10) Earth-2’s Huntress (Helena Wayne)
Before we begin, a brief history lesson: when the Silver Age came along, a new continuity was established and the stories that made up the Golden Age were shifted into Earth-2, a world where the characters were older than the regular universe. One outcome of this was that Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle were married and had a daughter, Helena Wayne.
With two vigilantes for parents, Helena naturally grew up to follow in their footsteps. When her mother was blackmailed by a criminal, something that led to her tragic death, Helena took on the mantle of the Huntress and fought crime in Gotham. She’s known for her close friendship with Power Girl, a parallel version of Supergirl.
After Crisis on Infinite Earths shook up the multiverse, Helena was erased from continuity and replaced by Helena Bertinelli. The New 52, however, brought Helena Wayne back into the fold. As of DC Rebirth, the Bat and the Cat might be getting hitched in regular continuity as well.
Who knows? Baby Helena could be on the way soon.
9) Speed And Wiccan (Tommy Shepherd And Billy Kaplan)
Simply put, Wiccan and Speed are the twin sons of Vision and Scarlet Witch. But seeing as their dad is an android and their mother is a super-powerful witch, their origins aren’t quite as clean-cut as that. Wanda actually used her reality-warping powers to create her two boys. However, she unknowingly made them out of fragments of the broken soul of Mephisto – think Voldemort’s Horcruxes in Harry Potter. Thankfully, Tommy and Billy were able to defeat Mephisto and were reborn as 100% themselves.
Despite their head-scratching backstory, Wiccan and Speed are actually two great characters. Both serve on the Young Avengers team consisting of other junior legacy heroes like Miss America and Iron Lad. Speed takes after his uncle Quicksilver and is impetuous and head-strong at first, later entering into a relationship with teammate Kate Bishop (Hawkeye). Wiccan, meanwhile, inherited his mother’s powers and is one of Marvel’s few gay heroes – he develops a bond with Teddy Altman AKA Hulking.
Teddy himself could get a spot on this list, too, as he’s the son of Kree hero Captain Marvel and Skrull princess Anelle.
