Kurt Waggoner

A product of Marvel's Modern Age multiversal storytelling, Kurt Waggoner made his debut in the 2012 Astonishing X-Men: Exalted one-shot, brought to life by artist Mike McKone. His comics footprint spans X-Treme X-Men and the Astonishing X-Men family of titles, where he keeps vivid company with the likes of James Howlett, Charles Xavier, Alison Blaire, Scott Summers, and Tessa. With only around ten catalogued appearances concentrated in a brief 2012–2013 window, he's a rare and intriguing corner of Marvel's expansive X-Men mythology — exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through the modern era so rewarding.