Henry Gyrich

Few Marvel bureaucrats have cast as long a shadow as Henry Gyrich, who stepped onto the Bronze Age stage in Rom #61 in 1984, brought to life by the legendary team of Bill Mantlo and Steve Ditko. Over nearly four decades — from 1984 all the way to 2023 — this government operator has made his presence felt across Rom, Avengers, and Ultimate Spider-Man, proving that not every power player in the Marvel Universe wears a cape. Formally tied to the Avengers, Gyrich has shared the page with titans like Captain America, Thor, and Storm, which tells you everything about the rarefied, high-stakes world he moves through. If you love the political underbelly of Marvel — the suits who make life complicated for the super-powered — Gyrich is absolutely worth tracking down.