King Vortigen

A regal villain born from the Bronze Age ambitions of Marvel UK, King Vortigen made his entrance in 1979's Hulk Comic #14, conjured by the formidable creative pairing of Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe. This is a character who moves in genuinely impressive circles — sharing pages with the Hulk, Bruce Banner, and the Black Knight himself, Dane Whitman — suggesting a figure of no small menace or consequence. His appearances stretch across an remarkable span of four decades, surfacing in The Incredible Hulk and the prestigious Captain Britain Omnibus alongside his British debut title. Rare in count but long in reach, King Vortigen is exactly the kind of deep-catalogue discovery that reminds you why digging into Marvel UK's rich Bronze Age output is always worth your time.