Angelika Bal

Stepping onto the DC stage in 1987's Who's Who: Update '87, Angelika Bal is a Copper Age figure whose catalog footprint is small but whose company is anything but — she shares pages with titans like Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Dick Grayson, placing her squarely in the thick of DC's richest era. Her appearances span Justice League of America and Tales of the Teen Titans, two of the publisher's most celebrated corners, making her a fascinating thread in a very grand tapestry. For the dedicated DC completist, she's exactly the kind of discovery that reminds you how deep and rewarding the universe's back pages can be.