Firebird

Firebird burst onto the DC scene in 1988, debuting in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #70 courtesy of creators John Ostrander and J. J. Birch — a Copper Age arrival who clearly inhabited a world of Cold War intrigue and larger-than-life figures. Sharing the page with the likes of Stalnoivolk the Steel Wolf, Rusalka, and Perun, Firebird kept some genuinely formidable company in those pages. With only a handful of appearances in the catalog, this is a rare, deep-cut character for the dedicated collector — exactly the kind of hidden gem that makes hunting through Firestorm back issues such a rewarding adventure.