Maritza Blackbird

Maritza Blackbird stepped onto the scene in 1992 with the debut of WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams #2, arriving right at the creative explosion of the early Image era — a moment when comics were reinventing themselves with bold style and kinetic energy. Her story unfolded most fully across Wetworks and the Wildstorm universe through the mid-to-late '90s, where she kept intense company alongside figures like Pilgrim, Jackson Dane, and Mother-One. With a key issue among her appearances and a footprint that stretches across titles including Grifter and even the Wildstorm Swimsuit Special, she's a character who rewards the collector willing to dig into one of comics' most electrifying decades. Twenty catalog appearances may be a focused run, but in the Wildstorm corner of the Image universe, every issue counts.