Cruel

Fresh out of Marvel's darkly charged Blood Hunt event, Cruel burst onto the scene in 2024 courtesy of the formidable creative team of Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz — and has already racked up an impressive 16 appearances across Blood Hunt, Blood Hunters, and Blood Hunt: Red Band. This Modern Age newcomer keeps genuinely striking company, sharing pages with the likes of Spider-Man, Bloodstorm One, Smoke Eater, Unusual, and Damascene — a roster that signals Cruel is no background player but a figure woven right into the heart of Marvel's horror-tinged corner of the universe. With a debut in the red-band tier of one of Marvel's most visceral recent events, this is a character worth watching as their story is still very much being written.