Ex Nihilo

Debuting in the pages of China Miéville and Alberto Ponticelli's boundary-pushing Dial H in 2013, Ex Nihilo is a Modern Age Marvel creation who has quietly carved out a corner of the universe worth exploring. Despite a modest footprint in the catalog, this character has rubbed shoulders with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters — Captain America, Thor, and the Human Torch among them — and turned up across titles as varied as Avengers and Deadpool, suggesting a versatility that belies the small appearance count. With at least one key issue to their name and a publishing history that stretches into the mid-2020s, Ex Nihilo is one of those intriguing Modern Age figures whose origins in an acclaimed, offbeat series make every appearance feel like a discovery worth making.