Nefarius

A villain born from the gritty, morally complex storytelling of Marvel's Copper Age, Nefarius burst onto the scene in 1990's Captain America #379, the creation of the legendary Mark Gruenwald and Chris Marrinan. This rare, elusive figure has crossed paths with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters — Steve Rogers himself, Iron Man, and Moonstone among them — turning up across Captain America, Force Works, and Iron Man 1999. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Nefarius is precisely the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes longtime collectors feel like they've unearthed something special.