Yuriko Ezaki

Yuriko Ezaki stepped onto the Marvel stage in 1989, debuting in the pages of The Punisher War Journal #6 — a title that launched with real creative firepower thanks to Carl Potts and a young Jim Lee. A Copper Age figure woven into the gritty, street-level corner of the Marvel universe, she shares her stories with the likes of Frank Castle himself across The Punisher War Journal, Marvel Comics Presents, and The Punisher. Her appearances are select rather than sprawling, but a nearly three-decade presence in the catalog speaks to a character with genuine staying power in one of Marvel's most intense franchises — a quiet testament to the richly populated world that surrounds the Punisher.