Scarlet Scorpion

Emerging from the Bronze Age in 1983's Americomics Special #1 — co-created by none other than the legendary Steve Ditko — Scarlet Scorpion is one of AC Comics' enduring cult favorites, a character with genuine pedigree who carved out a distinctive niche in independent superhero publishing. With a run stretching across 26 years and appearances spread across FemForce, Nightveil, and Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice, this is a character deeply woven into AC's colorful shared universe, sharing adventures alongside the likes of Nightveil and Charlie Starrett. That debut issue carries key-issue status for collectors, making it a genuine find, and with Ditko's fingerprints on the origin, Scarlet Scorpion is exactly the kind of hidden gem that rewards diggers who venture beyond the Big Two.