Francis Klum

Debuting in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man #533 in 2006, Francis Klum is a Modern Age Marvel creation from the acclaimed team of J. Michael Straczynski and Ron Garney — a pedigree that signals real storytelling ambition from the start. His corner of the Marvel universe is a genuinely electric one, sharing pages with the likes of Mysterio, Electro, and Adrian Toomes, placing him firmly in Spider-Man's richly populated rogues' gallery orbit. His appearances stretch across titles including Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and the Prowler and Clone Conspiracy tie-ins, threading him through some of the more ambitious Spider-Man storylines of the 2000s and 2010s. A rare find with only a handful of catalogued appearances, Francis Klum is exactly the kind of deep-cut Modern Age figure that rewards the curious collector willing to dig a little deeper.