Machete

Machete made their Marvel debut in the pages of G.L.A. #2 in 2005, courtesy of the sharp creative team of Dan Slott and Paul Pelletier — stepping into a Modern Age corner of the Marvel Universe with a notably compact but colorful footprint. With only a handful of catalog appearances spread across G.L.A. and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers, this is a character whose presence is rare enough to make each issue count. The company is genuinely eclectic — sharing pages with the likes of Batroc the Leaper, Squirrel Girl, and the ominous Deathurge — which tells you something about the wild, irreverent world this character inhabits. For collectors hunting the quirkier edges of Marvel's Modern Age, Machete is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through longboxes worthwhile.