This Week's Hot Comics

Spawn #1

First appearance of Spawn; First appearance of Wanda Blake; First appearance of Malebolgia; First appearance of Sam and Twitch

Spider-Man #1 (Silver Edition)

Wolverine Limited Series #1

First solo comic book series; First cameo of Yukio; First appearance of Shingen Harada

Amazing Spider-Man #300

First full appearance of Venom; First issue inked by Todd McFarlane; Spider-Man's 25th anniversary issue

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8

Origin of the alien symbiote that eventually becomes Venom.

Star Wars #1

1st appearance of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, C-3PO, R2-D2, & Darth Vader. 1st cover appearance of Han Solo & Obi-Wan Kenobi. First issue to comic series; Movie adaptation

Amazing Spider-Man #129

First appearance of the Punisher; First appearance of Jackal

Venom: Lethal Protector #1

First Venom titled series; First appearance of General Orwell Taylor;

Spider-Man #1

First issue of titled series

Uncanny X-Men #266

First appearance of Gambit

New Mutants #98

First appearance of Deadpool; First appearance of Copycat (Vanessa Carlysle) as Domino; First appearance of Gideon; Rictor leaves the New Mutants

Wolverine #1

First Wolverine on-going comic series; First appearance Cult of the Black Blade; First appearance of Muramasa; First Wolverine as Patch

Amazing Spider-Man #252 (Newsstand Edition)

Incredible Hulk #181

First full appearance of Wolverine

Ultimate Fallout #4

First appearance of Miles Morales

Amazing Spider-Man #361

First appearance of Carnage (spawn of Venom)

Giant-Size X-Men #1

First appearance of Colossus; First appearance of Storm; First appearance of Nightcrawler; First appearance of Thunderbird; First appearance of new X-Men; Second appearance of Wolverine; First Wolverine in X-Men team

Batman #423

Classic Todd McFarlane Cover

Fantastic Four #49

First full appearance of Galactus

X-Men #1

First issue in series

X-Men #1 (Special Collectors Edition)

X-Men #4

First appearance of Omega Red

The Omega Men #3

First appearance of Lobo; First appearance of Bedlam

Avengers Annual #10

First appearance of Rogue; First appearance of Madeline Pryor

Fantastic Four #48

First appearance of Silver Surfer; First appearance of Galactus (cameo)

Fantastic Four #52

First appearance of Black Panther (T'Challa)

Incredible Hulk #340

Hulk vs. Wolverine; McFarlane art

Spider-Man #13

Spider-man's black costume returns

Amazing Spider-Man #300 (Newsstand Edition)

Spider-Man #1 (2nd Printing Gold Edition)

Absolute Batman #1

Amazing Spider-Man #316

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #1

First issue in titled series. 1st cameo of the Beyonder as a white light and voice. 1st line wide company crossover in comics history.

New Mutants #87

First appearance of Cable

Iron Man #1

First issue of Iron Man titled series; Continued from Iron Man & Namor the Submariner One Shot; Origin retold

Sandman #1

First appearance of Morpheus (Master of Dreams)

Batman: The Killing Joke #1

Joker cripples Barbara Gordon

X-Men #1 (Wolverine and Cyclops Variant)

Incredible Hulk #180

First cameo appearance of Wolverine

X-Men #1 (Storm and Beast Variant)

Marvel Spotlight #5

First appearance of Ghost Rider; First appearance Johnny Blaze; First appearance Zarathos; First appearance Crash Simpson; First appearance Roxanne Simpson

Spider-Man 2099 #1

Amazing Spider-Man #298

First issue penciled by Todd McFarlane; First cameo appearance of Eddie Brock; First cameo appearance of Venom

Tales of the Teen Titans #44

First appearance of Dick Grayson as Nightwing; First appearance of Jericho; Origin of Deathstroke the Terminator

Iron Fist #14

First appearance of Sabretooth

Amazing Spider-Man #361 (Newsstand Edition)

X-Men #101

First appearance of Phoenix; Phoenix origin concludes

Wolverine #8

Amazing Spider-Man #50

First appearance of the King Pin

Amazing Spider-Man #365

Spider-Woman #1

New complete origin and mask added

Amazing Spider-Man #20

First appearance of Scorpion

X-Men #1 (Gambit, Psylocke, Colossus, and Rogue Var)

The Silver Surfer #18

Last issue to first titled series; First time Surfer meets Inhumans; First battle with Inhumans

Amazing Spider-Man #194 (Newsstand Edition)

First appearance of Black Cat

Amazing Spider-Man #299

First appearance of Venom in costume

The Silver Surfer #1

First appearance of Shalla-Bal; First appearance of Zenn-La; Origin revealed; First issue to self titled series

Web of Spider-Man #1

First appearance of Vulturions; First issue to new titled series

Amazing Spider-Man #252

First black Spider-Man suit in regular series

Infinity Gauntlet #1

First issue to limited series

Ghost Rider #1

First issue to self-titled series; First cameo appearance of Son of Satan; Third appearance of Witch Woman

Uncanny X-Men #221

First appearance of Mister Sinister.

Amazing Spider-Man #41

First appearance of The Rhino!

TMNT: The Last Ronin #1

Amazing Spider-Man #238 (Newsstand Edition)

X-Men #94

First new team in title series; Second appearance of Colossus; Second appearance of Nightcrawler; Second appearance of Storm; Second appearance of Thunderbird; Third appearance of Wolverine

Amazing Spider-Man #101

First appearance of Morbius The Living Vampire

Thor #337 (Newsstand Edition)

Conan the Barbarian #1

First comic book appearance and origin of Conan; Cameo appearance of Kull

X-Men #129

First appearance of Kitty Pryde; First appearance of Emma Frost; First appearance of Sebastian Shaw;First appearance of the Hellfire Club; Dark Phoenix Saga begins

G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #1

Printed on Baxter paper; Based on Hasbro toy

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1

First issue to comic story

Batman: Vengeance Of Bane Special #1

First appearance of Bane

Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1

Iron Man story by Colan and Craig continues from Tales of Suspense #99 & continues in Iron Man #1; Sub-Mariner story by Colan continues from Tales of Astonish #101 & Sub-Mariner #1; Colan and Craig cover; Pre-dates Iron Man #1 and Sub-Mariner #1

Spectacular Spider-Man #1

First issue to titled series; First appearance of Edward Lansky

Sub-Mariner #1

Batman #232

First appearance of Rha's al Ghul

New Mutants #87 (Newsstand Edition)

Amazing Spider-Man #121

Death of Gwen Stacy

Daredevil #1

First appearance of Daredevil (Matt Murdock); Origin of Daredevil; First appearance of Karen Page; First appearance of Foggy Nelson

Spawn #9

Neil Gaiman scripts; First appearance of Angela. First appearance of Cogliostro, Medieval Spawn, & Gabrielle

Venom #3

1st appearance of Knull, God of the Symbiotes

Deadpool #1

First self-titled series; First appearance of Slayback

Predator #1

1st appearance of Predator in comics.

Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8 (Newsstand Edition)

Uncanny X-Men #244

First appearance of Jubilee

Amazing Spider-Man #122

Death of the Green Goblin / Norman Osbourne

Amazing Spider-Man #135

Second full appearance and origin of Punisher

Amazing Spider-Man #362

Second appearance of Carnage

Amazing Spider-Man #375

Nova #1

First appearance of Nova; Origin of Nova; First appearance of Rhomann Dey

The Punisher #1

First Punisher in solo title

Howard the Duck #1

Brunner cover art; Spider-Man cross over

Ghost Rider #1

First appearance of Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch); Origin of new Ghost Rider; First appearance of Deathwatch; First appearance of Barbara Ketch

Special Marvel Edition #15

Master of Kung Fu begins; Starlin art; Origin of Nayland Smith & Dr. Petrie; First appearance of Nayland Smith & Dr. Petrie

Batman #181

First appearance of Poison Ivy

Daredevil #131

Origin of Bullseye; First appearance of Bullseye

Amazing Spider-Man #238

First appearance of Hobgoblin

X-Men #1

First Appearance of Cyclops; First Appearance of Beast, First Appearance of Angel; First Appearance of Marvel Girl; First Appearance of Iceman; First Appearance of Magneto; First Appearance of Professor X; First X-Men comic issue

Black Panther #1

First self titled Black Panther on-going series