Piecemeal

Piecemeal is a grotesque Marvel villain who debuted alongside Harness, serving as her monstrous charge — a misshapen, energy-absorbing creature used to collect the scattered fragments of the Evolutionary War's genetic bomb, bringing him into conflict with the New Warriors and New Mutants.

Few villains make an entrance quite like Piecemeal — debuting in The New Mutants Annual #7 in 1991, right at the dawn of Marvel's bold Copper Age push into darker, more complex storytelling. Created by Fabian Nicieza and Guang Yap, this unsettling figure shares their pages with a compelling roster including Namorita, Speedball, Angelica Jones, Domino, and Harness, placing them squarely in the kinetic world of Marvel's younger hero set. With appearances spread across New Warriors Classic and the Incredible Hulk Epic Collection alongside that key-issue debut, Piecemeal carved out a surprisingly durable niche across three decades despite a modest footprint. For collectors hunting the stranger corners of early-'90s Marvel, that debut issue alone makes Piecemeal worth tracking down.