Flea

A street-level figure born in the gritty Bronze Age of Marvel Comics, Flea made their debut in Hero for Hire #5 in 1973, courtesy of Steve Englehart and George Tuska — the same creative engine powering one of Marvel's most groundbreaking series. Sharing pages with titans like Luke Cage, Black Panther, and even Victor Von Doom, Flea moves through some of the richest corners of the Marvel universe. Though appearances in the catalog are rare, the character's presence across nearly five decades — from Hero for Hire to Black Panther: The Saga of Shuri and T'Challa — speaks to a quietly persistent place in Marvel's street-level mythology. For collectors who love digging into the Bronze Age's bold, socially charged storytelling, Flea is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes the hunt worthwhile.