10 Amazing Comics You've Never Heard Of

10. Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E.

Formerly a top-secret team working for H.A.T.E. (the Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort), the NextWave team went rogue after discovered that their bosses were actually terrorists in disguise. 

Featuring lesser-known characters including Eiza Bloodstone and Machine Man, the first issue saw the team fighting off both Fin Fang Foom and a group of genetically-engineered broccoli and just got weirder from there. Despite their short-lived career (the book only lasted for 12 issues), the team managed to fight just about everything from giant robots and demonic hordes to killer koala bears and Elvis M.O.D.O.K.s in their attempt to defeat the Beyond Corporation.

NextWave really stands out from the crowd for not giving a damn about the continuity that is so precious to publishers and readers alike. The series made a point of focusing on action over personal development, lamp-shading common tropes, and having people act completely out of character. 

Set in what may or may not be an alternate timeline, featuring mostly second- or third-rate heroes, the story was told exclusively in two-issue arcs that felt like action films translated directly to the page.

NextWave is also probably the only comic book to have its own theme tune, despite never being adapted for television or film.