Ethrian

Few characters can claim roots stretching all the way back to the fertile Bronze Age of 1983 and still be turning up in comics four decades later, but Ethrian is one of them. Debuting in Megaton #1 — a genuinely collector-significant launch — under the hands of Gary Carlson, Butch Guice, and James Cassara, this character arrived at a moment when independent comics were crackling with creative ambition. The journey from Megaton through Big Bang Comics and into the long-running Savage Dragon universe speaks to a remarkable staying power, with Ethrian sharing pages alongside the likes of Malcolm Dragon and Dart across a span that touches nearly every era of Image Comics history. With three key-issue appearances to their name and 25 catalog entries stretching from 1983 to 2024, Ethrian is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that reminds seasoned collectors why they fell in love with comics in the first place.