Collector is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in The Avengers #28, during the Silver Age of Comic Books, and has been a recurring antagonist in various storylines over the course of the ensuing decades.
Collector (bottom center) on the cover of The Avengers #119 (January 1974). Art by John Romita, Sr.
Benicio del Toro as The Collector in Thor: The Dark World (2013).
Donald L. Heck was an American comics artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics characters Iron Man, the Wasp, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Wonder Man and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The Avengers during the 1960s Silver Age of comic books.
Don Heck in the 1960s
One of Heck's earliest known comics credits: Weird Terror #1 (Sept. 1952): Cover, plus the story "Hitler's Head".
Tales of Suspense #1 (Jan. 1959). Cover art by Heck.