Sam Yurimoto

A quiet but genuine piece of Marvel's alternate-universe tapestry, Sam Yurimoto made their debut in the landmark Squadron Supreme #10 in 1986, born from the creative partnership of Mark Gruenwald and Paul Ryan during one of the Copper Age's most ambitious superhero deconstructions. With only a handful of catalogued appearances spanning an impressive stretch from 1986 to 2010, Sam is the kind of character whose footprint is small but whose context is rich — sharing pages with the likes of Hyperion, Mink, and Stanley Stewart in a series that pushed boundaries for its era. Collectors who treasure Gruenwald's celebrated Squadron Supreme run — now enshrined in the definitive omnibus edition — will want to clock this figure as part of the fully realized world that made that story so enduring.