Ben

Stepping out of the pages of Fantagraphics' celebrated Love and Rockets in 1990, Ben is a Copper Age creation of Gilbert Hernandez — one of the true auteurs of alternative comics. With only a handful of catalogued appearances across a brief early-'90s window, Ben is a quietly rare presence, sharing those intimate Hernandez-crafted pages with a vivid cast that includes Rex Walker, Bambi Dibble, and Erf'Quake. The fact that one of those few appearances carries key-issue status makes Ben a genuinely intriguing find for the discerning Love and Rockets collector who loves to dig into the deeper corners of Hernandez's richly populated world.