Ayla Prentiss

Born into the Bronze Age Marvel cosmos in 1974, Ayla Prentiss made her debut in Man-Thing #5 under the distinctive creative hands of Steve Gerber and Mike Ploog — two architects of some of Marvel's most atmospheric and unconventional storytelling. She inhabits a corner of the Marvel universe populated by genuinely strange company: the shambling, empathic Man-Thing himself, the enigmatic Ted Sallis, and even the savage Zabu, which tells you something about the wild, swampy, boundary-pushing territory she calls home. With a presence stretching across four decades and collected in Gerber's celebrated complete run, Ayla Prentiss is a rewarding discovery for any reader who wants to dig beneath the surface of Bronze Age Marvel's most daring, offbeat work.