Shroud

A figure born in Marvel's Ultimate Universe, Shroud made their debut in the pages of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (2009) — a genuinely collector-significant issue — stepping into one of comics' most beloved relaunched corners during the Modern Age. With a relatively focused run across Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (including the dramatic Death of Spider-Man Fallout arc), this character inhabits a world shared with some of the Ultimate line's most iconic presences: Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Johnny Storm, and Aunt May Parker herself. Nine appearances may be a compact footprint, but in the high-stakes, emotionally charged landscape of the Ultimate Universe, every page counts — and Shroud's place in that continuity makes them a genuinely intriguing piece of early 2010s Marvel history worth tracking down.