Trudy Powell

Trudy Powell made her entrance into the DC Universe in 1988's Flash #12, a Copper Age creation brought to life by the team of Mike Baron and Mike Collins. With just three catalog appearances, she's a rare find — the kind of supporting character who colors the world around the Scarlet Speedster without ever overstaying her welcome. She keeps remarkably compelling company, sharing pages with Wally West's Flash, the formidable Vandal Savage, and Tina McGee, placing her squarely in one of DC's most exciting late-'80s runs. For collectors hunting the deeper corners of that era's Flash mythology, Trudy Powell is exactly the sort of discovery that makes digging through back issues worthwhile.