Gyps

Few characters can claim a debut as atmospheric as Gyps, who first stalked onto the page in Zombie #1 back in 1973 — a Bronze Age Marvel horror launch shaped by the legendary hands of Steve Gerber, Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Tom Palmer. That's rarefied company for any character's origin, and Gyps has spent decades surfacing in the darker corners of Marvel's horror catalog, from Bizarre Adventures to Marvel Zombies 4, keeping grim company with the likes of Simon Garth, Varnae, and Nimrod. With a publishing footprint stretching all the way to 2017, this is a figure whose roots run deep in Marvel's macabre tradition — a genuine artifact of the Bronze Age horror boom that collectors of the weird and wonderful will want to track down.