Luan

Emerging from the Bronze Age indie comics scene, Luan made their debut in AC Comics' The Shade Special #1 in 1984, courtesy of creator Rik Levins — a collector-notable first appearance that signals this character's place in the scrappy, passionate world of independent superhero publishing. With appearances across Dragonfly and FemForce alongside a roster that includes The Shade, Psiborg, and Joan Wayne, Luan inhabits a corner of the AC universe that rewards fans who dig deeper than the Big Two. Rare but intriguing, with a key-issue debut to their name, Luan is exactly the kind of discovery that makes hunting through Bronze Age back-issue bins so worthwhile.