Curated playlist
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- Dick GraysonDick Grayson, the DC Comics hero who first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940, has changed more often than almost any character in superhero comics. He began as a child performer in a circus family. Since then he has carried at…
- Makoto (Street Fighter)Makoto, a Street Fighter character, fights to save her father's crumbling dojo. She debuted in 1999.
- Sakura KasuganoSakura Kasugano was cut from Street Fighter Alpha 2, then a superior put her back. The game shipped in 1996.
- Wolverine (character)Wolverine, the Marvel Comics superhero, shares his everyday name with a mountain. Writer Chris Claremont took the name Logan from Canada's Mount Logan for an issue of X-Men in 1977. He liked the idea of the tallest mountain naming the…
- Akuma (Street Fighter)Akuma, a Street Fighter villain, was designed in just one hour. His face was modeled on a Buddha statue.
- Connor MacLeodConnor MacLeod, the Highlander, began as a UCLA film student's class writing project.
- Big Boss (Metal Gear)In the original 1987 Metal Gear, the friendly radio voice guiding the player was the enemy.
- Sean MatsudaSean Matsuda is a playable fighter in Capcom's Street Fighter series, and he exists because another character was not finished in time. While making Street Fighter III: New Generation, the development team realized they were running out of…
- Blade (character)Blade, the vampire hunter of Marvel Comics, made his debut in The Tomb of Dracula #10, with a cover date of July 1973. He was only a supporting character there, created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan. Shortly afterward he…
- Dee JayDee Jay, a Street Fighter character, was designed by an American. James Goddard based his name on the nickname DJames.
- Elektra (character)Elektra Natchios first appeared in Daredevil #168, a Marvel Comics issue dated January 1981, and her creator never planned for her to return. Frank Miller wrote that issue as essentially a filler story. He meant it to be her only…