Count Alessandro di Cogliostro

Few characters in the gritty, supernatural world of Image Comics carry themselves with quite the air of mystery that Count Alessandro di Cogliostro brings to the page. Debuting in Spawn #35 in 1995 — a creation of the legendary Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo — this enigmatic figure stepped into one of the Modern Age's most celebrated series and made an immediate impression. Over roughly six years, he wove his way through the dark tapestry of the Spawn universe, turning up across Spawn, Spawn: The Dark Ages, and Curse of the Spawn, sharing pages with the likes of Spawn himself, Al Simmons, and the detective duo Sam Burke and Twitch Williams. With 46 catalog appearances and a presence that spans multiple corners of this shadowy mythology, the Count is exactly the kind of brooding, layered figure that keeps Spawn devotees digging deeper into their longboxes.