Rapunzel

A rare gem from the turn of the millennium, Rapunzel made her debut in Roger Stern and John Byrne's Marvel: The Lost Generation #11 in 2000 — a series celebrated for excavating the uncharted corners of Marvel's heroic history. With only a handful of catalogued appearances spread across The Lost Generation and X-Men: The Hidden Years, she's the kind of quietly intriguing figure who shares pages with a wonderfully eclectic cast including Effigy, Walkabout, Pixie, and the remarkable Eternal Brain. Brief in presence but rooted in a beloved creative collaboration, Rapunzel is exactly the sort of hidden-history discovery that makes deep-diving into Marvel's back catalog such a rewarding adventure.