7. Gabriel, Devil Hunter
Marvel ComicsOnce upon a time, Gabriel Rossetti was just a regular guy. He was happily married, had a good job, and was looking forward to welcoming his first child into the world when disaster struck: both mother and unborn baby were brutally murdered. But no culprit was ever found, due to the baffling circumstances under which they were killed, with every door and window in the house locked and the only fingerprints on the weapon being his wife's. Grief stricken and without closure, Gabriel turned to religion, training to be a priest. That didn't work out, either, because he got possessed by a demon who made him pull his own eye out, which is pretty hardcore, even for a hound from hell. Still, Gabby was a quick-thinking sort, and after being forced to burn most of the religious parapineal in his home by this demon, he managed to exorcise it by sticking a huge metal cross on his chest, burning its shape into his flesh forevermore. After a turn of events like that, he only really had one choice for what to dedicate the rest of his life to. He became a devil hunter. Or he would have, if he'd ever been allowed to get that far. Despite a badass origin story that would make John Constantine green with envy, Gabriel only last four issues of The Haunt Of Horror before he was cancelled. Having had his country-spanning exorcism jaunt (with new love interest Desadia in tow) cut short, Gabriel appeared in a couple of Fantastic Four stories as a guest star...and that's pretty much it. Which, considering he's a one-eyed alcoholic demon hunter with romantic tension between his mysterious magical assistant, seems like a massive waste to us.