The Meddler

Born in the fertile indie landscape of 1990, The Meddler is a Copper Age creation of cartoonist Don Simpson, debuting in Bizarre Heroes #1 from Fiasco Comics — a scrappy, imaginative corner of the comics world where mainstream conventions got cheerfully upended. Over a run stretching into the mid-'90s, this character carved out a niche alongside a wonderfully offbeat cast that includes Megaton Man, Phantom Jungle Girl, and Donna Blank, signaling the kind of irreverent, anything-goes storytelling that made indie comics of this era so exciting. With appearances spanning Don Simpson's Bizarre Heroes and even turning up in Bone, The Meddler has a modest but genuinely distinctive footprint across some of the most beloved alternative comics of the period. If you're a collector with a soft spot for the creative freedom that defined small-press publishing in the early '90s, this is exactly the kind of character worth tracking down.