Lian Shen

Lian Shen made her entrance into the Marvel Universe in 1990's Uncanny X-Men #265, born from the fertile imagination of the legendary Chris Claremont alongside Bill Jaaska at the height of the Copper Age — a moment when the X-books were absolutely electric. A member of the X-Men, she moves through some seriously charged company, sharing pages with the roguish Remy LeBeau, the elemental Ororo Munroe, and the sinister Shadow King across titles like Gambit and Gambit: Thick As Thieves. Her appearances are select rather than sprawling, which gives each one a certain weight — the kind of character a dedicated X-Men completist will want to track down and know.