100 Greatest Marvels of All Time

"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).

The issues

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 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

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

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

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

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. (vol. 1) #1 – First issue of the Todd McFarlane-created series

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

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

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.

References

"The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time" (vols. 1-10), Marvel Comics, 2001.

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