Dan Quayle

A satirical incarnation of the real-life U.S. Vice President, this Dan Quayle stepped off the editorial pages and into underground and alternative comics courtesy of Foolbert Sturgeon's sharp pen in Rip Off Comix #21 in 1988. Born squarely in the Copper Age's irreverent countercultural underground, he turns up across a provocative trio of titles — Toxic, Rip Off Comix, and World War 3 Illustrated — sharing pages with the likes of Ronald Reagan and Marshal Law, which tells you everything about the biting political company he keeps. With only four catalog appearances, he's a rare curio for collectors drawn to the era's fearless satirical edge, a snapshot of late-'80s comics using the medium to lampoon power with gleeful audacity.