10 Best Comic Book Detectives (That Aren't Batman)

10. Hellboy

Conceived in 1574 to an Archduke of Hell and a human female, Hellboy is a Cambion that was pulled from Hell by Nazi occultists and Grigori Rasputin in East Bromwich, UK. He was discovered by a group of Allied Forces including Professor Trevor “Broom” Bruttenholm on December 23, 1944.

Taken to a New Mexico Air Force Base and raised as normal as possible by the Professor, Hellboy was given “honorary human” status by the United Nations and became a member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence to specifically combat occult threats. After many successful missions, he became known as the world’s greatest paranormal investigator.

As an adult he had matured barely out of his teenage years, Hellboy became the lead agent for the BRPD along with aquatic Abe Sapien and pyrokinetic Liz Sherman among others. They had to search for the missing Professor Broom in the Arctic only to find him in time to witness his death. Hellboy again encountered Rasputin who encouraged Anung Un Rama to embrace his “destiny.” Liz burned the “Mad Monk” to cinders.

Created by writer/artist Mike Mignola, Hellboy fought Morgan Le fey when he learned that his mother was a direct descendant of Arthur Pendragon and the rightful king of England. In his hands, Excalibur became a flaming sword. He was killed fighting a witch army and sent to Hell but returned.