Bambu

Bambu made their Marvel debut in the pages of Strange Tales #169 in 1973 — the very issue that launched the Bronze Age cult favorite Brother Voodoo — and that mystical, atmospheric corner of the Marvel Universe has been their home ever since. Crafted by the legendary trio of Len Wein, Roy Thomas, and Gene Colan, this character was born into some seriously compelling company, sharing pages across the years with Jericho Drumm, Damballah, and Papa Jambo in titles like Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme and Dracula Lives. With two key-issue appearances to their name and a publishing presence stretching nearly five decades from 1973 to 2021, Bambu is the kind of deep-catalog figure that rewards the curious collector willing to dig into Marvel's rich vein of supernatural Bronze Age storytelling. Eighteen appearances may sound modest, but in this shadowy, sorcery-soaked corner of the Marvel Universe, every one of them counts.