Mark Benton

Bronze Age indie comics had a knack for quietly building their own mythologies, and Mark Benton is a testament to that spirit — debuting in Americomics #2 in 1983, courtesy of creators Marty Greim and Richard Levins, and persisting across a solid fourteen years in AC's distinctive corner of the comics universe. His appearances in FemForce, Femforce: Origins, and Paragon place him squarely within AC's beloved ensemble world, where he shares pages with the likes of Ms. Victory, Black Commando, and Joan Wayne. He may not have a towering appearance count, but for collectors who love the scrappy, passionate world of AC Comics — a publisher that kept the Golden and Silver Age spirit burning long after the mainstream moved on — Mark Benton is exactly the kind of recurring figure who rewards a deep dive.