100 Greatest Marvels of All Time
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The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time was a series of trade paperbacks published in 2001 by Marvel Comics. Earlier in the year, the publisher had held a poll asking readers to vote on their favorite issues of Marvel comic book series. The top 25 issues were then reprinted in trade paperback form, with a list in the back of each volume listing the results of the poll from the 100th issue to the last issue contained in that particular volume. Numbers 25 to 6 were published in volumes one through five, each of which contained four issues. The top five issues were each reprinted in their own volumes (volumes six through ten).
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[edit] The issues
[edit] Not reprinted (#100-#26)
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 (III) #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 – Dr. 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 #283 – 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 (Mr. Fantastic)
79. Tales of Suspense (vol. 1) #57 – First appearance of Hawkeye
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #31 - First appearance 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 – X-Men 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
64. Uncanny X-Men #256 – Introduction of "new" Psylocke
63. Uncanny X-Men #210 – Mutant Massacre
62. The New Mutants (vol. 1) #1 – First appearance of the New Mutants
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
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 I (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
[edit] Volume 1 (#25-#22)
25. X-Men (vol. 1) #141 – Days of Future Past
24. Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #48 – First appearance of Silver Surfer and Galactus
23. The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #1 – First issue of Spider-Man in his own series; he meets the Fantastic Four; first appearance of Chameleon
22. Daredevil (vol. 1) #181 – Death of Elektra Natchios
[edit] Volume 2 (#21-#18)
21. The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 – First appearance of the the Avengers
20. Uncanny X-Men #350 – Gambit’s secret revealed, return of Magneto
19. The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #122 – Death of Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
18. Captain America (vol. 1) #109 – Origin of Captain America retold
[edit] Volume 3 (#17-#14)
17. The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #181 – First appearance of Wolverine
16. X-Men (vol. 2) #25 – Magneto removes Wolverine’s adamantium and has his mind shut down by Professor X; this is later revealed to be the birth of Onslaught
15. The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #33 – Spider-Man overcomes many obstacles to save his sick Aunt May
14. Spider-Man (vol. 1) #1 – First issue of the Todd McFarlane-created series
[edit] Volume 4 (#13-#10)
13. Incredible Hulk (vol. 1) #1 – First appearance of the Hulk
12. Ultimate X-Men #1
11. Daredevil (vol. 1) #227 – Kingpin learns Daredevil’s secret identity
10. Wolverine (vol. 2) #75 – Wolverine copes with the loss of his adamantium; he is revealed to have bone claws
[edit] Volume 5 (#9-#6)
9. Ultimate Spider-Man #1
8. X-Men (vol. 1) #1 – First appearance of the X-Men and Magneto
7. The Avengers (vol. 1) #4 – First (real) Captain America appearance since World War II
6. The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #121 – The death of Gwen Stacy
[edit] Volumes 6-10 (#5-#1)
5. X-Men (vol. 2) #1 – Sold more than 1 million copies (thanks in part to five different covers)
4. Giant-Size X-Men #1 – First appearance of a new team of X-Men
3. X-Men (vol. 1) #137 – The death of Jean Grey (Phoenix)
2. Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 – First appearance of Marvel’s first Silver Age superhero team
1. Amazing Fantasy #15 - First appearance of Marvel's most successful and iconic superhero, Spider-Man.
[edit] References
The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (vols. 1-10), Marvel Comics, 2001.
The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.

