The anti-hero in Max Brand’s 1928 pulp western novel Hunted Riders.

A small clan of magical Japanese creatures. These once helped the Outsiders fight crime, sort of.

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.

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.

The protagonist of a remarkably modern 1921 French sci-fi short story about cybernetic eyes, espionage, the Great War and electric super-vision.

The original version, from Stevenson’s 1886 novel. A seminal character for a tonne of genre stories.

The Herakles of Ancient Greek myth (or rather Doug’s selection, since there are so many contradictory tales) – his life, his exploits, his near-death, his stats.

Giant carnivorous triceratops, which appears in 1921 novel Tarzan the Terrible.

An evil, strong hominid species that appeared in 2921 novel Tarzan the Terrible.