King Tyrannus

A villain fit for the swords-and-sorcery fever of the early '80s, King Tyrannus strides onto the Bronze Age stage in DC's Swordquest #1 (1982), conjured by a creative dream team of Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and George Pérez. His reign is brief but memorable — just three appearances in this short-lived fantasy epic — yet he shares those pages with a richly imagined cast including Freeman Garth, Felecia, the sorcerous Konjuro, and the enigmatic Mentarra and Mentorr. Rare and concentrated, King Tyrannus is exactly the kind of deep-cut Bronze Age discovery that reminds collectors why those forgotten shelves are worth digging through.