James-Michael Starling

A quiet but intriguing piece of Bronze Age Marvel history, James-Michael Starling made his debut in 1977's Omega the Unknown #8, introduced by Roger Stern and Lee Elias into one of that era's most unconventional series. His catalog footprint is small but select — spread across Omega the Unknown, The Defenders, and the ambitious Earth X — which means every appearance counts, and he shares those pages with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters: the Hulk, Silver Surfer, Daredevil, and even Galactus himself. For collectors drawn to the stranger, more cerebral corners of the Bronze Age Marvel universe, James-Michael Starling is exactly the kind of understated figure whose scarcity only adds to the mystique.