Walter Collins

A card-carrying member of Marvel's First Family, Walter Collins made his entrance in the pages of Fantastic Four #111 in 1971 — a Bronze Age debut courtesy of the legendary team of Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema, right in the thick of one of comics' most celebrated runs. As a Fantastic Four affiliate, he keeps extraordinary company: Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Susan Storm Richards, and the ever-blazing Johnny Storm have all shared his pages across titles like Fantastic Four and Marvel's Greatest Comics. With appearances stretching from 1971 all the way to 2025, this is a character whose connection to the Marvel Universe has quietly endured for over five decades — a testament to the deep, richly populated world that makes the House of Ideas so endlessly rewarding to explore.