Max Bine

A Silver Age creation of the legendary Steve Ditko, Max Bine made his entrance in the very first issue of Charlton's Blue Beetle back in 1967 — and that debut alone earns him a place in any serious collector's conversation, with two of his handful of appearances recognized as key issues. His small but meaningful footprint in the Charlton universe puts him in remarkable company, sharing pages with Blue Beetle, The Question, and Vic Sage across a publishing run that stretched into the early 1980s. Rare, Ditko-pedigreed, and rooted in one of comics' most distinctive corners, Max Bine is exactly the kind of deep-cut character that rewards the curious fan who looks beyond the marquee names.