List of Astro City Characters - Others

Others

• Anansi — An illusion-casting character based in Kenya who fought the Enelsians there. Only mentioned, not seen.
• The Brahmin — A Boston area-based character. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Bullroarer — An Australian character who fought the Enelsians in Sydney.
• The Colonial — An Australian character based in Melbourne who fought the Enelsians in Sydney.
• The Crimson Cougar — A fictitious superhero on popular soap opera "Tomorrow's Dawn".
• The Dark Centurion — An armored figure who defeated the Crimson Cougar and then vanished from public sight.
• El Guerrero — Heroic identity the Conquistador (El Hombre) intended to adopt in 1998 for the culmination of his grand scheme.
• The Enelsians (featured) — A matriarchal extraterrestrial race of shape-shifters that invaded Earth, with Astro City as their focal point. They managed to discredit several heroes, but were defeated when the Confessor sacrificed his life to expose their plan. The name of the race is a sly homage to E. Nelson Bridwell. See also Bridwell.
• Eterneon (featured) — Lord and watcher of the timestream, fought Samaritan while the latter was on a time-traveling mission. Also fought the Time-keeper to prevent the destruction of time itself.
• Giant Spiders — Monsters that attacked Dallas in 1972.
• Gloo (featured) — A green, amorphic blob which attacks anyone it discerns as an armed and dangerous criminal, using tactics which gruesomely imitate old slapstick comedy cliches. The result of a failed attempt to clone the original Jack-in-the-Box as a super-villain's henchman.
• The Gorilla Swarm — A horde of ant-headed gorillas whose brains are linked into a hive mind; probably inspired by the frequent use of gorillas on comic book covers of the 1950s and 1960s. Enslaved on one occasion by the Silver Brain in one of his bids to conquer the world.
• Helia — A cosmic entity, possibly an ancient goddess of light. Married to Thunderhead.
• The Incarnate — A cosmic being grafted to the Apollo Eleven by galactic civiilization "The Continuum", giving the Eleven their powers. Sent to earth with the Eleven in order to determine Earth's status as potential member or threat and to respond accordingly. Its seven reputed incarnations include "Egron the Sifter" (nicknamed "Big Joe" upon its first Astro City appearance in 1977), "Egron the Judge", "Kerresh the Devastator" (killed by The Point Man in 1982), and "Shurukk" (not yet seen).
• The Insiders — A race of volcanic lava men, apparently based in a Central American volcano. Ruled by Lord Volcanus.
• Iron Cross — A German gun-wielding character who fought the Enelsians in Stuttgart.
• Kookaburra — An Australian character who fought the Enelsians in Canberra. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Krunch — A Popeye-like strongman with huge forearms and fists who frequents Bruiser's.
• Looney Leo — A cartoon lion brought to life in 1946, he was briefly the Gentleman's sidekick, then a media star, a homeless bum, a supervillain's pawn and a recluse before becoming part owner and host of a nostalgic nightclub bearing his name in the entertainment district.
• Mind-Over-Mattie — Heroic identity Martha Sullivan dreamed of assuming when her telekinesis first manifested.
• Mister Smartie — A holographic artificial intelligence invented by Augustus Furst to serve as Astra's teacher.
• Mister Soul — Most likely a disembodied intelligence that allegedly inhabited bodies like a normal man would put on a suit. Appears to have been active some time in the 1970s. Only mentioned, not seen.
• The Mockery — An character who married Cherry Goldstein. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Monstro City residents - The subjects of Madame Majestrix, inhabitants of the undersea Monstro City. Driven from their home by the Trenchers.
• Moon people — A race of living moon rocks, ruled by Kratorr the Invincible. (Note: the race is thus far not named in the series; the entry title here is a generic description.)
• Mordecai Chalk — A cyborg whose missing body parts were destroyed by occult creatures. A professional monster hunter and former radio personality. Contracted by Mayor Stevenson to apprehend the Shadow Hill Killer (in reality some kind of demonic Cthulhu-like entity), he was left nearly dead by the assignment.
• Mountain Gnomes, also known as the Gnomes — An intelligent race of magical little people who share the Earth with humanity.
• Night Creatures — Endemic menaces in Shadow Hill; a part of the environment.
• The Ogliarchons — Confronted by Supersonic. Possibly extraterrestrial. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Ominuss — Owner of a giant robot unearthed in the Hartley neighborhood of Astro City which was then destroyed by a retired Supersonic. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Onggu the Omnivorous — Entity draining energy from a Romanian manufacturing plant in 1950. Discovered by Dr. Augustus Furst. Only mentioned, not seen.
• The Radium Ants — Confronted by Supersonic. Possibly extraterrestrial. Only mentioned, not seen.
• The Real Thing — A gigantic Atlanta-based character who fought the Enelsians there. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Rockslide — A monstrous rock-creature who frequents Bruiser's.
• Scavenger Peoples — A non-human intelligent races living beneath the Earth.
• Sledgehammer — A monstrous metallic character who frequents Bruiser's.
• Skyscraper — A New York-based flying character who fought the Enelsians there. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Skrek — A small, sycophantic creature, one of the residents of Monstro City.
• Tentacus — An underwater monster created by Doctor Nautilus.
• Teusz — A benevolent deity whose sigil is used as a protective symbol in Shadow Hill.
• Thunderhead (featured) - A cosmic entity that destroyed Draketown, Alaska, and later threatened Astro City. Possibly an ancient weather god. Married to Helia, who mockingly refers to him as "Dunderhead."
• The Torori — Extraterrestrial race that has invaded Earth on several occasions. Look something like bipedal, humanoid bulls. Their goal for Earth is to turn the human race into beasts of burden and a source for foodstuffs.
• The Tourist — A gigantic insectoid "extraterrestrial gadabout" regarded by Samaritan as an intolerable pest. First seen in 1972, when he attempted to appropriate Mount Rushmore as a souvenir and was stopped by the First Family. Apparently not a villain, but definitely trouble.
• The Trenchers — A barbaric undersea race who drove the residents of Monstro City from their home after the disappearance of Madame Majestrix.
• Trolls — A race of gigantic humanoids with cold-based powers inhabiting Glittertinden on Hortensfjord, Norway. Attacked Astro City's city center from the sewers in 1972. Later fought the Enelsians.
• The Untouchable — A Chicago-based character who fought the Enelsians there. Only mentioned, not seen.
• Vampires — Endemic menaces in Shadow Hill, stated by a resident to not be as bad as reputed (though Shadow Hill residents still draw back in fear when confronted by one).
• The Zonn — Extraterrestrial race who attacked Earth sometime prior to August 1995 and caused the Honor Guard alien detector to be down, which helped set the stages for the Enelsian attack upon Earth.