Sortable tableNumber | Title | Issue | Reprint Series Volume | Notes |
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100 | Generation X | 1 | First appearance of Generation X |
99 | Captain America (vol. 1) | 444 | First issue written by Mark Waid |
98 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 232 | First issue written and drawn by John Byrne |
97 | X-Factor (vol. 1) | 87 | The team visits psychiatrist Doc Samson |
96 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 101 | First appearance of Morbius, the Living Vampire |
95 | Iron Man (vol. 3) | 1 | Heroes Return, first issue written by Kurt Busiek |
94 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 18 | First appearance of Super-Skrull |
93 | Uncanny X-Men | 145 | Doctor Doom and Murderworld |
92 | Captain Marvel (vol. 1) | 34 | Captain Marvel I battles Nitro and contracts cancer |
91 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 121 | First appearance of Alpha Flight |
90 | Uncanny X-Men | 282 | First appearance of Bishop |
89 | Secret Wars | 8 | First appearance of the black Spider-Man costume |
88 | Uncanny X-Men | 248 | First issue by Jim Lee |
87 | X-Factor (vol. 1) | 24 | First appearance of Archangel |
86 | X-Men (vol. 2) | 53 | First appearance of Onslaught |
85 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 238 | First appearance of Hobgoblin |
84 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 194 | First appearance of Black Cat |
83 | The Avengers (vol. 1) | 57 | First appearance of Vision |
82 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 90 | Death of Captain Stacy |
81 | Captain America (vol. 1) | 117 | First appearance of Falcon |
80 | Fantastic Four Annual | 3 | Wedding of Susan Storm (Invisible Woman) and Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) |
79 | Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) | 57 | First appearance of Hawkeye |
78 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 31 | First appearances of Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy |
77 | Uncanny X-Men | 266 | First appearance of Gambit |
76 | X-Force (vol. 1) | 1 | |
75 | The Punisher War Journal | 6 | Punisher vs. Wolverine |
74 | X-Factor (vol. 1) | 6 | First (full) appearance of Apocalypse |
73 | Iron Man (vol. 1) | 55 | First appearance of Thanos |
72 | Uncanny X-Men | 162 | Wolverine vs. the Brood |
71 | Uncanny X-Men | 172 | Wedding of Wolverine and Mariko Yashida |
70 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 14 | First appearance of Sentinels |
69 | Uncanny X-Men | 212 | Wolverine vs. Sabretooth |
68 | X-Men (vol. 2) | 30 | Wedding of Jean Grey (Phoenix) and Scott Summers (Cyclops) |
67 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 13 | First appearance of Mysterio |
66 | X-Factor (vol. 1) | 1 | Return of the original X-Men |
65 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 129 | First appearance of the Hellfire Club and Kitty Pryde |
64 | Uncanny X-Men | 256 | Introduction of "new" Psylocke |
63 | Uncanny X-Men | 210 | Mutant Massacre |
62 | The New Mutants (vol. 1) | 1 | First issue of their own series |
61 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 100 | Sacrifice and death of Jean Grey (Phoenix) |
60 | Uncanny X-Men | 303 | Death of Illyana Rasputin (Magik) |
59 | Iron Fist (vol. 1) | 14 | First appearance of Sabretooth |
58 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 100 | Features all previous Fantastic Four villains |
57 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 298 | First issue drawn by Todd McFarlane |
56 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 9 | X-Men vs. the Avengers |
55 | Iron Man (vol. 1) | 225 | “Armor Wars” |
54 | Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) | 5 | First appearance of Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) |
53 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 4 | Return of Namor the Sub-Mariner |
52 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 2 | First appearance of the Vulture |
51 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 108 | The X-Men save the M'Kraan Crystal |
50 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 129 | First appearance of the Punisher |
49 | Uncanny X-Men | 171 | Rogue joins the X-Men |
48 | Uncanny X-Men | 225 | Fall of the Mutants |
47 | Uncanny X-Men | 159 | X-Men vs. Dracula; origin of Bloodstorm |
46 | The Avengers (III) | 1 | Heroes Return; first issue written by Kurt Busiek |
45 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 50 | First appearance of the Kingpin |
44 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 12 | First appearance of Juggernaut |
43 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 6 | First appearance of the Lizard |
42 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 58 | First appearance of Havok |
41 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 3 | First appearance of the Blob |
40 | Wolverine (vol. 2) | 145 | Wolverine gets his adamantium skeleton back |
39 | The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) | 340 | Hulk vs. Wolverine |
38 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 2 | First appearance of the Vanisher |
37 | Wolverine (vol. 1) | 4 | Wolverine and Mariko Yashida are engaged |
36 | Secret Wars | 1 | First appearance of Beyonder |
35 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 3 | First appearance of Dr. Octopus |
34 | The Silver Surfer (vol. 1) | 1 | Silver Surfer gets his own series |
33 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 12 | The Thing battles the Hulk for the first time |
32 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 95 | Death of Thunderbird (John Proudstar) |
31 | Journey into Mystery (vol. 1) | 83 | First appearance of Thor |
30 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 4 | First appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
29 | Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) | 39 | First appearance of Iron Man |
28 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 5 | First appearance of Dr. Doom |
27 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 14 | First appearance of Green Goblin |
26 | Daredevil (vol. 2) | 1 | First issue of Daredevil under the Marvel Knights imprint; first issue written by Kevin Smith |
25 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 141 | Vol. 1 (#25-22) | Days of Future Past |
24 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 48 | Vol. 1 (#25-22) | First appearance of Silver Surfer and Galactus |
23 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 1 | Vol. 1 (#25-22) | First issue of Spider-Man in his own series; he meets the Fantastic Four; first appearance of Chameleon |
22 | Daredevil (vol. 1) | 181 | Vol. 1 (#25-22) | Death of Elektra |
21 | The Avengers (vol. 1) | 1 | Vol. 2 (#21-18) | First appearance of the Avengers |
20 | Uncanny X-Men | 350 | Vol. 2 (#21-18) | Gambit’s secret revealed, return of Magneto |
19 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 122 | Vol. 2 (#21-18) | Death of Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) |
18 | Captain America (vol. 1) | 109 | Vol. 2 (#21-18) | Origin of Captain America retold |
17 | The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) | 181 | Vol. 3 (#17-14) | First appearance of Wolverine |
16 | X-Men (vol. 2) | 25 | Vol. 3 (#17-14) | Magneto removes Wolverine's adamantium and is rendered catatonic by Professor X; this is later revealed to be the birth of Onslaught |
15 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 33 | Vol. 3 (#17-14) | Spider-Man overcomes many obstacles to save his sick Aunt May |
14 | Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 1 | Vol. 3 (#17-14) | First issue of the Todd McFarlane-created series |
13 | The Incredible Hulk (vol. 1) | 1 | Vol. 4 (#13-10) | First appearance of the Hulk |
12 | Ultimate X-Men | 1 | Vol. 4 (#13-10) | |
11 | Daredevil (vol. 1) | 227 | Vol. 4 (#13-10) | Kingpin learns Daredevil’s secret identity |
10 | Wolverine (vol. 2) | 75 | Vol. 4 (#13-10) | Wolverine copes with the loss of his adamantium; he is revealed to have bone claws |
9 | Ultimate Spider-Man | 1 | Vol. 5 (#9-6) |
8 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 1 | Vol. 5 (#9-6) | First appearance of the X-Men and Magneto |
7 | The Avengers (vol. 1) | 4 | Vol. 5 (#9-6) | First (real) Captain America appearance since World War II |
6 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 121 | Vol. 5 (#9-6) | The death of Gwen Stacy |
5 | X-Men (vol. 2) | 1 | Vol. 6 (#5) | Sold more than 8 million copies (thanks in part to five different covers) |
4 | Giant-Size X-Men | 1 | Vol. 7 (#4) | First appearance of a new team of X-Men |
3 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 137 | Vol. 8 (#3) | The death of Jean Grey (Phoenix) |
2 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 1 | Vol. 9 (#2) | First appearance of Marvel’s first Silver Age superhero team |
1 | Amazing Fantasy | 15 | Vol. 10 (#1) | First appearance of Spider-Man. |