Agent Jim Unger

A creature of the gritty Modern Age crime comics that Image built its mature-readers reputation on, Agent Jim Unger stepped onto the page in 2001 courtesy of Todd McFarlane and Alex Maleev's Sam and Twitch — one of the most atmospheric detective series to emerge from the Spawn universe. With only four catalogued appearances across a run that stretched into the mid-2000s, Unger is very much a supporting player in a world populated by the likes of Twitch Williams, Sam Burke, and Agent Dave Hunt, but that tight-knit cast makes every appearance feel earned. For collectors who love street-level crime storytelling with moody, painterly art, Sam and Twitch is essential reading — and Unger is one of the faces that populate its lived-in, morally complicated world.