Atlas

Bursting onto the scene in 1992 alongside the founding wave of Image Comics, Atlas is a Copper/Modern Age creation of Jim Valentino, debuting in the pages of Shadowhawk #1 Newsstand. This early Image figure carved out a presence across titles like Brigade, Deathmate, and Shadowhawk, sharing the page with a colorful cast including Seahawk, Coldsnap, and John Annex Stone. With 13 catalogued appearances and three recognized key issues among them, Atlas may not be the most prolific figure of the era, but their collector footprint punches well above its weight — a genuine artifact of comics' most creatively explosive moment.