Curated playlist

Fictional human hybrids

She-RaFor the honor of Grayskull, I am She-Ra. Those words, spoken to a sword, turn a soldier named Adora into the superheroine of the Masters of the Universe franchise. She-Ra began as a toy line and a minicomic. She then became the star of two…
SpockSpock, the pointed-eared science officer of the starship Enterprise, once frightened the very actor who played him, in Medford, Oregon, in April 1967. Leonard Nimoy was grand marshal of a parade there, dressed as the Vulcan. Thousands of…
He-ManHe-Man, the muscle-bound hero of the Masters of the Universe franchise, changes from a prince into a champion with one spoken oath. Prince Adam raises his Power Sword and declares, "By the power of Grayskull..." Then comes the second half…
Dante (Devil May Cry)Dante of Devil May Cry was almost a Western policeman. His early name was Tony Redgrave.
Ichigo KurosakiIchigo Kurosaki was not meant to be the hero of Bleach. Creator Tite Kubo first planned Rukia Kuchiki as the lead.
HellboyHellboy, the comic book hero created by Mike Mignola, arrived on Earth inside a fireball on the 23rd of December 1944. He dropped into the ruins of a church in Bromwich, England, where Allied soldiers were encamped. Only moments earlier,…
Carol DanversCarol Danvers first appears in March 1968, in the pages of Marvel Super-Heroes #13, as an officer in the United States Air Force. She is the security chief of a restricted military base, and writer Roy Thomas and artist Gene Colan give her…
April O'NeilApril O'Neil first appeared in 1984 as a computer programmer on the run. She fled robots she had helped program.
Nightcrawler (character)Nightcrawler, the indigo-furred teleporting hero of Marvel Comics, began as a sleepless sailor's idea during a typhoon. Artist Dave Cockrum was serving in the United States Navy, stationed at Guam, when the storm kept him awake. He later…
Guy Gardner (character)In 2025, Nathan Fillion played Guy Gardner in the film Superman, giving a famously abrasive Green Lantern a place on the biggest screen yet. That same year, DC Comics gave two comic book creators full credit and royalties for reinventing…
Star-LordStar-Lord, whose full name is Peter Jason Quill, made his debut in Marvel Preview #4 in January 1976. That magazine was printed in black and white, not in the color comic format most readers knew. The character was created by writer Steve…