Mariah Dillard

Mariah Dillard is a street-level supporting character in Marvel's gritty urban underworld, moving in dangerous circles that include Tombstone and Black Mariah. She operates on the criminal fringes of New York, crossing paths most notably with figures from Spider-Man's corner of the Marvel universe.

A Bronze Age Marvel creation who first stepped onto the page in Hero for Hire #5 back in 1973, Mariah Dillard has quietly persisted in the Marvel universe for over five decades — a testament to the staying power of even supporting players from that gritty, street-level era. Her catalog appearances skew heavily toward the world of The Amazing Spider-Man, where she keeps some genuinely dangerous company: Tombstone, Lonnie Lincoln, and the ominous Black Mariah all share her corner of the Marvel universe. With 16 appearances spanning from the Bronze Age through the 2020s, she's the kind of character that rewards the deep-diving collector who loves tracing the connective tissue of Marvel's urban underworld.