Judge Doom

Few villains make their mark in just four appearances, but Judge Doom manages it with style — a menacing presence who stepped onto the page in 1989's Marvel Graphic Novel: Roger Rabbit in the Resurrection of Doom, brought to life by Bob Foster, Dan Spiegle, and Todd Kurosawa at the height of the Copper Age. This Globe Communications creation shares his pages with an wonderfully eclectic cast that includes Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Baron von Rotten, Bart Simpson, and even Dumbo, making for some of the most entertainingly offbeat company in late-'80s comics. With at least one collector-recognized key issue to his name and appearances spanning Cracked alongside Marvel Graphic Novel tie-ins, Judge Doom occupies a genuinely curious corner of comics history — the kind of rare, era-specific villain that dedicated collectors of licensed and humor comics love to track down.