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Everyone has heard of Batman, Superman and the X-Men, but what about all those other characters who work just as hard but get a fraction of the press, publicity and credit. Unless you are a comic book fan, these heroes will most likely be foreign to you, but don't take that to mean they are inferior. They are actually some of the greatest heroes in comic history.

#15. Miranda Zero- The shadowy leader of the Global Frequency, and the most powerful woman in the world due to exclusive access to an international web of agents (whose skills vary from parkour to wielding biofeedback as a deadly weapon). From Warren Ellis's series Global Frequency, Miranda Zero heads the secret agency of 1001 agents around the world, who are dedicated to keeping the public both safe and completely unaware of the darkness and evil caused by nations across the globe. With the entirety of the Global Frequency at her fingertips, she is more powerful and clandestine than most heroes.

#14. Yorick Brown- He is the last man on Earth, which due to what is presumed to be a plague, is now populated entirely by women. In the comic Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughn, a spontaneous disease kills every mammal and animal with a Y chromosome, except for Yorick and his helper monkey. We follow his travels across the planet, guarded by a special government agent and in the company of a genetic biologist, who hopes she can unlock the secret of Yorick's survival and possibly save "mankind."

#13. Wallace- A quiet, sensitive, caring artist and the only decent man in Sin City. Once upon a time, he was also a Navy Seal. After being drugged, beaten, shot and kidnapped, he turns to that training to bring down all unholy hell on the scum of the town. With his long, hippy-artist hair, he is unlike most other Frank Miller characters in the Sin City series. Easily one of the only truly honest people in the damn town.

#12. Invincible Ed- Due to an alien technology mix-up, a dorky high school kid and a tough bully football jock both gain powers from a magic alien orb that is only intended to affect one person with super-human powers. Ed gains invincibility, and the jock gets strength, laser vision and an array of other powers that drive him mad. Invincible Ed, by Ryan Woodward, is unique in the way it portrays its hero as a less-than-popular kid instead of the stereotypical, muscle-bound hero that you see in most other superhero comics.

#11. Rick Grimes- The undeclared leader of some of the last remaining humans on Earth

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