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.

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

A French private investigator, noble, fashionista and fencing instructor. It’s a living.

A hardboiled reporter embroiled in supernatural horror stories in 1970s Detroit. These are cool comics.

A zombie apocalypse professional motorbike courier. It’s a tough, usually fatal job but somebody gotta do it. From a 2017 Zenescope comics mini-series.

Two very young super-heroines, from a comics series by Bendis and Oeming.

A determined detective in a post-climate-change, post-war future.

A 1930s sci-fi comics character, written and drawn by a young Bill Everett for Centaur Comics.

An alleged enemy of Spider-Man, seen in 1970s Hostess Cakes adverts in comic books.