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Fictional mass murderers

  • Joker (character)On the 25th of April 1940, the first issue of Batman hit newsstands with a character who would become one of fiction's most enduring villains.
  • Darth VaderGeorge Lucas hired concept artist Ralph McQuarrie during pre-production of the original Star Wars film in 1975. Lucas asked McQuarrie to depict a very tall…
  • Kylo RenIn March 2014, the production team for Star Wars: The Force Awakens knew their main antagonist only as Jedi Killer. That name hid a character who had gone…
  • Revolver OcelotHideo Kojima wanted to add Western tones to a character resulting in Ocelot's appearance, which is based on that of veteran Western film actor Lee Van Cleef.
  • PalpatineGeorge Lucas first sketched the character in 1974 under the name Cos Dashit, a young human leading a New Galactic Empire.
  • Jacen SoloFive minutes after his sister Jaina, Jacen Solo entered the world on Coruscant in 1993. The newborn twins were sent to live at various safe havens under the…
  • Darth MaulGeorge Lucas first imagined Darth Maul as a masked figure, something that could rival the iconic Darth Vader. Early concept art by Iain McCaig showed…
  • SithThe word Sith first appeared in a 1974 rough cut of the Star Wars script, self-published by an anonymous fan-site called StarWarz.com.
  • Juri (Street Fighter)Yoshinori Ono suggested introducing a female Korean character into the Street Fighter series shortly after Street Fighter II became popular in South Korea.
  • Pyramid HeadMasahiro Ito wanted to create a monster with a hidden face. He rejected his initial sketch which resembled a masked human.
  • Supreme Leader SnokeIn the opening scene of The Force Awakens, a massive hologram projects across a dark throne room. This figure speaks with a deep, resonant voice that fills…
  • Psycho MantisIn 1998, a young boy named Benjamin stood atop the Hill of Destiny. This is not the scene from Metal Gear Solid. The actual scene involves a character named…
  • HAL 9000On the 12th of January 1992, a red and yellow dot blinked to life inside the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois. This moment marked the operational birth of…