Midnighter

Few characters embody the edge and ambition of late-'90s comics quite like Midnighter, who crashed onto the scene in 1998's Gen 13 Bootleg #17, courtesy of Robert Loren Fleming and Juvaun Kirby. A DC figure who has kept remarkable company over a career stretching nearly three decades — sharing pages with the likes of Batman, Bruce Wayne, Superman, and Green Lantern — Midnighter occupies a fascinating corner of the DC universe where gritty attitude meets superhero spectacle. His appearances across titles like Grayson, Jenny Sparks, and Batman/Superman speak to a character who refuses to be pinned down to a single corner of the universe. For collectors drawn to the Copper/Modern Age's boldest experiments, Midnighter is exactly the kind of figure worth tracking down.