El Tigre

A Silver Age relic with genuine historical cachet, El Tigre made his debut in the pages of The X-Men #25 back in 1966, conjured by the legendary Roy Thomas and Werner Roth during one of Marvel's most formative eras. That first appearance puts him in remarkably storied company — sharing those early pages with Scott Summers, Bobby Drake, and Charles Xavier himself, at a time when the X-Men were still finding their footing as one of Marvel's boldest concepts. His presence across a catalog stretching all the way to 2008 speaks to a durability that belies his modest appearance count, and for collectors who love hunting the corners of Silver Age Marvel, a character rooted in that original X-Men run carries a charm all its own.