Joost van Straaten

Joost van Straaten is a Marvel creation who made his entrance in the Copper Age pages of Marvel Comics Presents #46 in 1990, brought to life by Dwight Zimmerman and Rodney Ramos. Over a publishing span stretching into the mid-2000s, he earned enough of a foothold in the Marvel Universe to land a spot in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z — the kind of recognition that separates a character with genuine lore from a one-panel footnote. His adventures unfold in some intriguing company, sharing pages with the likes of Logan, Spider-Man, and the enigmatic Flying Dutchman's Ghost. A compact but curious corner of the Marvel tapestry, Joost van Straaten is exactly the sort of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.