Ed Garner

A minor but memorable face from Marvel's mid-eighties landscape, Ed Garner stepped onto the page in 1985, courtesy of creators Michael Carlin and Ron Wilson, in the pages of The Thing. His handful of appearances place him in remarkably lofty company — sharing adventures with powerhouses like The Thing, Iron Man, and Storm, as well as the acrobatic Kurt Wagner — which says something about the ambitious, crossover-rich world he inhabits. With appearances spanning both The Thing and the landmark Secret Wars II tie-ins, Garner is a genuine artifact of the Bronze Age at its most expansive and event-driven. For the dedicated Marvel completist, tracking down those three appearances is a small but satisfying treasure hunt through one of the era's most energetic corners of the universe.