Father Clarence Hopkins

A man of the cloth navigating decidedly unholy territory, Father Clarence Hopkins made his debut in Malibu's Dark Wolf #1 in 1987, brought to life by creators R. A. Jones and Butch Burcham right at the dawn of the Copper Age's indie comics boom. With only a handful of appearances to his name, he's a rare and intriguing supporting presence in the Dark Wolf universe, sharing those shadowy pages with a compelling cast that includes the enigmatic Dark Wolf himself, alongside Abraxis, Dhyana, and fellow man of faith Father Michael Tremaine. For collectors with a taste for Malibu's early, scrappier days and the atmospheric genre storytelling that defined the era, Father Clarence Hopkins is exactly the kind of overlooked gem that makes digging through back-issue bins so rewarding.