8) STEEL
After the DC Implosion caused the cancellation of his Captain America/Six Million Dollar Man pastiche, Gerry Conway moved on to writing Justice League of America. When the team regrouped, Gerry created a new Steel, the grandson of the first, with a much better-looking costume, to serve with the new Detroit League. Not only did Hank Heywood III pick up the themes of his grampa’s short-lived solo book, but he brought the original Steel into the modern DCU, allowing Gerry to show the changes forty years could make in a character.