Don the Lobster

Don the Lobster is a talking crustacean who appeared in the offbeat Marvel limited series Fallen Angels, sharing adventures with the misfit group of young mutants and outcasts that made up that ensemble cast.

Few characters in Marvel's roster can claim quite the same distinction as Don the Lobster — a crustacean who somehow carved out a genuine corner of the Marvel Universe starting with Fallen Angels #2 in 1987. Emerging from the Copper Age in Jo Duffy, Kerry Gammill, and Tom Palmer's offbeat series, Don shares the page with a wonderfully eclectic cast including Gomi, Ariel, Roberto Da Costa, Warlock, and Telford Porter, which tells you everything about the delightfully strange energy of Fallen Angels. With appearances stretching across more than three decades into 2021, Don is proof that Marvel's universe has always had room for the genuinely unexpected. A small appearance count only adds to the charm — some characters are rare finds, and Don the Lobster is exactly the kind of delightful oddity that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.