The earliest, comic book version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ally Casey Jones. This take on Casey was a powerful, unpredictable street fighter raised on terrible tough cop TV shows.

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Two would-be swashbuckling heroes from one of Cheech and Chong’s later low-brow stoner comedies. It was an extremely loose adaptation of The Corsican Brothers.

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He’s gone to Heaven.

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Splinter, the mentor and sensei of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as he appeared in the original stories.

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This is Michelangelo as he appeared in the early, original TMNT comics.

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The geek of the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles, as they appeared in the early comic books.

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A very minor character from the distant past of the Marvel Universe. Your typical heroic cave boy of the day, really.

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The most classic Franco-Belgian comics character, who has been active since 1929. An overview of his career, and full coverage of his stats, personality, skills, etc.

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A trashy and unusually cunning and charismatic tribal elder of the hyena people. From the cool webcomic Digger.

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An eeeeviil Cherokee terrorist mage who fought Firestorm that one time in ’84. But I’m pretty sure she could be cool if modernised.

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A late 1950s Batman villain. Competent but with a formulaic gimmick.

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An obscure but interesting 1950s comic book hero. Blind man of science and action.

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Second chapter of our profile for one of the fan-favourite characters in Sir Pratchett’s Discworld novels.

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Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He’s the one with the paired sai, and a temper problem. This profile is about the earliest version of the character.

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One of the city guards in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. Allegedly human.

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An imaginary kid super-hero with, you guessed it, lava-themed powers. From a 2005 children’s movie from the Spy Kids director.

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Leonardo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – the one with the swords and samurai ethos. This is the earliest take on the character, from the original indie comics.

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A space bounty hunter and killer with an alien panther that unfailingly detects lies. Cool characters from Saga, one of Image Comics’ biggest commercial and critical hits.

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A sarcastic and mutilated ghost who works as an excellent baby-sitter. As an Horror, she also has illusion powers and other magic stuff. The profile also includes our notes about the Saga comics’ setting.

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The lady werewolf among the city watch of Ankh Morpork, in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.

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This is your port of call if you want to learn more about this site, how we work, what stuff means, how to find things and other such USEFUL THINGS.

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The far, far future of Catwoman from the DC One Million event by Grant Morrison.

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Part #2 of our Carrot Ironfoundersson profile – one of the main Discworld characters.

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A team profile for the TMNT as they existed in the earliest Mirage Studios comics. Includes a recap of their adventures during this era.

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This is for Thunderstrike after he held the Thor identity for a while – when he adopted an original identity as an everyman hero using the Thunderstrike magical mace. Thunderstrike worked both solo and as an Avenger.

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The big mean troll in Sir Terry Practchett’s Discworld tales of the Ankh-Morpork city watch. He’s made of stone.

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From the City Watch novels in the Discworld series.

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Otherdimensional invaders with cloaking fields, knives and strange tech.

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The Necromongers space death cult army as they appear in the second Riddick movie with Vin Diesel. Various soldier and officer types, vehicles, tactics, etc.

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