Carol Selby

Bronze Age Marvel has a way of tucking genuinely compelling figures into the margins of its stranger corners, and Carol Selby is a fine example — debuting in Man-Thing #18 in 1975, courtesy of the singular Steve Gerber and artist Jim Mooney, right in the heart of that era's wonderfully weird horror-tinged storytelling. Her appearances span the murky world of the Man-Thing and stretch into The Savage She-Hulk, meaning she keeps some genuinely eclectic company — Ted Sallis, Richard Rory, and even the Mad Viking among her page-mates. With only six catalogued appearances, she's a rarity in the truest sense, the kind of character that rewards the dedicated back-issue digger who wants to understand the full, richly populated tapestry of Bronze Age Marvel. For collectors who love the atmospheric, offbeat side of the era, Carol Selby is exactly the sort of discovery that makes the hunt worthwhile.