Vargas

Bursting onto the scene in 2001 courtesy of Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca, Vargas is a Modern Age Marvel villain who made an immediate, visceral impression in the pages of X-Treme X-Men. Sharing that charged arena with heavyweights like Rogue, Storm, and Gambit speaks to the caliber of company this character keeps from the very first issue. Though his catalog footprint is compact, his debut in X-Treme X-Men #3 carries the weight of a character designed to matter — a dangerous presence dropped into one of the most storied corners of the X-Men universe. For collectors who love the early-2000s Claremont renaissance, Vargas is a compelling, underexplored piece of that era's puzzle.