Ralph Fake

A minor but genuinely intriguing corner of the Marvel Universe, Ralph Fake made his debut in Tarzan #6 in 1977 — a Bronze Age birth brought to life by the legendary team of Roy Thomas and John Buscema. With just seven catalogued appearances spread across a surprisingly long stretch from 1977 to 2009, this is a character whose footprint is small but whose company is anything but — sharing pages with the likes of Spider-Man, Captain America, and Mary Jane Watson across titles including Captain America, Iron Man, and Fin Fang Four Return! For the dedicated Marvel completist, Ralph Fake is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.