Penny

Bright, resourceful, and absolutely essential to every mission she appears in, Penny made her comics debut in Marvel UK's Inspector Gadget Annual #1986 in 1985, right in the heart of the Bronze Age. Adapted from the beloved animated property, she shares the page with the bumbling Inspector Gadget himself, the loyal Brain, the villainous Mad Cat, and the ever-exasperated Chief Quimby across a compact but charming run that stretched from 1985 to 1988. Her appearances may be few in the catalog, but for fans of that era's licensed comics — especially the wonderfully nostalgic world Marvel UK brought to British readers — Penny is the kind of character who reminds you that sometimes the sharpest mind in the room is the one everyone else overlooks.