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Halo (DC Comics)
Halo (Gabrielle Doe, originally Violet Harper merged with the alien Aurakle) is a DC Comics photokinetic superhero and original Outsiders member, created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo in The Brave and the Bold #200 (July 1983), later adapted as Gabrielle Daou in Young Justice: Outsiders.
Hank Ketcham
Hank Ketcham (Henry King Ketcham, 1920–2001), American cartoonist, Seattle-born, creator of the Dennis the Menace daily panel (debut 1951), former Disney animator, Reuben Award winner, retired 1994.
Harrow County
Harrow County is a 32-issue southern gothic folk horror comic by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook, published by Dark Horse from 2015 to 2018, about Emmy, possibly the reincarnation of the witch Hester Beck, with watercolor art, an Eisner nomination, a Syfy option, and Tales from Harrow County sequels.
Heathcliff (comic strip)
Heathcliff is a single-panel newspaper comic strip created by George Gately, debuting September 3, 1973, about a silent, mischievous orange tabby who torments dogs and raids fish markets; distinguished from Garfield by its silent single-panel format and its succession to Peter Gallagher in 1998.
Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Héctor Germón Oesterheld (1919–disappeared 1977) was an Argentine comic-book scriptwriter who created El Eternauta, founded Editorial Frontera, and was disappeared by the military dictatorship in 1977.
Hentai
Hentai (変態, "pervert") is the English umbrella term for sexually explicit Japanese anime, manga, games, and doujinshi; in Japan the genre is called ero-manga or seijin-muke. Covers etymology, history from shunga to the 1980s lolicon boom, and regulation.
Hergé
Hergé (Georges Remi, 1907–1983), Belgian cartoonist, pen name from reversed initials R.G., creator of The Adventures of Tintin (debut 1929), pioneer of the ligne claire style, 23 albums, 150 million copies sold.
Hirohiko Araki (荒木飛呂彦)
Hirohiko Araki (荒木飛呂彦), legal name Araki Toshiyuki, born 1960 in Sendai, is the manga artist behind JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (since 1986, 120 million copies, nine parts) and the first living manga artist with a solo show at a Japanese national museum.
Hitman (DC Comics)
Hitman (DC Comics) is a Garth Ennis and John McCrea comic series (1996-2001) about Tommy Monaghan, a telepathic contract killer in Gotham's Cauldron, spun off from DC's 1993 Bloodlines event.
House of Mystery
House of Mystery is a DC Comics horror and mystery anthology (1951-1983, 321 issues), later a Vertigo series (2008-2011) about five people trapped in a supernatural bar, hosted in its horror era by Cain the Caretaker.
Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange, also Professor or Dr. Hugo Strange, is a DC Comics Batman supervillain created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, debuting in Detective Comics #36 (February 1940) before the Joker. Known for the Monster Men, deducing Batman's identity, and Arkham City.
Ikaris
Ikaris, also called Ikarus, is a Marvel Comics Eternal created by Jack Kirby in The Eternals #1 (1976). He flies and fires eye beams, is among the most powerful Eternals, and was played by Richard Madden as the 2021 film's tragic antagonist.
Image Comics
Image Comics, founded in 1992 by seven ex-Marvel artists including McFarlane, Liefeld, and Jim Lee, is the third-largest US comic publisher and the leading creator-owned house, taking no IP or media rights from creators. Notable for Spawn, The Walking Dead, and Saga.
James O'Barr
James O'Barr, born in Detroit in 1960, is an American comics writer and artist best known for creating The Crow, a gothic graphic novel adapted into a 1994 film.
Jean Grey
Jean Grey (Marvel Girl, Phoenix) is a Marvel Comics X-Men founding member created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963, an Omega-level telepath and telekinetic bonded to the Phoenix Force and famous for the Dark Phoenix saga.
Jeff Smith (cartoonist)
Jeff Smith (born 1960) is the American cartoonist behind Bone, self-published via Cartoon Books 1991–2004, later RASL, Tüki Save the Humans, and Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil.
Jim Lee (이용철)
Jim Lee (이용철, born 1964, Seoul) is a Korean-American comic artist and President, Publisher, and CCO of DC Comics (since 2023). Distinct from the Seagate legal officer and the engineering expert of the same name; famous for X-Men #1's record sales, Batman: Hush, WildStorm, and Image Comics.
Jim Starlin
Jim Starlin (born 1949, Detroit) is an American comics writer-artist, creator or co-creator of Thanos, Drax, Gamora, Shang-Chi, and Dreadstar, writer of Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet trilogy and DC's A Death in the Family, and a 2017 Eisner Hall of Fame inductee.
Joaquin Torres (comics)
Joaquin Torres, Marvel's second Falcon, a Mexican-American teen transformed by Karl Malus into a human/falcon hybrid with flight, healing, and a psychic link to Redwing; partner to Sam Wilson's Captain America, distinct from the MCU's Air Force officer played by Danny Ramirez.
Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert (1926–2012), Polish-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and founder of the Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey; known for Hawkman, Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace, Tarzan, and Fax from Sarajevo.
John Broome (writer)
John Broome, born Irving Broome, was an American comic book writer best known for scripting DC Comics' Silver Age Flash and Green Lantern stories and co-creating Hal Jordan.
John Byrne (comics)
John Byrne (comics creator), born 1950 in England, Canadian-raised writer-artist of Uncanny X-Men with Claremont, Fantastic Four, and DC's 1986 Man of Steel Superman relaunch; returned in 2026 with X-Men: Elsewhen.
John Cassaday
John Cassaday (Johnny Mac Cassaday, 1971–2024), American comic book artist, writer, and TV director; co-creator of Planetary with Warren Ellis, artist of Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, Star Wars; three straight Eisner Awards 2004–2006.
John Ostrander
John Ostrander, American comic book writer from Chicago; creator of the modern Suicide Squad and Amanda Waller at DC (1987) and co-creator of Grimjack with Timothy Truman at First Comics (1984).
Jonathan Hickman
Jonathan Hickman (born 1972) is an American comic book writer and artist known for The Nightly News, East of West, Marvel's Fantastic Four, Avengers, Secret Wars (2015), the Krakoa-era X-Men, and the relaunched Ultimate Universe.
Judd Winick
Judd Winick, American cartoonist and screenwriter, Real World: San Francisco cast member, author of Pedro and Me, DC writer of Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Red Hood, and creator of the Hilo graphic novels.
Junji Ito (伊藤潤二)
Junji Ito (伊藤潤二, born 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist, creator of Tomie, Uzumaki, and Gyo, a four-time Eisner Award winner and 2025 Eisner Hall of Fame inductee known as the Stephen King of Japan.
Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder), Lord Kevin Reginald Plunder, is a Marvel Comics jungle hero protecting the Antarctic Savage Land with the sabertooth Zabu; debuted in X-Men #10 (1965), reviving a 1936 pulp character, and gained land-based powers in the 2021 Thompson miniseries.
Katana (DC Comics)
Katana (DC Comics): Tatsu Yamashiro, a DC Comics swordswoman created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo in 1983, wielding the Soultaker Sword that traps souls, including her husband Maseo's; member of the Outsiders, Suicide Squad, and Birds of Prey.
Kentaro Miura (三浦建太郎)
Kentaro Miura (三浦建太郎, 1966–2021) was the Japanese manga artist who created the dark fantasy Berserk, serialized from 1989. Died of acute aortic dissection; series continues under Kouji Mori and Studio Gaga.