Johnny Carson

A Silver Age Marvel creation with roots going all the way back to 1967's The Amazing Spider-Man #50 — one of the most celebrated key issues in the entire hobby — Johnny Carson is a minor but genuinely intriguing corner of the Marvel Universe, rubbing shoulders over the years with heavy hitters like Spider-Man, Wonder Man, and even Logan. Appearing across titles like Marvel Comics Presents, Avengers, and Kickers, Inc. and persisting in the catalog through the late 1990s, this character represents exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through Marvel's back issues such a rewarding adventure for devoted collectors.