Chester Cheese

Chester Cheese is a delightfully offbeat corner of the DC Universe, debuting in 1986's All-Star Squadron #53 courtesy of Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, Mike Clark, and Arvell Jones — a Copper Age creation with a charmingly quirky pedigree. With only a handful of appearances to their name, Chester is a rare find, popping up across All-Star Squadron, The Oz-Wonderland Wars, and even earning a spot in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, which speaks to a certain canonical legitimacy despite the slim résumé. The company is wonderfully eclectic — sharing pages with the likes of Green Lantern, The Flash, Little Cheese, Rubberduck, and Peter Porkchops suggests a world where the cosmic and the cartoonish cheerfully collide. For collectors who love the weirder, more whimsical edges of DC's sprawling universe, Chester Cheese is exactly the kind of obscure gem worth tracking down.