Spitfire

Born in the pages of Spitfire and the Troubleshooters in 1986, this Marvel Copper Age creation from writer Gerry Conway and artist Ron Wagner carved out a corner of the universe alongside some of the House of Ideas' heaviest hitters — sharing adventures with the likes of Jenny Swenson, the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Captain America. The character's journey continued under the Codename: Spitfire banner and even earned a spotlight in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005, a mark of genuine staying power across more than three decades of Marvel history. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Spitfire is the kind of deep-cut discovery that rewards the curious collector — a Copper Age original who ran with legends.