Source: astrocity.wikia.com

2. The Confessor

(Astro City)

SPOILERS! Ah, it’s too late. I gave you the warning in the intro paragraph specifically for this entry way ahead of time, so if you just spoiled this for yourself it’s honestly 100 percent your fault. Sorry, them’s the breaks.

But anyway, let’s talk about The Confessor. From Astro City, which is maybe the best superhero comic book of all time – no joke – the Confessor pops up in the series’ second big arc, Confession. The story focuses on a young guy who’s recently arrived in Astro City, who is taken in by The Confessor as his new sidekick, Altar Boy.

The Confessor is a Batman analogue who does all the Batman-y disappearing tricks and fear instilling. But toward the end of the arc, it’s revealed that he can do all this because he’s actually a vampire. A vampire who wears a cross on his chest. To keep him focused. That’s badass.

But then, so is The Confessor.