The 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).

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. Uncanny X-Men #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 Richard's (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. Uncanny X-Men #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 appearance of the New Mutants

61. Uncanny X-Men #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. Uncanny X-Men #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

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 Storm

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. Uncanny X-Men #12 – First appearance of Juggernaut

43. The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #6 – First appearance of the Lizard

42. Uncanny X-Men #58 – First appearance of Havok

41. Uncanny X-Men #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. Uncanny X-Men #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. Uncanny X-Men #95 – Death of Thunderbird I (John Proudstar)

31. Journey into Mystery (vol. 1) #83 – First appearance of Thor

30. Uncanny X-Men #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. Uncanny X-Men #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. Spider-Man (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. Uncanny X-Men #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. Uncanny X-Men #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.