Muammar Gaddafi

A satirical figure who leapt off the headlines and onto the comics page, this version of Muammar Gaddafi made his debut in Fantagraphics' Anything Goes! #2 in 1986 — a Copper Age moment when alternative and underground comics were fearlessly skewering world politics. Created by the legendary Art Spiegelman, the character surfaces across a small but fascinatingly eclectic handful of titles, sharing pages with icons as varied as The Phantom, Ma Hunkel, and Andy Gump. With appearances stretching across roughly three and a half decades, this is a character whose catalog footprint is modest but whose company — Spiegelman, Fantagraphics, and the irreverent tradition they represent — makes every appearance worth seeking out.