Tulip O'Hare

Few characters who stepped onto the page in 1995 made quite the entrance Tulip O'Hare did — debuting in Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher #1, she arrived fully formed in one of the most audacious launches of the Modern Age. Over a publishing life stretching across 25 years, she's kept remarkable company: sharing adventures with Jesse Custer, the enigmatic Cassidy, and even the legendary Saint of Killers across Preacher, Absolute Preacher, and the pages of Judge Dredd Megazine. That last venue speaks to her transatlantic reach — a character born in Vertigo-era American comics who found a home alongside the icons of British comics culture. With a debut issue that carries genuine key-status weight and a presence that has endured for a quarter century, Tulip O'Hare is exactly the kind of character a serious collector circles back to again and again.