Dr. Parul Kurinji

A Modern Age Marvel creation, Dr. Parul Kurinji stepped onto the scene in 2011's Hulk #31, brought to life by Audrey Loeb and Dario Brizuela. Her five appearances place her in rarefied, intense company — sharing pages with the likes of Red Hulk, the enigmatic Zero/One, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, and the fearsome Omegex, a roster that signals she was no background figure in the stories she inhabited. Brief but memorable, she's a fascinating artifact of that early 2010s chapter of Marvel's Hulk mythology, the kind of character that rewards the deep-diving collector who wants the full picture of an era.