Octopus

Octopus crawled onto the scene in 1994's Savage Dragon #12, born into the wild, anything-goes energy of Image Comics' early Modern Age — a period when creators were swinging for the fences and populating their universes with genuinely dangerous, memorable figures. Over three decades and 44 catalogued appearances, this character has proven no flash in the pan, turning up across Savage Dragon, Savage Dragon Archives, and the ambitious crossover event Image United, sharing pages with heavy hitters like Dragon, Mighty Man, and PowerHouse. With three key-issue appearances flagging Octopus as collector-significant, this is exactly the kind of deep-cut Image character that rewards fans who dig past the surface of Erik Larsen's sprawling, enduring universe.