F. R. Crozier

A mysterious figure who materialized in the pages of Marvel's Alpha Flight in 1986, F. R. Crozier is a Copper Age creation brought to life by Bill Mantlo and Dave Ross during one of that series' most ambitious periods. With only seven catalogued appearances concentrated between 1986 and 1989, Crozier is the kind of rare, elusive character that dedicated Alpha Flight completists prize — someone who shares the page with heavy hitters like Northstar, Jean-Paul Beaubier, Box, and Shaman, yet remains an intriguing enigma on the margins of Marvel's Canadian corner. If you're deep-diving the Alpha Flight run, tracking down every thread of that rich era, Crozier is exactly the sort of find that makes the hunt worthwhile.