The Iron Sheik

The Iron Sheik is the comics adaptation of the real-life WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler, a villainous Iranian-born ring legend known for his submission finisher and his iconic rivalry with Hulk Hogan in the early 1980s.

Few figures loom as large in wrestling legend as The Iron Sheik, and his comics debut in WWE Superstars #9 (2014) — brought to the page by Shane Riches and Paris Cullins for NBM — plants him firmly in the Modern Age of comics alongside an absolute murderer's row of sports entertainment icons. Across titles like WWE Slam City, WWE Superstars, and WWE, he shares the page with the likes of The Undertaker, John Cena, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Ultimate Warrior, and Mick Foley — company that tells you everything about the caliber of the roster he runs with. His catalog presence may be select, but for fans who want their wrestling history immortalized in four-color glory, The Iron Sheik's comics appearances are a genuinely cool slice of WWE mythology translated into the medium.