It, the Living Colossus

Few characters carry a name quite so boldly self-explanatory as It, the Living Colossus — a Bronze Age Marvel creation who lumbered onto the scene in The Incredible Hulk #244 in 1980, courtesy of Steven Grant and Carmine Infantino. Over a surprisingly long arc stretching into 2015, this titanic figure carved out a niche in the Marvel Universe colorful enough to land appearances alongside heavy-hitters like Thor Odinson, Bruce Banner, Iron Man, and Wonder Man. With credits spanning Avengers Two: Wonder Man & Beast, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine, and even Deadpool Team-Up, It keeps genuinely eclectic company — the kind of roster that signals a character Marvel writers keep finding reasons to bring back. Rare in the catalog but spanning decades, It, the Living Colossus is exactly the sort of gloriously outsized Bronze Age curiosity that reminds you why digging through back issues is always worth it.