The High

Warren Ellis and Tom Raney introduced The High into the Stormwatch universe in 1997, a creation that feels like a deliberate provocation — a figure whose very presence in those pages raises questions about power, idealism, and what superheroics could mean. Though the catalog counts only four appearances, they're spread across some of the most critically celebrated titles of the era: Stormwatch, Planetary, and The Authority, meaning The High keeps genuinely rarefied company — sharing pages with the likes of Jenny Sparks and Henry Bendix, the hard-edged architects of Ellis's revolutionary reimagining of the superhero. That slim but carefully placed footprint across thirteen years makes The High one of those quietly resonant figures worth seeking out precisely because of the weight those few appearances carry in context.