Darkling

Born in the Bronze Age pages of World's Finest Comics #278 (1982) under the hands of Bob Rozakis and Rich Buckler, Darkling is a DC original who carved out a niche in some of the publisher's most storied anthology territory. With appearances spanning an impressive arc from 1982 all the way to 2021, this character has quietly endured across nearly four decades, surfacing in Adventure Comics, Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal, and World's Finest Comics — publications that sit at the heart of DC's legacy. The company Darkling keeps is genuinely rarefied: sharing pages with the likes of Freddy Freeman, Mary Marvel, and Kid Eternity places this character squarely within the magical, mythic corner of the DC Universe. A rare find for the dedicated collector, Darkling is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that reminds you how richly populated these classic titles truly were.