The Emissary

A mysterious figure introduced in the 2024 Captain America series, The Emissary operates in the orbit of Steve Rogers and Doctor Strange, though their true identity, allegiances, and motives remain deliberately shrouded.

Fresh from the pages of Marvel's 2024 Captain America run, The Emissary is one of the newest enigmas to emerge from the Modern Age, introduced by the powerhouse creative team of J. Michael Straczynski and artists Jesús Saiz and Lan Medina. With only a handful of appearances to their name so far, this is a character whose story is still being written — which makes following along from the ground floor all the more exciting. Keeping rarefied company alongside Steve Rogers and Doctor Strange, The Emissary clearly moves in consequential circles, the kind where the fate of something much larger than any one person tends to hang in the balance. If you love getting in early on a mystery that Marvel's best are taking seriously, this is exactly the kind of debut worth marking.