The Mace

Bursting onto the Marvel scene in 1994, The Mace made an immediate impression with a debut issue bearing their very own name in the title — a rare distinction that signals a character Marvel wanted readers to sit up and notice. A product of the Copper/Modern Age's appetite for dark, kinetic storytelling, The Mace shares their pages with none other than Eddie Brock and Venom, placing them squarely in one of that era's most intense corners of the Marvel Universe. Their trail also leads into the wonderfully offbeat Hokum & Hex, hinting at a range that stretches beyond the symbiote world. A compact but intriguing presence, The Mace is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that reminds collectors why hunting through the '90s back-issue bins is always worth the trip.