project, shaped Cold War history, and appears in the 2009 film, HBO series, and 2024 animation.
Emilia Harcourt
Emilia Harcourt, DC Comics intelligence agent introduced in Suicide Squad (2016) #2, an NSA/ARGUS operative monitoring Task Force X; on screen played by Jennifer Holland in The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker.
Excalibur (comics)
Excalibur is a Marvel Comics superhero team and comic book series launched in 1988 by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis, uniting X-Men characters Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers, and Nightcrawler with Captain Britain and Meggan in a UK-based team, with later volumes in 2001, 2004, and 2019.
Exiles (Marvel Comics)
Exiles is a Marvel Comics series about a multiverse-hopping team of alternate-reality heroes, launched in 2001 by Judd Winick and Mike McKone, led by Blink, with revivals in 2009, 2018, 2022, and 2025.
Female Furies
Female Furies: DC Comics team of elite women warriors of Apokolips, created by Jack Kirby, first appearing in Mister Miracle #6 (1971); trained by Granny Goodness, serving Darkseid; members include Big Barda, Lashina, Bernadeth; subject of a 2019 six-issue miniseries by Cecil Castellucci and Adriana Melo.
Firestorm (character)
Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein) is a DC Comics superhero, the fused "Nuclear Man" of the Firestorm Matrix, debuting in Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #1 (1978) by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom, with transmutation powers and a 2026 Lemire series.