Abominable Snowman

Few creatures can claim a Silver Age pedigree forged by the legendary trio of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby — but the Abominable Snowman made exactly that entrance in Tales to Astonish #13 back in 1960, at the very dawn of Marvel's monster-comic era. This enigmatic figure has kept remarkably eclectic company over the decades, sharing pages with everyone from Carl Hanson and Santa Claus to the Merc with a Mouth himself, Deadpool, which tells you something about the character's strange, enduring versatility. With appearances stretching from 1960 all the way to 2018 — nearly six decades — and turns in Deadpool Annual and Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption, this is a creature that has quietly outlasted countless flashier contemporaries. A small catalog footprint only adds to the mystique; sometimes the most intriguing figures in comics are the ones lurking just at the edge of the spotlight.