Nick Fury

Sharp-suited and impossible to ignore, this version of Nick Fury strides into the Modern Age with his debut in Ultimate X-Men #5 (2002), courtesy of Mark Millar, Sophie Viévard, and Adam Kubert. Published by Panini France, his catalog footprint is compact but choice — the kind of appearances that matter — sharing pages across Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men with heavy hitters like Peter Parker, Scott Summers, and Ororo Munroe. He's a fascinating corner of the Ultimate universe for collectors who love tracking how Marvel's iconic power broker translated into French-market editions of one of comics' most ambitious reimaginings.