Bret "The Hitman" Hart

Few characters blur the line between sports legend and four-color hero quite like Bret "The Hitman" Hart, who made his comics debut in World Wrestling Federation Battlemania #1 in 1991 — brought to the page by none other than the legendary Steve Ditko alongside George Caragonne. That Copper/Modern Age entry point launched a comics presence that stretched a remarkable 28 years, carrying Hart's iconic persona from Marvel's early WWF tie-ins all the way through to WWE: Then. Now. Forever. A catalog that puts him in the same issues as The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kane, and "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase tells you everything about the elite tier he occupies — this is the company of wrestling's most mythologized figures, rendered in ink and color. With appearances across S.L.A.M. Force and World Wrestling Federation Battlemania anchoring his comics legacy, Hitman Hart is a genuine piece of pop-culture crossover history that any serious collector of wrestling or Copper Age comics will want on their shelf.