Mako

Surfacing in the Bronze Age pages of The Avengers #154 (1976) under the skilled hands of Gerry Conway and George Pérez, Mako is a Marvel UK presence with roots in one of Marvel's most storied titles. With only a handful of catalog appearances, this is a rare and elusive figure — the kind of deep-cut discovery that serious collectors live for — sharing those charged Bronze Age pages with luminaries like the Scarlet Witch, Sub-Mariner, and Janet Van Dyne. Brief in their comics footprint but debuting at a genuinely golden moment for Marvel storytelling, Mako is exactly the sort of obscure gem that rewards the curious fan willing to dig into the back-issue bins.