Maht Pacle

A rare corner of the Marvel cosmos opened up in 1993 when Maht Pacle made their debut in Quasar #47, brought to life by the legendary Mark Gruenwald and Andy Smith during the rich Copper/Modern Age of comics. With only a handful of catalog appearances spread across a surprisingly long span reaching into 2016, Maht Pacle is the kind of deep-cut cosmic Marvel figure who surfaces in the company of genuinely formidable beings — sharing pages with the likes of The Obliterator, The Possessor, and Kamo Tharnn — suggesting a character woven into the stranger, grander tapestry of the Marvel universe's outer reaches. Later turns in Contest of Champions keep this enigmatic figure in circulation for dedicated cosmic Marvel enthusiasts, and for collectors who love the offbeat, under-explored edges of Gruenwald's beloved Quasar run, Maht Pacle is exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.