Octopus

Few villains carry the weight of Will Eisner's imagination quite like Octopus, who slithered into print in 1985's Spirit #1 — a Bronze Age debut bearing the creative fingerprints of Eisner himself alongside Jean Moritz and Jerry Grandenetti. Published through Albin Michel across an impressive span stretching to 2021, this enigmatic figure haunts the pages of Spirit and Le Spirit, sharing that shadowy world with the likes of Denny Colt, P'Gell, and Ellen Dolan. A character rooted in one of comics' most celebrated creative legacies, Octopus is a compelling reason to dive into this corner of the Eisner universe.