Smasher

Bursting onto the scene in Megaton #3 in 1986, Smasher is a Copper Age creation from Erik Larsen — yes, that Erik Larsen, whose subsequent work on Savage Dragon would become one of independent comics' great ongoing sagas. Though Smasher's catalog footprint is modest, the character's longevity is genuinely remarkable: a presence that stretches from the mid-eighties all the way into 2024, turning up across Megaton, Savage Dragon, and The Dragon Archives alongside the likes of Mighty Man, Paul Dragon, and Angel Dragon. For collectors who love tracing the roots of Image-era indie comics back to their scrappy Copper Age origins, Smasher is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through longboxes so rewarding.