One Shot Set in The Ronin-verse

1st appearance of young turtles: Odyn, Uno, Moja, Yi - cameo in The Last Ronin #5

1st appearance of Oroku Hiroto, the grandson of the Shredder 1st appearance of Casey Marie Jones, daughter of Casey and April Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird revisited an outline written in 1987 about the lone survivor of the four turtles, set 30 years in the future Last Ronin #1 led to a reported print run of 130,000 copies, a massive number by modern and independent standards Oversized comic, does not fit in conventional modern age bag and board Director's Cut: Behind-the-scenes look at layouts, story notes that date back to the 80s, character designs, script pages and more

1st appearance of Oroku Hiroto, the grandson of the Shredder 1st appearance of Casey Marie Jones, daughter of Casey and April Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird revisited an outline written in 1987 about the lone survivor of the four turtles, set 30 years in the future Last Ronin #1 led to a reported print run of 130,000 copies, a massive number by modern and independent standards Oversized comic, does not fit in conventional modern age bag and board

1st appearance of Paladin, a mercenary

Premiere issue of volume three

1st appearance of Ms. Marvel, Sharon Ventura

First ongoing Moon Knight title series Origin of Moon Knight 1st appearance of Bushman, a mercenary and arch-nemesis of Moon Knight 1st appearance of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon who Marc Spector serves as its avatar

2nd appearance of Spider-Man's black costume, tied with Spectacular Spider-Man #90

Third ongoing Spider-Man series

Debut of new costume and origin of Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew

1st appearance and origin of Betsy Braddock in U.S. comics, renamed Psylocke by Mojo 1st appearance of Meggan in U.S. comics

1st appearance of the Thermal Man Often cited as the origin of Galactus yet there is very little that is revealed about the villain except to tease the story told in #169

Cover art featuring Silver Surfer vs Mephisto

1st appearance of the second Mister Fear, later becomes Machinesmith

1st appearance of Death's Head, Paxton Page

Daredevil reveals his identity to Karen Page

1st Appearance of Stunt-Master

Crossover appearance by Spider-Man

Battle of Daredevil vs Doctor Doom

1st appearance and death of Torpedo 1st appearance of Crime Wave

1st Appearance Turk Barrett

1st appearance of Pluto aka Hades 1st appearance of Hippolyta, later becomes Warrior Woman 1st full appearance of the Midgard Serpent 1st appearance of Volla, a wraith

Origin of the Inhumans

1st appearance of the Wrecker Origin of Black Bolt, specifically his birth

Origin of Black Bolt and the Inhumans

Origin of Dr. Donald Blake/Thor retold

Battle of Thor vs. Doctor Doom

1st Appearance of the Silent One

Iron Man vs the Hulk (Android)

1st appearance of the Red Skull in the Silver Age, George Maxon, the first Red Skull in a retelling of a story from Captain America Comics #1

Premiere issue of the Dazzler's first self-titled series

Iconic cover art by Bob Layton "Demon in a Bottle" part 9

Iconic cover art by Frank Springer

1st appearance of Whiplash First meeting of Captain America and Black Panther 1st cameo appearance of Madame Masque (unseen) - there is no way to determine if the mob boss is a woman or if this was a retcon

1st appearance of Carol Danvers 2nd appearance of Captain Marvel

1st appearance of Firestorm, high school student Ronnie Raymond and physicist Martin Stein merged together after a nuclear accident 1st appearance of Danton Black, becomes Multiplex

1st full appearance and origin of the Outsider, revealed to be Alfred after his death and resurrection

Iconic cover art by Neal Adams Issue credited for revitalizing the Joker as a homicidal villain instead of a comical villain

First ongoing Godzilla series published for the U.S. market

Dick Grayson becomes Nightwing, formerly Robin Joseph adopts the name Jericho Origin of Deathstroke and Jericho Higher Grade Book

1st partial team appearance and origin of The Eternals and The Deviants 1st appearance of Ikaris 1st appearance of Kro and Brother Tode, Deviants and enemies of The Eternals 1st appearance of Margo Damian

Debut of new powers, Jean Grey is reborn as the Phoenix Ten years later this moment would be further developed where the Phoenix is an actual cosmic entity of vast power that copied Grey’s physical form while placing her body in a cocoon to heal from her injuries 1st full appearance of Black Tom Cassidy

The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 9 Iconic cover art by John Byrne Death of Jean Grey Controversial issue due to Jean Grey taking her own life knowing she could not control The Phoenix Force 1st appearance of Raksor, a Skrull 1st appearance of Bel-Dann, a Kree who battles Raksor as representatives of their races to end the Kree-Skrull War

"Days of Future Past" part 2 Death of Wolverine, Colossus and Storm in an alternate reality Retitled from ‘X-Men’ to ‘Uncanny X-Men’ - officially, in the indicia copyright section

Includes DC super-Stars #7, annuals and specials (see photos)

Includes Variants

1st full appearance of the White Wolf, an adoptee of Wakanda 1st full team appearance of the Hatut Zeraze, a team operating under White Wolf

1st team appearance of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's special forces: Okoye and Nakia Nakia later becomes Malice 1st appearance of Zuri, an elder of Wakanda

1st appearance of Echo, a highly-skilled martial artist who is also deaf

2nd appearance, origin and first cover appearance of Echo, Maya Lopez 1st appearance of Crazy Horse, Echo's father, seen briefly in a flashback

1st appearance of Zandar, a Dreadnok 1st appearance of Thrasher, a Dreadnok 1st appearance of Thunder, a tank operator 1st appearance of Toll Booth, tank operator

1st appearance of Blowtorch, flamethrower operator 1st appearance of Lady Jaye, covert specialist 1st appearance of Ripcord, a paratrooper 1st appearance of Recondo, a jungle trooper

1st appearance of Storm Shadow, a former ally of Snake Eyes and the Young Master of the Arashikage Clan Solo story featuring Snake-Eyes, told without any text or dialogue

1st team appearance of the October Guard: Colonel Brekhov, Schrage, Horror Show, Stormavik, Lieutenant Daina

1st appearance of Kwinn, a tracker and mercenary of Inuit descent

1st appearance of Kwinn, a tracker and mercenary of Inuit descent

1st team appearance of G.I. Joe 1st appearance of Snake-Eyes, an Arashikage-trained ninja (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Scarlett, an intel officer (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Grunt, an infantry trooper (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Breaker, a communications officer (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Rock 'N Roll, a machine gunner (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Stalker, a ranger (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Zap, a bazooka soldier (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Short-Fuze, a mortar soldier (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Clutch, a Vamp operator (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Laser, a rifle trooper (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Steeler, a tank commander (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Hawk, a field commander (G.I. Joe) 1st appearance of Grand Slam, an artillery specialist (G.I. Joe) 1st team appearance of Cobra, a terrorist organization 1st appearance of Cobra Commander, leader and founder of Cobra 1st appearance of Baroness, an intel officer (Cobra)

1st appearance of the Justice Alliance, an alternate reality version of the Justice League from an Earth where most of the super-heroes are black 1st appearance of a black Superman, Supergirl and Wonder Woman

X-Cutioner's Song Part Six

X-Cutioner's Song Part Two

1st cover and second appearance of Angel as the Horseman, Death In X-Factor #38, Beast gives Warren Worthington III the new codename Archangel

1st full team appearance of the Horsemen of Apocalypse: Death, Famine, War, Pestilence 1st full appearance of Angel as the Horseman Death, later named Archangel in X-Factor #38

1st full appearance and cover of Apocalypse

1st team appearance of Excalibur: Captain Britain, Meggan, Rachel Summers as Phoenix, Kitty Pryde, Lockheed, Nightcrawler Back cover appearance of Widget who is later introduced in Excalibur #1 Note: there are two first print versions: the version pictured here is more scarce and doesn't display a price on the cover. The other shows a price of $3.25

1st team appearance of Weapon P.R.I.M.E.: Weapon X, Rictor, Yeti, Tygerstryke 2nd appearance of the real Domino, previously appeared in X-Force #8 as Copycat

1st full appearance of Mr. Sinister

Betsy Braddock joins the X-Men and adopts the name Psylocke 1st cameo appearance of Mr. Sinister

First battle of Wolverine versus Sabretooth

1st full team appearance of The Marauders: Arclight, Riptide, Vertigo, Harpoon, Scalphunter, Scrambler Specialty border printed on select covers published in November 1986 celebrating Marvel's 25th Anniversary or more precisely, the 25th year since Fantastic Four #1 was published in November 1961

Cover Art by John Romita, Jr.

Lady Deathstrike is transformed into her classic cybernetic organism version with claws and adamantium reinforcements

'Trial of Magneto' Magneto becomes headmaster of Xavier's Academy Andrea and Andreas Von Strucker become Fenris, a terrorist organization

1st appearance of Nimrod, an advanced sentinel from an alternate timeline

1st appearance of Forge, Daniel Lone Eagle, a mutant with the ability to comprehend and build nearly anything technological 1st appearance of Naze, a Cheyenne mystic and mentor to Forge, later revealed to be the Adversary

Magneto rips the Adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton revealing Logan's claws are made of bone

Iconic Cover Art By Barry Kubert

1st full appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government

1st full appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government

1st team appearance of The Reavers: Pretty Boy, Bonebreaker, Skullbuster 1st appearance of Tyger Tiger, a crimelord in Madripoor 1st appearance of Gateway

1st full appearance of the Adversary, reveals its true form

Classic battle of the X-Men versus the Marauders

1st cover and cameo appearance of Bishop, in final panel 1st cameo team appearance of the X.S.E., the Xavier Security Enforcers: Bishop, Malcolm, Randall

Second printing, gold background

1st official team appearance of the X-Babies, childlike clones created by Mojo Previous appearance of the X-Babies were the actual X-Men de-aged by Mojo Origin of the High Evolutionary 1st cameo appearance of Matthew Plunder as a baby, the son of Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil

1st appearance of Black Widow, Yelena Belova

Science-fiction series that takes place in a futuristic Tokyo after a mysterious explosion that kicked off World War III

Premiere issue of volume three

First ongoing solo Punisher series

First ongoing solo Punisher series

First solo series featuring the Punisher

Early Bone issue

1st appearance of Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone, Thorn and The Rat Creatures in a standard comic book Bone previously appeared in the comic strips of the Ohio State University newspaper, The Lantern which were collected in a TPB called 'Thorn: Tales from The Lantern’ and had a print run of 1,000 copies

Preview appearance of Exar Kun

Five-issue miniseries that explores the Star Wars universe 4,000 years before the original 1978 film

First Star Wars comic book published by Dark Horse

Debut of new Destro armor with gold-plated headpiece 1st appearance of Iron Grenadiers 1st appearance of Crazylegs

"Maximum Carnage" part 9

Higher grade book "Secret Wars" part 8 Origin of the black symbiote costume that later bonds with Eddie Brock to become Venom 2nd appearance of Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter

2 Copies of #202

Includes 23.1 and 23.2

2nd appearance of the Beetle

2nd appearance of Gwen Stacy 2nd appearance of Harry Osborne

1st appearance of Rhino

2nd appearance of the Rhino 1st full appearance of Mary Jane Watson, final panel

2nd appearance of Mary Jane Watson Peter and Mary Jane's first date 3rd appearance and origin of Rhino

2nd appearance of Curt Connors as the Lizard

3rd appearance of the Lizard

1st appearance of the second Vulture, Blackie Drago

1st appearance of the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

1st appearance of Robbie Robertson, a mentor to Peter Parker at the Daily Bugle and a foil to J. Jonah Jameson 2nd full appearance and 1st cover of Kingpin

3rd appearance of Kingpin

Iconic Cover By John Romita Sr

1st appearance of Captain George Stacy

First meeting of Spider-Man and Ka-Zar

1st cover appearance of Mary Jane Watson First kiss between Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker 1st appearance of Brainwasher, alter ego of Kingpin

Iconic cover art by John Romita Sr. 5th appearance of the Kingpin

1st cover appearance of Gwen Stacy

1st appearance of Randy Robertson, son of Robbie Robertson

Introduction of the Tablet of Life and Time

First mention of Vanessa Fisk, Kingpin's wife

1st cameo appearance of Vanessa Fisk, Kingpin's wife

1st appearance of Silvermane, a crime boss 1st appearance of Man-Mountain Marko

Iconic cover art by John Romita Sr.

2nd appearance of Prowler

Death of Captain George Stacy

First battle of Spider-Man versus Iceman

1st appearance of Morbius the Living Vampire

1st Solo Moon Knight

2nd Solo Moon Knight

1st Mephisto App

Classic Cover Battle w/ Thor

1st appearance of Al Harper, who later becomes Ghost Light was the first human Silver Surfer allowed onto his surfboard

Cover art by John Buscema featuring Overlord who is introduced in this issue and dies

1st Gamora Appearance

2nd appearance of Gamora, name revealed 3rd appearance of Pip the Troll

1st appearance of Triax the Terrible 1st appearance of Rex Carpenter

Death of Triax the Terrible

Origin of Magus, the future dark version of Warlock 1st cameo appearance of the In-Betweener First meeting of Thanos and Adam Warlock

1st Appearance of Drax & Thanos

1st Frank Miller High Grade

The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 2 1st appearance of Dazzler 2nd appearance of Kitty Pryde 2nd appearance of Emma Frost 1st full appearance of Sebastian Shaw, the Black King High Grade

Iconic cover art by Todd McFarlane High Grade