Hydromatic

Hydromatic splashed onto the Bronze Age indie scene in 1984, born from the creative partnership of Steve Ringgenberg and Rod Whigham in Bolt Special #1 — one of AC Comics' distinctive offerings from that scrappy, adventurous mid-eighties era. With appearances spread across Faze One Fazers, Bolt Special, and even the tantalizing Vic Bridges Fazers Sketchbook and Fact File, this character inhabits a richly imagined corner of the AC universe alongside a colorful cast including Non-Man, Coral, Flyte, Carbonite, and Silver. Six catalog appearances may sound modest, but for fans of Bronze Age independents, Hydromatic represents exactly the kind of hidden gem that makes digging through back-issue bins so rewarding.