Prince Gavrad

Stepping out of the richly imagined cosmos of Kurt Busiek and Brent E. Anderson's Astro City, Prince Gavrad made his entrance in 2009's Astra Special #2 — a Modern Age debut in one of Image Comics' most celebrated and character-dense superhero universes. With a title like "Prince," he carries an air of otherworldly nobility right from the start, and sharing pages with luminaries like the Confessor, Jack-in-the-Box, and Hummingbird speaks to the remarkable company Astro City tends to keep. His appearances are few but span an impressive sixteen years across the Astro City library, making him one of those intriguing figures who rewards the dedicated reader willing to dig into the metrobooks and back issues where Busiek's world-building truly sings.