Red Raven

Bursting onto the scene in 1998's Deadpool #0 — courtesy of writer Joe Kelly and artist Yancey Labat — Red Raven is a Modern Age Marvel creation with an entertainingly offbeat origin point: the chaotic, fourth-wall-bending world of the Merc with a Mouth himself. With only a handful of catalog appearances, this is a rare and curious figure who shares pages with an eclectic crowd including Blind Al, Bucky, and even Ben Parker, which tells you everything about the wonderfully unpredictable corner of Marvel that Red Raven calls home. For collectors hunting the deep cuts of Kelly's celebrated Deadpool run — now lovingly preserved in Deadpool Epic Collection and Deadpool by Joe Kelly: The Complete Collection — Red Raven is exactly the kind of obscure gem that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.