Curated category
Fictional characters with superhuman strength
- Frankenstein's monsterFrankenstein's monster first appeared in 1818, in a novel written by Mary Shelley when she was barely out of her teenage years.
- Akuma (Street Fighter)Akuma, known in Japan as Gouki, is a fictional character from Capcom's Street Fighter series who first appeared not through an announcement or a trailer, but…
- Dante (Devil May Cry)Dante, the silver-haired, red-coated demon hunter at the center of Capcom's Devil May Cry series, was almost something else entirely.
- Juri (Street Fighter)Juri Han arrived in Street Fighter in 2010, and she did not arrive quietly. The development team at Capcom cycled through 400 to 500 ideas before settling on…
- ZangiefZangief is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter series. His final size traces to four words from producer Akira Nishitani: "Please make him much…
- Ichigo KurosakiIchigo Kurosaki is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Bleach manga series, created by author Tite Kubo.
- Pyramid HeadPyramid Head first appeared in Silent Hill 2, released in 2001, and the gaming world had never encountered anything quite like him. He does not speak.
- Guts (Berserk)Guts is the protagonist of the manga series Berserk, created by Kentaro Miura, and he arrived in the world under the most violent circumstances imaginable.
- Mega Man (character)Mega Man is a blue robot with an arm cannon who has been battling the same mad scientist, Dr. Wily, since 1987, and somehow the world never gets tired of…
- Cloud StrifeCloud Strife first appears on screen as a mercenary blowing up a power plant for money. He is cold, aloof, and utterly uninterested in the cause he is…
- Eric NorthmanEric Northman walks into Dead Until Dark carrying six feet and four inches of blond, blue-eyed Viking, and Charlaine Harris's narrator, Sookie Stackhouse…