The Gentleman Bandit

Debuting in Astro City #12 in 2014, The Gentleman Bandit is a Modern Age creation from the celebrated team of Kurt Busiek and Graham Nolan, born into one of comics' most richly imagined superhero universes. That name alone crackles with old-school panache — there's a roguish, almost theatrical quality baked right into it — and the Astro City setting is exactly the kind of place where a character like this can breathe. Sharing pages with the likes of Jack-in-the-Box, Confessor, and Hummingbird speaks to the colorful, layered world this figure inhabits, even if appearances in the catalog are select and carefully placed. For collectors who prize Busiek's meticulous world-building, any corner of Astro City is worth exploring, and The Gentleman Bandit is one of its more intriguing, evocatively named denizens.