Madame Death

Few villains carry a name as boldly ominous as Madame Death, who made her sinister entrance in Marvel Super-Heroes #17 in 1968 — a Silver Age debut that already signals she arrived at one of comics' most electric moments. Created by Howard Purcell and Dick Ayers, she's a Marvel figure whose path has crossed some of the publisher's most iconic names, sharing pages with Captain America, Miss America, and Madeline Joyce across a handful of memorable appearances. Her presence in The Avengers Annual and Marvel Super-Heroes — as well as Spider-Man Comic via Marvel UK — gives her a transatlantic footprint that makes her a genuine curiosity for collectors hunting the corners of the Silver Age. With eight catalog appearances and one recognized key issue to her name, Madame Death is precisely the kind of rare, atmospheric character that reminds you how much Marvel's late-'60s universe had lurking in the shadows.