Mary

Tucked into the rich, humanizing world of Kurt Busiek and Brent E. Anderson's Astro City, Mary made her debut in 1996 — right at the creative heart of one of the Modern Age's most celebrated superhero universes. Over a span stretching nearly three decades, she's woven through the fabric of Astro City's extraordinary tapestry, sharing pages with icons like Confessor, Jack-in-the-Box, and Crackerjack. Her appearances are few but carefully placed, the kind of character whose presence in a Busiek story always means something — and for devoted Astro City readers, that's recommendation enough.