In my last blog, the list of my favorite Marvel characters left off in the sixties. And now the conclusion of that list:
Valkyrie/Brunhilde – Avengers # 83 (December 1970)
Man-Thing – Savage Tales # 1 (May 1971)
Doc Samson – Incredible Hulk # 141 (July 1971)
Morbius – Amazing Spider-Man # 101 (October 1971)
Luke Cage/Power Man – Luke Cage, Hero for Hire # 1 (June 1972)
Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze – Marvel Spotlight # 5 (August 1972)
Hammerhead – Amazing Spider-Man # 113 (October 1972)
Drax the Destroyer – Iron Man # 55 (February 1973)
Thanos – Iron Man # 55 (February 1973)
Blade/Eric Brooks – Tomb of Dracula # 10 (July 1973)
Moondragon – Daredevil # 105 (November 1973)
Shang-Chi – Special Marvel Edition # 15 (December 1973)
Howard the Duck – Adventure Into Fear # 19 (December 1973)
The Punisher/Frank Castle – Amazing Spider-Man # 129 (February 1974)
Iron Fist/Danny Rand – Marvel Premiere # 15 (May 1974)
Tigra – Giant-Size Creatures # 1 (July 1974)
Tigra’s alter ego Greer Nelson first appeared earlier in The Cat # 1 (November 1972).
Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada – Daredevil # 111 (July 1974)
Deathlok/Luther Manning – Astonishing Tales # 25 (August 1974)
Wolverine/James Howlett aka Logan – Incredible Hulk # 180 (October 1974)
Colleen Wing – Marvel Premiere # 19 (November 1974)
Misty Knight – Marvel Premiere # 21 (March 1975)
Storm/Ororo Munroe – Giant-Size X-Men # 1 (May 1975)
Colossus/Peter Rasputin – Giant-Size X-Men # 1 (May 1975)
Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner – Giant-Size X-Men # 1 (May 1975)
Gamora – Strange Tales # 80 (June 1975)
Moon Knight/Marc Spector – Werewolf by Night # 32 (August 1975)
Star-Lord/Peter Quill – Marvel Preview # 4 (January 1976)
Hellcat – Avengers # 144 (February 1976)
Hellcat’s alter ego Patsy Walker first appeared earlier in the non-superhero comic Miss America Magazine # 2 (November 1944).
Bullseye – Daredevil # 131 (March 1976)
Rocket Raccoon – Marvel Preview # 7 (Summer 1976)
Nova/Richard Rider – Nova # 1 (September 1976)
Captain Britain/Brian Braddock – Captain Britain # 1 (October 1976)
Psylocke/Betsy Braddock – Captain Britain # 8 (October 1976)
Ms. Marvel – Ms. Marvel # 1 (January 1977)
Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew – Marvel Spotlight # 32 (February 1977)
Jocasta – Avengers # 162 (August 1977)
Sabretooth/Victor Creed – Iron Fist # 14 (August 1977)
Paladin – Daredevil # 150 (January 1978)
Mystique/Raven Darkhölme – Ms. Marvel # 16 (May 1978)
Scott Lang – Marvel Premiere # 47 (April 1979)
Black Cat/Felicia Hardy – Amazing Spider-Man # 194 (July 1979)
Kitty Pride/Shadowcat – Uncanny X-Men # 129 (January 1980)
Emma Frost – Uncanny X-Men # 129 (January 1980)
Dazzler/Ali Blaire – Uncanny X-Men # 130 (February 1980)
She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters – Savage She-Hulk # 1 (February 1980)
Taskmaster/Tony Masters – Avengers # 195 (May 1980)
Mockingbird – Marvel Team-Up # 95 (July 1980)
Mockingbird’s alter ego Bobbi Morse first appeared earlier in Astonishing Tales # 6 (June 1971)
Elektra Natchios – Daredevil # 168 (January 1981)
Rogue/Anna Marie LeBeau – Avengers Annual # 10 (November 1981)
Firestar/Angel Jones – Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends # 1 (December 1981)
Cloak and Dagger/Ty Johnson and Tandy Bowen – Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man # 64 (March 1982)
Hobgoblin – Amazing Spider-Man # 238 (March 1983)
Hobgoblin’s alter ego Roderick Kingsley first appeared earlier in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man # 43 (June 1980)
Beta Ray Bill – Mighty Thor # 337 (November 1983)
Spider-Ham/Peter Porker – Marvel Tails # 1 (November 1983)
Silver Sable/Silver Sablinova – Amazing Spider-Man # 265 (June 1985)
Apocalypse – X-Factor # 5 (July 1986)
U.S. Agent/John Walker – Captain America # 323 (November 1986)
Sinister/Nathaniel Essex – Uncanny X-Men # 221 (September 1987)
Archangel – X-Factor # 24 (January 1988)
Venom – Amazing Spider-Man # 300 (May 1988)
Eddie Brock, the man who became Venom after becoming the host of a sentient alien Symbiote, first appeared earlier in Web of Spider-Man # 18 (September 1986).
Thunderstrike/Eric Masterson – Mighty Thor # 391 (May 1988)
Jubilee/Jubilation Lee – Uncanny X-Men # 244 (May 1989)
Blackheart – Daredevil # 270 (September 1989)
Crossbones/Brock Rumlow – Captain America # 359 (October 1989)
Cable – New Mutants # 87 (March 1990)
Cable’s alter ego Nathan Summers first appeared earlier in Uncanny X-Men # 201 (January 1986)
Gambit/Remy LeBeau – Uncanny X-Men # 266 (August 1990)
Rage/Elvin Daryl Haliday – Avengers # 326 (November 1990)
Deadpool/Wade Wilson – New Mutants # 98 (February 1991)
Bishop/Lucas Bishop – Uncanny X-Men # 282 (November 1991)
Omega Red/Arkady Rossovich – X-Men # 4 (January 1992)
Squirrel Girl/Doreen Green – Marvel Super-Heroes # 8 (January 1992)
Domino/Neena Thurman – X-Force # 8 (March 1992)
Carnage – Amazing Spider-Man # 361 (April 1992)
Cletus Kasady the serial killer who became the host of the Carnage Symbiote first appeared earlier in Amazing Spider-Man # 344 (March 1991).
War Machine – Iron Man # 282 (September 1992)
James “Rhodey” Rhodes who wears the War Machine armor actually appeared for the first time way back in Iron Man # 118 (January 1979).
Weasel/Jack Hammer – Cable # 3 (July 1993)
Onslaught – X-Men # 53 (June 1996)
Blind Al/Althea – Deadpool # 1 (January 1997)
Jessica Jones – Alias # 1 (November 2001)
X-23/Laura Kinney – Nyx # 3 (February 2004)
Quake/Daisy Johnson – Secret War # 2 (July 2004)
Red Hulk – Hulk # 1 (January 2008)
Red Hulk’s alter ego Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross first appeared earlier in the very first issue of Incredible Hulk in 1962 as the general who was hunting down the Hulk.
Miles Morales – Ultimate Fallout # 4 (August 2011)
Kamala Khan – Captain Marvel # 14 (August 2013)