Vincent Vandergill

Vincent Vandergill is one of those deliciously specific Silver Age Marvel creations — born in 1965 from the legendary trio of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and John Severin, he stepped onto the page in Strange Tales #138 at the height of Marvel's most electrifying era. With a compact but collector-notable footprint across Strange Tales and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., two of his four appearances carry key-issue status, which means serious fans have good reason to hunt them down. He keeps rarefied company — Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, and other espionage heavyweights share his pages — making him a genuine piece of the intricate, thrilling world Marvel was building around its spy-fi universe in the late '60s. Small in number of appearances, big in pedigree: Vandergill is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that reminds you why Silver Age Marvel rewards obsessive reading.