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.

A sort of golem that once fought the Black Panther in King Solomon’s tomb. It was pretty tough.

A strange secret town of immortal underground fantasy samurai. Samurai City appeared during Jack Kirby’s run on Black Panther.

Famous and irascible writer/sleuth in 1910s Paris.

A “magical slasher” villain seen in Z-list — mostly direct-to-video — horror movies.

Let’s talk about Marvel Comics’ Inhumans. Let’s walk among a few decades of ancient lore, cosmic grandeur and the occasional continuity gaffe.

A review of Martian invaders as portrayed by the great H.G. Wells in several novels, followed by a review of those Martian invaders that The War Of The Worlds inspired. So that’s a lot of Martians, yeah.

A low-cinematic thief/vigilante with a troubled past. From a 1993 Howard Chaykin Limited Series.

A Catholic secret organisation with superhuman operatives seen in mid-1990s Wildstorm Comics.