1. Devil Dinosaur
Marvel ComicsIt wasn't just the Bloodstone clan that Ellis and Immonen rescued from obscurity for...well, further obscurity in Nextwave, which is probably one of the best comics Marvel has put out in the past decade but is definitely more of a cult classic than a smash hit. Anyway, the other forgotten character to be resurrected during the course of their adventures turned out to be the villain behind all the quirky, crazy obstacles that they had overcome across the twelve issues: Devil Dinosaur. A talking, red Tyrannosaurus Rex who in his Nextwave incarnation also worse a smoking jacket and wielded a pistol in his tiny little hands. Before Ellis got his demented teeth into him, however, Devil Dinosaur was a forgotten creation of Jack Kirby during his return to Marvel in the late seventies. Teamed up with the equally intelligent and communicative ape Moon Boy who rode around on his back, DD lived on an alternate Dinosaur World version of Earth where neanderthals and dinos co-existed. In Nextwave the unbreakable bond of friendship between Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy was a little less so, as the big red t-rex admitted to hating being treated as the chimp's lap dog and eventually devoured him. That wasn't as huge a retcon as it sounds because the characters had appeared only once properly between then and the original Jack Kirby series, and it got retconned itself when it was later revealed that was a clone of the original Devil Dinosaur. So that means, Marvel, if you're listening, that there's still an enormous red dinosaur and his monkey sidekick out there for to use. If that pairing doesn't sound awesome enough for you, just remember Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is out this summer, and we get a new Jurassic Park film next year. Might be time to cash in by bringing those hands together, huh?