8) Spawn
Image Comics might be synonymous nowadays with the likes of The Walking Dead and Saga, but back in the 1990s their most successful comic book character was Spawn, a creation of Image co-founder Todd McFarlane.
When highly-trained assassin Al Simmons was murdered, he was sent to Hell where he encountered the demon Malebogia, who offered to send him back to earth as one of his Hellspawn, the officers of Hell. With his symbiotic suit, Simmons becomes the super-powered Spawn and continually fights to break free from Hell’s control.
One of the defining characters of the dark and gritty era of 1990s comic books, Spawn naturally made it to the screen that decade in both the 1997 movie starring Michael Jai White and Spawn: The Animated Series, where the character was voiced by Keith David. The hero hasn’t had quite the same impact in the 21st century, but he still holds his place as one of the premier paranormal superheroes.