Ameiko Sabuki

Stepping onto the Marvel stage in 2001's Thunderbolts #49 — courtesy of writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Patrick Zircher — Ameiko Sabuki is a Modern Age character whose story brushes up against some genuinely storied corners of Marvel history. Her handful of appearances place her in remarkable company: the pages she inhabits are shared by the likes of Citizen V, Captain America, Bucky, Roger Aubrey, and The Destroyer, figures whose roots stretch back to Marvel's Golden Age. The fact that she earns entries in both the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z and the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age Marvel 2004 speaks to a significance that quietly outweighs her slim appearance count — a character the editors clearly felt deserved to be on the record. For collectors who love digging into the connective tissue of the Marvel Universe, Ameiko Sabuki is exactly the kind of discovery that rewards a closer look.