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in Robert Kirkman's terrifying and entertaining series The Walking Dead. He was a cop; now he leads a group, including his wife and son, from one place to another looking for somewhere that they can call home, and to possibly start life over again. He is pessimistic, violent and yet severely moral and dedicated to survival and his family. His is the uber-hero in the vein of the stoic defender.

#10. Allan Quartermain- Once a hero of British legend, he is now a decrepit, starved opium addict living in Arabia when Wilhelmina Parker finds him and brings him into the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. His uniqueness rests with his persistence in beating his addiction, and his undying dedication to chivalry and protection of Wilhelmina. Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentleman sees some of the greatest literary characters come together to battle the forces of evil that threaten England, and Quartermain is by far the most sympathetic of the collection.

#9. Dream- From The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman, Dream is the god of dreams and can appear as the personification of story telling, dreams and nightmares. More commonly known as Morpheus, Dream is one of seven brothers and sisters who make up the pantheon of gods. Dream was summoned to this realm by occultists, but he freed himself and the series weaves together different tales of his adventures.

#8. Dwight McCarthy- A rough and tumble photographer from Sin City, Dwight spends a lot of time snapping shots of cheating husbands and knocking back shots at Kadie's Club Pecos. He is drawn back into a love affair with his ex, who accuses her rich husband of abuse and kidnapping. When Dwight investigates, it turns out that his ex was, in fact, a femme fatale and plugs him full of rounds. After serious facial surgery, he becomes a new man, with a new deadly vision: taking revenge on the dame who messed up his life. Dwight is similar to a Philip Marlow or possibly Walter Neff (played by Fred MacMurray) from Double Indemnity.

#7. The Goon- In a world of mobs, The Goon is a mobster hit man on the human side who works tirelessly to rid the city of the annoying, yet powerful, zombie mafia with the help of his massive muscles and helpful sidekick Frankie. The Goon, by Eric Powell, is set in a noir crime age, and although that genre was limited to drama in the films, the comic incorporates dark and outlandish humor in a way unseen in any other comic series.

#6. V- While some call him an anarchist, and others call him a terrorist,

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