Flamebird

A brief but intriguing presence in DC's Modern Age, Flamebird debuted in 2009's Supergirl #45, brought to life by the sharp creative team of Sterling Gates, Greg Rucka, and Jamal Igle during a rich, ambitious era for Superman's corner of the DC universe. With only a handful of catalog appearances spread across Supergirl and World's Finest, this is a character whose footprint is small but whose company is anything but — sharing pages with Kara Zor-El, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang places Flamebird squarely in some of the most compelling Kryptonian storytelling of that period. For collectors hunting the deeper cuts of the 2009–2010 DC landscape, Flamebird is exactly the kind of discovery that rewards a closer look.