Most Goth Comic Book Characters

Aesthetic:Understated KISS reject.
Goth moment:Seek the psychic guidance of a spirit crow instead of grief counseling.
Yearbook quote: "Life is just a dream on the way to death."
General outlook on life:Forever is now.

Eric Draven seeks romance, grief, and revenge equally. His regeneration as the Crow shows heartache and loss. Becoming a sick crow solves deep emotional issues in a satisfyingly goth way.

Aesthetic:New Age spectre of mortality.
Goth moment:Her whole existence is death personified.
Yearbook quote: "For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them."
General outlook on life:The beginning is the end is the beginning.

Though an embodiment of death, she is a gentle, nurturing soul. She simply wants to guide souls through the veil. A leather-bound goth chick with an ankh guides souls from one world to another; what a show.

Aesthetic:A cloak, and not much else.
Goth moment:She projects her soul-self, a bird made of packed black energy.
Yearbook quote: "My mind is a battleground, whipped and ripped asunder, torn from the very fabric of reality."
General outlook on life:Emotionality is a weapon—use it carefully, but use it.

DC Comics' Raven appears as the most goth depiction of a young psychic. She dies and becomes new bodies, facing unique metaphysical suffering in every iteration.

Aesthetic:He is a bat, but he is also a man!
Goth moment:He turns his grief into a vigilante bat, using sleek black vehicles and accessories constantly.
Yearbook quote:"If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the room remains the same."
General outlook on life:Do no harm, but take no sh*t.

Bruce Wayne, a wealthy socialite industrialist, is not goth. However, wearing a black cape and adopting an alter ego is a classic goth move. Batman is possibly the original comic book goth. Brooding, obsessive, and perfectly dressed, the Dark Knight's brand of justice and revenge suits super goth.

Aesthetic:Buff vampire.
Goth moment:He contracts pseudo-vampirism after vampire bat DNA therapy.
Yearbook quote: "Accept this vow, then: If I must drink blood, let it be the blood of the corrupt—of those who deserve to die. The blood of the guilty."
General outlook on life:It is not murder if it is honorable.

Morbius has gothness in his DNA from being born with a genetic leaning toward vampirism. He fights both good and bad, and an antihero is the height of goth.

Aesthetic:Monochromatic metalhead.
Goth moment: She got fired from the record store after beating up a customer who wanted a Christina Aguilera CDinstead of Alice Cooper, she suggested it.
Yearbook quote: "But I have so much funHe wants the guys who are wrong for him!
Life's general outlook: Being a self-identified hater is hard. Someone has to do it.

Nemi acts like a typical goth. She dyes her hair black, avoids tanning badly, and lives by her beliefs in vegetarianism and metal.

Aesthetic: Edwardian undead child.
Goth moment: She accidentally ends the Easter Bunny.
Yearbook quote: "I've been embalmed!"
Life's general outlook: I want a good time.anda long time.

Lenore fits the deceased child life well. The macabre always suited her. Despite her best aims, she kills or hurts most living and undead things around her.

Aesthetic: Bondage demon.
Goth moment: He paints his walls with his targets' blood. This keeps the monsters in his house from escaping.
Yearbook quote: "My delusionary hell does not agree with yours."
Life's general outlook: I don't kill people who don't deserve to die. The problem is, everyone deserves to die.

All goths are not homicidal maniacs. However, Johnny "Nny" C's habits—monologuing, self-harm, and updating his "Die-ary"—are classic goth actions.

Aesthetic: Sleek, sallow, somber.
Goth moment:The trauma comes from the certain death of every suitor she meets.
Yearbook quote:"That's bullsh*t! And why the f*ck am I wearing a bear suit?!"
Life's general outlook:Down with the Sickness.

Devi, the struggling young artist, loves strange, miserable men. When dates victimize or disturb her, her art taunts her.

Aesthetic:Leatherbound cyber freak.
Goth moment:She experiences a psychic attack after learning everything about the multiverse.
Yearbook quote:"A logical conclusion - from your limited perspective."
Life's general outlook:Total control over your mind, body, other people's minds, other people's bodies, astral projections, and genes makes anything possible. It is simple.

Techno-goth icon Sage is a human-mutant supercomputer. Suffering felt by those who carry knowledge and memory is the only goth thing.

Aesthetic: Hot Topic advertisement.
Goth moment: Freezing Lake Michigan in a fit of grief and despair following the passing of her mother.
Yearbook quote:"So let's, um, go out to the pit and start throwing down ectoplasm."
Life's general outlook:No matter how bad things get, I can always represseverything.

Despite being one of only 57 witches globally, Serenity rejects being a witch. This is gothier than caring about it. She creates life forms with ectoplasm, shapeshifts freely, and flies. Her identity struggles, sexuality issues, and the eternal darkness affecting her existence mark her as a troubled goth comic book character.

Aesthetic:Goth detective.
Goth moment:He loves funerals. All his clothes are black. This happened at his father's funeral.
Yearbook quote:"I've been eating speed for the last three days and every time I close my eyes, I see centipedes."
His general outlook on life is unknown.He has no problem. If you talk constantly with the dead, you probably overeat.

They call him the Séance. Klaus communicates with the dead. He exhumes their bodies and reanimates them. He expresses himself through television airwaves. He possesses other people's bodies.

Aesthetic: N/A, because her appearance shifts fast.
Goth moment:She reincarnated mysteriously and traumatically into Delirium from Delight.
Yearbook quote:"When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do."
General outlook on life:"Tempus Frangit" - time breaks.

Her shift from Delight to Delirium signals a goth coming of age. This well-liked space case embodies offbeat goth nonconformism. Her dress and appearance constantly change.

Aesthetic:Tactical goth.
Goth moment:He chooses total annihilation when faced with his wife's and children's tragic death.
Yearbook quote:"My favorite sound in the world is the silence after the first gunshot. There's a stillness, as though the air itself is afraid to move. I do some of my best work in that silence."
General outlook on life:The atomic option is the only option.

The Punisher uses black-and-white morality. Vengeance is more goth than monochrome. With a skull on his costume, the Punisher delivers justice with a goth flair.