Conal Duran

Stepping out of the Copper Age Marvel Universe in The New Mutants #42 (1986) — courtesy of the legendary Chris Claremont alongside Jackson Guice and Kyle Baker — Conal Duran is a figure whose modest appearance count belies some genuine collector significance, with two key issues to their name. Running with a crowd that includes Storm, Logan, and Dazzler, this Marvel character moves through the upper echelons of X-Men storytelling, appearing most prominently across The Uncanny X-Men and its prestige collected editions. A span stretching from 1986 all the way to 2021 means Conal Duran has quietly outlasted many flashier contemporaries — a rewarding discovery for the dedicated X-completist digging through the omnibus shelves.