Thog

Born in the Bronze Age darkness of Marvel's Fear #13 (1973) — courtesy of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Bob Forgione — Thog is one of those gloriously ominous figures who haunts the shadowy corners of the Marvel Universe. With a catalog trail weaving through Fear, The Defenders, and the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror 2005, this demon has kept genuinely distinguished company: Mephisto, Satannish, Jennifer Kale, Lilith, and even the Frankenstein Monster have all shared his eerie orbit. That horror-tinged rogues' gallery alone tells you everything about the dark supernatural tier Thog occupies. Rare in appearances but persistent across three decades of Marvel history, he's a rewarding discovery for collectors who love digging into the genre's more sinister, underexplored corners.