Uranos

Stepping out of the Copper Age in 1990, Uranos made their debut in Captain N: The Game Master #1, part of Acclaim/Valiant's lively line of video-game-inspired comics that captured the era's pixelated imagination. Created by Bryan D. Leys and Mike Chen, this character shares their pages with a wonderfully wild cast — Mother Brain, King Hippo, Kid Icarus, Kevin Keene, and the Eggplant Wizard — making for some of the most colorfully chaotic company in early-'90s all-ages comics. With appearances spread across Captain N: The Game Master, Adventures of the Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario Bros., Uranos is a genuine artifact of that brief, vibrant moment when Nintendo's universe leapt from the screen onto the comics rack. Six catalog appearances make this a collector's curiosity well worth tracking down for fans of the era.