Marvel & DC Key Comic Issues
Explore 223 collector guides covering major and minor Marvel & DC comic milestones.
Marvel Key Comic Issues
Browse Marvel key issues across the characters represented in the SLABS N’ STACKS comic database.
223 Marvel key issues
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Amazing Spider-Man #86
Debut of Black Widow's classic black costume and modern visual identity.
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Avengers #83
First appearance of Valkyrie, initially as an Enchantress-created persona.
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Amazing Spider-Man #101
First appearance of Morbius, the Living Vampire.
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Amazing Spider-Man #102
Concludes Morbius' introductory story and expands his origin.
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Daredevil #81
Begins an important Daredevil/Black Widow partnership era.
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Amazing Spider-Man #121
Death of Gwen Stacy, a landmark Spider-Man story.
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Captain America #168
First appearance of Helmut Zemo, later Baron Zemo.
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Iron Man #55
First appearance of Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Starfox and Mentor.
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Tomb of Dracula #10
First appearance of Blade, the vampire hunter who becomes one of Marvel’s defining supernatural heroes.
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Tomb of Dracula #12
Early appearance expanding Blade's vampire-hunting role.
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Captain America #180
Steve Rogers abandons the Captain America identity and becomes Nomad.
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Doctor Strange #1 (1974)
Launch of Doctor Strange's first series under his own title.
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Master of Kung Fu #17
Title transition that establishes Shang-Chi's long-running solo feature.
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