Gaza

Born into the wild pages of The X-Men #62 in 1969, Gaza is a Silver Age Marvel creation conjured by the legendary team of Roy Thomas and Neal Adams — a debut pedigree that immediately marks this character as part of comics royalty. Rooted in the savage, primordial world shared with Ka-Zar, Kevin Plunder, and the likes of Barbarus, Amphibius, and Brainchild, Gaza inhabits one of Marvel's most gloriously untamed corners, turning up across The Uncanny X-Men, Marvel Fanfare, and The Avengers over a remarkable span of more than five decades. With team affiliations stretching across the X-Men, the Avengers, and S.H.I.E.L.D., this character's reach across the Marvel Universe is broader than their modest appearance count might suggest. For collectors who love the pulpy, adventure-serial energy of the Silver Age and the exotic danger of Marvel's lost-world mythology, Gaza is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.