Zoe Ishihara

Zoe Ishihara made her entrance in the pages of Gambit #6 in 1999, brought to life by the creative team of Fabian Nicieza and Steve Skroce during Marvel's modern era. With a catalog presence stretching from that late-'90s debut all the way to 2017, she's a figure whose staying power in the Gambit corner of the Marvel universe speaks for itself. She keeps genuinely colorful company — sharing pages with the Ragin' Cajun himself, the enigmatic Courier, and the deadly Belladonna, among others — which tells you something about the charged, street-level world she inhabits. A rare find for dedicated Gambit completists, Zoe is exactly the kind of deep-cut character who rewards fans who love digging past the headliners.