Astrid Bloom

A creature of the Modern Age Marvel universe, Astrid Bloom made her entrance in Emma Frost #14 (2004), brought to life by writer Karl Bollers and artist Carlo Pagulayan during that series' intimate exploration of one of the X-Men line's most compelling figures. With only a handful of appearances to her name, she's a rare, specific piece of early-2000s Marvel storytelling, sharing pages with Emma Frost herself alongside Ian Kendall, Christine McDermott, and Max Devreaux. For collectors who love the deeper cuts of Emma Frost's personal history, Astrid Bloom is exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through a short-run series so rewarding.