Nadja

Stepping into the gritty, crime-soaked world of Image Comics' Sam and Twitch, Nadja made her entrance in 2000 — right in the thick of the Modern Age — courtesy of the sharp creative pairing of Brian Michael Bendis and Alberto Ponticelli. She inhabits a corner of comics where hard-boiled detective drama reigns, sharing the page with the beloved duo Sam Burke and Twitch Williams alongside the likes of Dr. K.C. McRory and Monica Straight. Her catalog footprint may be small, but any character woven into the fabric of Sam and Twitch carries the weight of one of Image's most atmospherically rich crime series — and that alone makes Nadja worth seeking out.