Cormac of Connacht

Rooted in the sword-and-sorcery soil of Marvel's Bronze Age, Cormac of Connacht stepped onto the page in 1979 through the formidable partnership of Roy Thomas and John Buscema in The Savage Sword of Conan — one of the era's great showcases for mythic, muscular storytelling. Though his catalog footprint is small, the company he keeps is anything but: his adventures place him alongside legendary figures like Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Brule the Spear-Slayer, and the ancient sorcerer Gonar, a roster that reads like a who's who of Robert E. Howard's primordial world. That his appearances have been collected as recently as 2021 — across more than four decades — speaks to the enduring appeal of the dark, torchlit corners of Marvel's Hyborian-age mythology. For collectors who love the deep cuts of Bronze Age fantasy, Cormac is exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.