Melissa Greville

Stepping out of the Bronze Age shadows of one of Marvel's most stylish espionage titles, Melissa Greville made her debut in Master of Kung Fu #42 in 1976, courtesy of the legendary creative team of Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. She moves through a world populated by some of Marvel's most compelling street-level operatives — Shang-Chi, Leiko Wu, Clive Reston, Black Jack Tarr, and Denis Nayland Smith — a cast that gives Master of Kung Fu its distinctly cinematic, globe-trotting atmosphere. With appearances stretching across an impressive 43 years and collected in both the Omnibus and Epic Collection editions, Melissa is the kind of character who rewards deep-cut readers willing to explore one of the Bronze Age's most underrated corners of the Marvel Universe.