Puppeteer

Puppeteer made their entrance in the Modern Age via Freshmen #Preview (2005), brought to life by writer Hugh Sterbakov and artist Leonard Kirk for Image Comics. Part of the Freshmen universe — a fresh, irreverent corner of the Image landscape — this character shares their pages with a colorful cast including Annalee Rogers, The Beaver, and Elwood Johns across the main series, a Summer Vacation Special, and the Freshmen Yearbook. It's a compact but complete comics existence, the kind of tight-knit indie ensemble that gave the mid-2000s Image era so much of its charm — and for fans who love discovering the hidden gems of that creative moment, Puppeteer is exactly the sort of character worth seeking out.