Princess Diana

Few characters in comics history carry the weight and wonder of Princess Diana, who burst onto the scene in All-Star Comics #8 in 1941 — a true Golden Age original, conjured by Gardner Fox and Stan Asch at a moment when the medium was still discovering what it could be. Over an extraordinary span stretching from 1941 all the way to 2026, she has accumulated 1,328 catalog appearances and 33 collector-recognized key issues, a testament to a character whose relevance has never dimmed across eight-plus decades of storytelling. Her world is the very heart of the DC Universe — she shares pages with Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Bruce Wayne, and Clark Kent, the most iconic names in comics, and her most frequent stages include Wonder Woman, Justice League of America, and Detective Comics. If you're building an appreciation for what DC's Golden Age gave the world and how that gift kept on giving, Princess Diana is absolutely essential reading.