Chief Louis Banks

A figure of authority in the gritty urban world of Image Comics' landmark Spawn, Chief Louis Banks stepped onto the scene in 1995, right in the thick of the Modern Age's most daring creator-owned storytelling. Over a focused run through the mid-nineties, he navigates a world populated by the likes of Al Simmons, Wanda Blake, the shadowy Jason Wynn, and Detective Sam Burke — company that tells you everything about the morally complex, street-level drama he's woven into. With eight catalog appearances across Spawn's pages, Banks may not be the most prolific character in the mythology, but he's a genuine piece of the world-building that made Todd McFarlane's creation one of the defining comics of its era — exactly the kind of supporting figure that devoted readers and completists love to track down.