Charade

Born into the Image Comics universe in 1996 — the wild, boundary-pushing era when Rob Liefeld, Eric Stephenson, Jim Valentino, and Andy Park were collectively reshaping what superhero comics could look like — Charade made their debut in the celebratory Extreme Destroyer Epilogue #1, already rubbing shoulders with the likes of Kodiak, Jeff Terrell, and Lisa Richards. What's remarkable is the staying power: a character introduced in the mid-nineties who still turns up in Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology, a full 26 years later, is one that clearly left a mark on the publisher's mythology. With appearances across Glory and the Extreme universe, Charade occupies a genuinely intriguing corner of Image history — not a headliner, but exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding for devoted collectors.