500-ZQ

Stepping out of the pages of Action Comics Weekly in 1989, 500-ZQ is a compact piece of DC's Copper Age history, brought to life by the legendary team of Roger Stern and Curt Swan. With only a handful of catalog appearances, this is a rare, intriguing presence whose debut issue carries key-issue recognition — the kind of detail that makes collectors sit up and take notice. Sharing those anthology pages with the likes of Doctor Light, Benjamin Turner, and the memorably named Soozie-Q, 500-ZQ inhabits a fascinating corner of DC's late-'80s universe where bold, experimental storytelling was the order of the day.