Kuusikoipi

Emerging from the pages of Myrkky in 1991, Kuusikoipi is a Copper/Modern Age creation published by Egmont Kustannus — a Finnish comics gem with a distinctly offbeat corner of the medium to call home. With nine catalogued appearances spread across Myrkky and Myrkky spesiaali through the mid-nineties, this character may not have the longest run, but three of those appearances carry key-issue status, making Kuusikoipi a surprisingly collectible figure for fans digging into Nordic comics of the era. The company here is wonderfully eclectic — sharing pages with the likes of Late Lantalainen, Rhesus Miinus, and Rullalauta-Naamio — and that alone signals a universe with real personality and wit. For collectors with an eye for the rare and the regional, Kuusikoipi is exactly the kind of discovery that makes hunting through Copper Age back issues so rewarding.