Nick Thaler
Nick Thaler made his entrance in 2002's CrossGen Extra #3, a Modern Age creation shaped by the talents of Tony Bedard, Ed Tourriol du studio Clark S.I, and Paul Pelletier — a creative pedigree that signals real ambition behind this character's brief but intriguing run. Published under Semic S.A. and appearing across CrossGen Extra and Planète Comics, Nick exists in a fascinating corner of early 2000s comics where French and American publishing worlds intersected. His catalog footprint is small — just five appearances across a 2002–2003 window — but he shares those pages with a genuinely compelling roster including Homicron, Futura, and Starlock, suggesting a richly populated universe around him. For collectors with a taste for the rare and the road less traveled, Nick Thaler is exactly the kind of discovery that makes digging through Modern Age back issues so rewarding.
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