Since Excalibur deals with Marvel's mutants in England, and lots of dimension-travelling, there's no question about the supernatural elements he's had to face. Some fans have theorised that the original character was the '90s Anti-Hero version of the character, and this is just a natural progression. Pete Wisdom from Excalibur (Marvel Comics) (even when he wasn't being written by Warren Ellis, his creator) was always like this.Cal McDonald from the Criminal Macabre comics by Steven Niles isn't British, but otherwise fits this trope to a T.Marcos Bizancio from Bizancio, is an Argentinian equivalent.Top of all that, he's also got some nifty occult powers. Smokes, cynical and snarky- hes a photo journalist investigating a fetish ring. Tatsumi Saiga of Speed Grapher fits the bill to a T.Instead, he's an Unlucky Everydude who's overworked and a bit of a bumbler, but still reasonably good at his job. has U Division's Detective Karino, who's usually seen in his trencoat and Perma-Stubble, and he's a smoker. He doesn't have stubble, but when you can stop bullets from reaching your skin, break bones, and flatten NYC just by thinking about it then you can be a nitpicker. The guy attracts supernatural plague called Mushi and has to deal with unfortunate people who had encountered it occasionally. The guy's a cold-hearted bastard who loves to taunt his foes, but occasionally sides with the good as an Occult Detective. Top of all that, he's also a Mage Killer specializing in killing rogue mages with his own brand of magic. He wears a grungy longcoat, smokes so much and has cold and calculating facade.

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