Comics

Death from Sandman

In the DC comic series The Sandman, Death is both the end of life and the guider of souls. Unlike most personifications of death, like the Grim Reaper, she is a young goth woman dressed in casual clothes who also visits people as they are born.

Izaya Orihara

In DuRaRaRa!!, Izaya Orihara is a powerful information broker who deals information for his own enjoyment. He claims to love all of humanity with one exception — Shizuo Heiwajima.

Hestia

In Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (or DanMachi for short), Hestia is a goddess who’s charged with watching over the young adventurer Bell Crannell. When he develops feelings for other girls, she can’t help but feel jealous, though she never lets that get in the way of her duty.

Green Goblin

In Spider-Man 3, Harry Osborn (James Franco) is the dedicated son of Norman Osborn. Believing that his father was murdered by Spider-Man, and because Spider-Man is really his best friend Peter Parker, Harry decides to battle him directly as the new Green Goblin.

Peggy Carter

In Captain America: The First Avenger, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is an officer of Great Britain’s Strategic Scientific Reserve. She splits her time between firing a machine gun at Nazis and falling in love with Captain America. All this before being promoted to an agent of SHIELD.

Winry Rockbell

In Fullmetal Alchemist, Winry Rockbell is a teenage mechanic who specializes in prostheses called automail, ensuring that Ed Elric’s replacement arm and leg are always in good working condition.

Shizuo Heiwajima

In Durarara!!, Shizuo Heiwajima is an ex-member of the Dollars gang who now works as a bodyguard for a debt collector after being fired as a bartender. He’s usually quiet, but goes into an uncontrollable rage and and gains incredible strength when angered, which is sure to happen in his new line of work.

Deathstroke

In the DC Comics, Deathstroke (real name Slade Wilson) is a mercenary and assassin. Originally an enemy of the Teen Titans, he’s worked his way up the supervillain chain to face off against the likes of Green Arrow and Batman.

Richmond Valentine

In Kingsman: The Secret Service, Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) is a billionaire who dabbles in eco-terrorism. His fashion palette suits his name, and he’s able to layer casual and chic like no other: a blazer over a dress shirt over a sweater over a polo.

Daredevil Black

In the Marvel comics and Netflix television series, Daredevil is the alter ego of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox). He fights crime as a lawyer by day, and as a vigilante by night. As if that weren’t enough, The Man Without Fear — as he’s called — does this all while blind, relying on his other heightened senses.

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