Léi Niàn

Emerging from DC's ambitious weekly epic 52 in 2006, Léi Niàn is a Modern Age figure brought to life by a powerhouse creative team — Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Keith Giffen, and Joe Bennett — during one of the most ambitious storytelling experiments in DC history. That's rarefied company to debut alongside, sharing pages with legends like Green Lantern, Batman, and Wonder Woman, as well as fellow figures Fang Zhifu and the Socialist Red Guardsman. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Léi Niàn remains a rare and intriguing corner of the 52 universe — exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through DC's modern era so rewarding for the dedicated collector.