Blackbeard

A swashbuckling presence born in the Bronze Age pages of Archie Annual Digest #30 (1977), this Blackbeard is a Bob Bolling creation sailing under the Archie banner — which alone makes them a genuinely curious corner of comics history. With appearances stretching across an impressive 43 years, from 1977 all the way to 2020, this is a character with surprising staying power for someone with a modest catalog footprint. The eclectic company they keep — sharing pages with the likes of Witchblade, Nite Owl, and Silk Spectre across titles like The Big Book of Bad and The Complete Witchblade — makes Blackbeard one of those delightful oddities that reminds collectors just how wonderfully strange and wide-ranging comics history can be.