8-Ball

Debuting in the pages of Captain America #395 in 1991, 8-Ball is a Copper Age Marvel creation from the sharp imagination of writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Rik Levins — a villain with just enough street-level menace to keep turning up across three-plus decades of Marvel storytelling. Their appearances span some of Marvel's most compelling modern titles, including Superior Spider-Man, Vengeance of the Moon Knight, and Moon Knight, which tells you plenty about the kind of dark, gritty corners of the Marvel Universe where 8-Ball thrives. Along the way they've shared pages with heavyweights like Spider-Man, Electro, and Johnny Storm — not a bad rogues' gallery to rub shoulders with. With 35 years of continuous appearances and counting, this is exactly the kind of deep-cut character that rewards the collector who loves discovering who's lurking just beyond the spotlight.