Megan McLaren

Megan McLaren is a reporter who appeared in the early issues of the Thunderbolts series, covering the team's public activities as the Marvel Universe's press corps grappled with this new group of heroes operating in the Avengers' absence.

Few characters can claim they were there from the very first page of one of Marvel's most celebrated surprises — but Megan McLaren was, debuting in Thunderbolts #1 (1997), the Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley launch that sent shockwaves through the collector community and produced three key issues among her mere six catalogued appearances. Active in the late Copper/Modern Age, she moves through the pages of both Thunderbolts and Avengers, sharing that charged Marvel universe with heavyweights like Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, and the Scarlet Witch herself. Her slim but significant footprint makes her exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that rewards fans who dig past the headliners.