This primer profile presents the world of La Horde du Contrevent, a major French sci-fi setting. On this planet only a narrow equatorial band is semi-inhabitable, but it also funnels immensely destructive winds.

A somewhat obscure, powerful 1970s enemy of the Justice League of America. Otherdimensional alien feeding off fear.

A selection of weapons — ranged and melee — from the Warframe video game.

A time traveller from the early Silver Age of comics. Darius Tiko chiefly appeared in Jack Kirby’s Challengers of the Unknown run.

A killer, urchin and hardened thief dragged into an unpopular army of paladin commandos. Duncan is a pivotal character in Dragon Age: Origins, though most of his material is in the The Calling prequel novel.

A mighty-thewed Skrull space pirate/barbarian who doesn’t shape-shift but has some odd powers. In space.

One of the major Russian super-heroes. Darkforce powers. This profile is part of a series that starts with the Soviet Super-Soldiers team profile.

One of the major Russian super-heroes. Darkforce powers. This is the second half of her profile, itself part of a series that starts with the Soviet Super-Soldiers team profile.

A fallen but quite technical soldier with near-future hardware. Jan is the protagonist of Soleil Froid, a series of post-plague-apocalypse French graphic novels.

DC Comics’ Davy Tenzer is the Biblical King David, but as a 1970s immortal anti-terror international singing super-spy. Sometimes, he fights snake aliens.

Enhanced megalomaniacal giant scientist in a vintage, dime-novel post-apocalyptic setting. He’s responsible for World War Three, too.

In one of the fragile, once terraformed areas on Venus, a cyborg industrial floor boss who is secretly an illegal union leader and elite hacker. An underdog, but one who recently made certain… friends.

One of the main Russian (and formerly Soviet) Marvel Comics superhumans. Reflective force-field, beefiness, hammer and sickle. This profile is part of a series that starts with the Soviet Super-Soldiers team profile.

One of the main Russian (and formerly Soviet) Marvel Comics superhumans. This profile is part of a series, which starts with the Soviet Super-Soldiers team profile.

The beautiful warrior princess in 1988 adventure fantasy movie Willow. But she is the daughter of the evil queen! Gasp!

An obscure opponent of the Fantastic Four (well, the Thing and Tigra). Big tough robot.

A gifted Elf mage, ex-slave and Grey Warden. Child of beggars, mother of a King. For now the article covers her youth and her time as an elite battle mage focused on EXPLOSIONS.

Mercenary shapechanger. Fought Batman & the Outsiders. Part of a Ancient-Greek-themed group of mercenary baddies.

Fifth part of our body armor series. Wot discusses stuff you put on your head to protect it. This ranges from low-tech to tacticool, and also discusses how and why model helmets in DCH.

1940s super-Nazi with crushing strength. Oddly reminiscent of the Golden Age Superman.

The protagonist of the Rafael Marìn novel Juglar. Which is both in Spanish and set in a magic version of medieval Spain.

A powerful destroyer of giant robots, seen in Marvel Comics’ “Transformers G1” continuity of the 1980s.

The core Soviet heroes during the 1980s in the Marvel Universe. As determined by our five-year industrial plan, this team profile explains all the basics so the individual comrades’ profiles do not have to.

The core Russian heroes during the 1990s in the Marvel Universe. This team profile explains all the basics so the individual character profiles do not have to. It’s part of a series that starts with the Soviet Super-Soldiers team profile.

The core Russian heroes in the Marvel Universe since the late 1990s. This team profile explains all the basics so the individual character profiles do not have to. Part of a series that starts with the Soviet Super-Soldiers team profile.

An obscure robot who nearly beat the Avengers in 1965. Strong fighter. Article comes with a section about the continuity mysteries of Sin Cong/Siancong.

The rogueish drifter and master swordsman played by Val Kilmer in the 1988 fantasy-adventure movie Willow.

A young and redoubtable Amazon and Gorgon officer. She’s cool, in more ways than one. Delphyne primarily appeared in Marvel’s Hercules and Amadeus Cho stories. And yes, she looks awesome.

Young and deadly Amazon and Gorgon officer. With a death scrunchie. This is the second half of her profile – start with the first half here.

A voluminous student of magik, and expert in minor magikal artefacts. She appears in the late 1970s Myth Adventures novels by R. Asprin.