Katherine Reynolds

Born into the eerie, occult-tinged pages of Marvel's Bronze Age, Katherine Reynolds made her debut in Marvel Spotlight #14 in 1974, conjured by the imaginative pairing of Steve Gerber and Jim Mooney during one of Marvel's most adventurous eras for horror and the supernatural. Her world is a shadowy one — she shares the page with figures like Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, Lilith, and even the Frankenstein Monster, a roster that tells you everything about the atmospheric, gothic corner of the Marvel Universe she inhabits. Though her appearances are select rather than sprawling, the fact that she endured in the catalog across three decades — from 1974 all the way to her inclusion in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror 2005 — speaks to a quiet staying power that collectors of Marvel's stranger, darker chapters will appreciate.