The Gaff

A creature of Marvel's swinging Silver Age, The Gaff stepped onto the scene in 1967's Strange Tales #159 — a landmark series that doubled as a showcase for both Nick Fury's espionage thrills and Doctor Strange's mystic adventures. Conjured by the sharp creative minds of Roy Thomas and Marie Severin, this enigmatic figure keeps genuinely distinguished company, sharing pages with Fury, Strange, and Val across a compact but collector-noted run. With just four catalog appearances and two of them recognized as key issues, The Gaff is exactly the kind of rare Silver Age find that makes digging through longboxes so rewarding.