Megan McLaren

Few characters can claim they were there from the very first page of one of Marvel's most celebrated surprises — but Megan McLaren was, debuting in Thunderbolts #1 (1997), the Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley launch that sent shockwaves through the collector community and produced three key issues among her mere six catalogued appearances. Active in the late Copper/Modern Age, she moves through the pages of both Thunderbolts and Avengers, sharing that charged Marvel universe with heavyweights like Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man, and the Scarlet Witch herself. Her slim but significant footprint makes her exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that rewards fans who dig past the headliners.