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t. e. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Thanos is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, the character first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (cover date February 1973). An Eternal – Deviant warlord from the moon Titan, Thanos is regarded as one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe.
John Constantine (/ ˈkɒnstənˌtaɪn /) [ 1 ] is an antihero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and, John Totleben, and first appeared in Swamp Thing #37 (June 1985). Initially a supporting character who played a pivotal role in the "American Gothic" Swamp Thing storyline ...
Azathoth is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of writer H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. He is the supreme deity of the Cthulhu Mythos and the ruler of the Outer Gods, [1] and may also be seen as a symbol for primordial chaos, [2] therefore being the most powerful entity in the entirety of the Cthulhu Mythos.
A superhero (also known as a "super hero" or "super-hero") is a fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest." [ 1 ] Since the debut of Superman in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long ...
Hercules. In-Betweener – An incarnation of balance. Living Tribunal – Serves directly under the supreme being. Lord Chaos. Odin – King of the Asgardians and ruler of Asgard. The Stranger} Thanos – A supervillain, the most powerful of the Titanian Eternals. Thor. Zeus – King of the Olympians.
Omni-Man is the father of Invincible and Oliver Grayson, and a member of the alien Viltrumite race, working as a superhero on Earth. Omni-Man appears in Supreme, Invincible, Noble Causes, and Dynamo 5. In the Invincible television series and the video games Invincible: Guarding the Globe and Mortal Kombat 1, Omni-Man is voiced by J. K. Simmons.
List of fictional antiheroes. This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero —a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [ 1 ]