Shola Inkosi

Shola Inkosi made their Marvel debut in 2004's Excalibur #6, brought to life by the legendary Chris Claremont alongside artist Aaron Lopresti during the Modern Age. This relatively rare figure — with only a handful of catalogued appearances — moves through some seriously heavyweight company, sharing pages with the likes of Erik Lehnsherr, Professor X, and Callisto across the Excalibur series. Noteworthy enough to earn an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, Shola Inkosi is exactly the kind of deep-cut character that rewards the dedicated reader willing to dig into one of Marvel's more distinctive corners of the early 2000s.