Source: comicvine.gamespot.com

9. John Stone

If you are a comic book fan and haven't read Planetary, that absolutely needs to happen at once. The series is essentially a series of heartfelt tributes to everything from kaiju to Hong Kong action cinema. And those are just the first two issues. But we're here to talk about issue eleven.

This one takes place during a meeting between Planetary member Elijah Snow and Spymaster extraordinaire John Stone. Stone and Snow are old pals, and the conversation eventually turns to Stone's long career as a seemingly non-aging super secret agent.

John Stone is a hard-drinkin' hard-smokin' ladykillin' (the sexy kind not the murder kind) super spy machine. Patented after seventies Nick Fury, Stone is ex-OSS and the supposed inventor of psychological operations. It's amazing how cool a spy you can establish in one issue when you're as good a writer as Warren Ellis.

Planetary: rad. John Stone: pretty sweet.