Juan Meroz

A product of Marvel's Silver Age at its most ambitious, Juan Meroz made his debut in The X-Men #25 in 1966, brought to life by writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth during one of comics' most creatively charged eras. His four catalogued appearances place him in rarefied company — sharing pages with Cyclops, Iceman, Charles Xavier, and the earliest incarnation of the X-Men at a time when those characters were still finding their footing. He may be a rare presence in the catalog, but any character woven into the fabric of that foundational Silver Age run carries a collector's resonance that far outweighs a simple headcount.