10.) Cutthroat (Savage Dragon)

I don't know if it's the mass of dreadlocks, or the combination with the eyepatch and moustache, but that is one serious villainous haircut.

9.) Hellboy (Hellboy)

A strange combination of muttonchop sideburns and a bun in the back. Like a hippie version of Martin Van Buren. I guess when you're a giant red demon, what your hair looks like is not much of an issue.

8.) Strong Guy (X-Factor)

One has to admire Strong Guy (this is when they gave up on superhero names ... or an example of Peter David trying to be really funny) and his "never-say-die" attitude when it comes to his hair. Clearly, his hair is thinning a bit, but he's held onto that one tuft of hair at the front of his head, and given it a whole lot of style.

7.) Longshot (Uncanny X-Men)

Bet you weren't expecting a hero with a mullet, but then BAM! Longshot! And he's a ladies' man, to boot. (But then again, I guess Billy Ray Cyrus was, as well.) On a side note, Marc Silvestri used to be one of the best artists ever. Look at that panel. And he used to draw pages and pages like that, twice a month, before he got all Wildstorm-ized.

6.) Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim)

Ramona Flowers has had a number of hairstyles over the course of the Scott Pilgrim story so far, but all of them are pretty awesome. But really, if you're reading the comic, you're probably in love with Kim instead of Ramona. And if you're not reading it, you should be: Scott Pilgrim battles Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends, and plays in the band, Sex Ba-Bomb, in his spare time. Unbelievable fun.

5.) Sam (Baker Street)

Baker Street was a really interesting comic by one of my favourites, Guy Davis, that blended the Sherlock Holmes story and Victorian England with England's punk scene. As a result, there were some pretty spectacular haircuts, and I think Sam (who was the protagonist, Harlequin's girlfriend ... or boyfriend ... it's complicated) had the most spectacular, being one style on the left side of her head, and something else entirely on the right side.

4.) Wolverine (X-Men comics)

You knew he was going to be on this list somewhere. That hair is simply too improbable to avoid this list. Surprisingly, his haircut in the X-Men movies looks a lot like his hair in the comics. I wonder how much hairspray that involved. (Note to Ultimate X-Men: that goatee is silly.)

3.) Guy Gardner (Justice League, Green Lantern)

The bowlcut is the perfect look for the Green Lantern Corps' most ridiculous member. (Despite all the lobster-people and amorphous blobs, and anthropomorphic dogs that are Green Lanterns, this haircut puts Gardner in the top spot.) At a certain point, I imagine many comic readers had this same haircut, so it's surprising there aren't more characters with this haircut. (I think War in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had one, too.)

2.) Storm (Uncanny X-Men, early 1980s )

Were the X-Men just about the coolest superhero team in the 1980s, or what? Storm had a mohawk, and no powers, but killed countless demons nonetheless. Phoenix was a girl from the future with a costume covered in spikes, and Rogue wasn't such a whiny lovestruck girly-girl. Plus, Havok was in his awesome costume. I mean, why would Storm need powers when she had that imposing mohawk?

1.) Norman Osborn (Spider-Man comics)

For years, my brother and I wondered what exactly that illustration of a haircut was supposed to represent in real life. A perm? Tight curls? It just looks like horizontal lines. Coincidentally, his son, Harry Osborn has the same haircut. And you know who must be a lost Osborn? Airtight, from the old G.I. Joe cartoon. Check out his haircut. Wouldn't it have been perfect if Willem Defoe somehow tried to get that haircut for his performance in the movie version of Spider-Man?