Professor John Troughton

A creature of the Modern Age DC universe, Professor John Troughton stepped onto the page in 2012 courtesy of the darkly atmospheric creative team of Joshua Hale Fialkov and Andrea Sorrentino. His corner of the DC universe is a shadowy, supernatural one — the pages of I, Vampire and Justice League Dark place him in genuinely eerie company, sharing adventures with the likes of Deadman, Zatanna, and Boston Brand. With only a handful of catalogued appearances, Troughton is a rare find, the kind of deep-cut character that rewards readers who ventured into DC's richly gothic horror revival of the early 2010s.