Sidekicks are an essential and beloved part of superhero culture, and have even given us some of Marvel and DC's best heroes.

Whether they're new reimaginings of classic mantles, brand-new villains for iconic heroes to face, or wholly original ...

Spider-Man's grotesque body-horror transformation from the 1970s returns to Marvel, but this time it's even more disturbing ...

Well, New York Comic Con managed to get a lot of these out there, as did a rather overflowing December Marvel Comics full ...