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[]
| Number | Title | Issue | Reprint Series Volume | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 1 (#25-#22) | Days of Future Past |
| 24 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 48 | 1 (#25-#22) | First appearance of Silver Surfer and Galactus |
| 23 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 1 | 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 | 1 (#25-#22) | Death of Elektra |
| 21 | The Avengers (vol. 1) | 1 | 2 (#21-#18) | First appearance of the Avengers |
| 20 | Uncanny X-Men | 350 | 2 (#21-#18) | Gambit’s secret revealed, return of Magneto |
| 19 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 122 | 2 (#21-#18) | Death of Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) |
| 18 | Captain America (vol. 1) | 109 | 2 (#21-#18) | Origin of Captain America retold |
| 17 | The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) | 181 | 3 (#17-#14) | First appearance of Wolverine |
| 16 | X-Men (vol. 2) | 25 | 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 | 3 (#17-#14) | Spider-Man overcomes many obstacles to save his sick Aunt May |
| 14 | Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 1 | 3 (#17-#14) | First issue of the Todd McFarlane-created series |
| 13 | Incredible Hulk (vol. 1) | 1 | 4 (#13-#10) | First appearance of the Hulk |
| 12 | Ultimate X-Men | 1 | 4 (#13-#10) | |
| 11 | Daredevil (vol. 1) | 227 | 4 (#13-#10) | Kingpin learns Daredevil’s secret identity |
| 10 | Wolverine (vol. 2) | 75 | 4 (#13-#10) | Wolverine copes with the loss of his adamantium; he is revealed to have bone claws |
| 9 | Ultimate Spider-Man | 1 | 5 (#9-#6) | |
| 8 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 1 | 5 (#9-#6) | First appearance of the X-Men and Magneto |
| 7 | The Avengers (vol. 1) | 4 | 5 (#9-#6) | First (real) Captain America appearance since World War II |
| 6 | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) | 121 | 5 (#9-#6) | The death of Gwen Stacy |
| 5 | X-Men (vol. 2) | 1 | 6 | Sold more than 8 million copies (thanks in part to five different covers) |
| 4 | Giant-Size X-Men | 1 | 7 | First appearance of a new team of X-Men |
| 3 | X-Men (vol. 1) | 137 | 8 | The death of Jean Grey (Phoenix) |
| 2 | Fantastic Four (vol. 1) | 1 | 9 | First appearance of Marvel’s first Silver Age superhero team |
| 1 | Amazing Fantasy | 15 | 10 | First appearance of Spider-Man. |
References[]
- The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (vols. 1-10), Marvel Comics, 2001.
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.