Grail

Grail burst onto the scene in 1992 with the very second issue of WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams, a debut that planted this Image Comics figure firmly in the energetic, boundary-pushing Copper/Modern Age. Most of their story unfolds across Wetworks, Backlash, and Shattered Image — the gritty, action-charged corners of the early Image universe — sharing pages with the likes of Jackson Dane, Mother-One, and Rachel Rhodes. With two key-issue appearances to their name and a run stretching through the mid-to-late '90s, Grail is exactly the kind of deep-cut character that rewards collectors willing to dig into one of comics' most wildly creative eras.