"softcover editions. In 2015, Marvel and IDW began co-publishing hardcover reprints of the strip from the beginning in a series called The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection! Each volume is subtitled for the years covered in the individual book. Volume One runs from 1977-1979; Volume Two from 1979-1981; Volume Three from 1981-1982; Volume Four from 1983-1984. The comic strip world is designated its own universe with Marvel's multiverse, Earth-77013, and is featured in the ""Spider-Verse"" comic storyline. The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip) The Amazing Spider-Man is a daily comic strip featuring the character Spider-Man. It is a dramatic,"
"on the cover, reprinted ""The Fantastic Four"" #2 (Jan. 1962) and ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #3 (July 1963), as well as the Ant-Man story from ""Tales to Astonish"" #36, and the first ""Tales of Asgard"" featurette, from ""Journey into Mystery"" #97 (Oct. 1963). It was a sister publication of what was then the annual, giant-size reprint comic ""Marvel Tales"". """"MCIC"""", as it was often abbreviated in Marvel Comics text pages, became a bimonthly series beginning with issue #2 (April 1966), which reprinted ""The Fantastic Four"" #3 (March 1962), ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #4 (Sept. 1963), and the Ant-Man story from ""Tales to"
"Awesome Android The Awesome Android (also briefly known as Awesome Andy) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ""Fantastic Four"" #15 (June 1963) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has made appearances in Marvel titles for over four decades, and also appeared in Marvel-related products including animated television series and trading cards. The Awesome Android debuted in ""Fantastic Four"" #15 (June 1963) as the creation of the Mad Thinker, and ""since then,"
"– August 1962), as well as in a special all-Bizarro 80-Page Giant (""Superman"" #202, December 1967/January 1968). The character made forty appearances in the Superman family of titles — ""Action Comics"", ""Superman"", ""Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen"", ""Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane"", ""Adventure Comics"", ""Secret Society of Super Villains"", and ""DC Comics Presents"" – from 1959 to 1984, prior to a reboot of the DC Universe as a result of the limited series ""Crisis on Infinite Earths"" #1 – 12 (April 1985 - March 1986). Bizarro was reintroduced into the DC Universe in a one-off appearance with characterization similar to his"
"publication was suspended for a year between issues #48 (Aug. 1957) and #49 (Nov. 1958). ""Xemnu the Living Hulk"", a huge, furry alien monster first appeared in ""Journey Into Mystery"" #62 (Nov. 1960) The character reappeared in issue #66 (March 1961). Since then the character has been a mainstay in the Marvel Universe, and was renamed Xemnu the Titan. ""Journey into Mystery"" #69 and the teen-humor title ""Patsy Walker"" #95 (both June 1961) are the first modern comic books labeled ""Marvel Comics"", with each showing an ""MC"" box on its cover. Beginning with issue #83 (Aug. 1962), the title starred"
"issue, the slogan was changed to ""The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!"" and became a fixture on the issue covers into the 1990s, and on numerous covers in the 2000s. Issue #4 (May 1962) reintroduced Namor the Sub-Mariner, an aquatic antihero who was a star character of Marvel's earliest iteration, Timely Comics, during the late 1930s and 1940s period that historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comics. Issue #5 (July 1962) introduced the team's most frequent nemesis, Doctor Doom. These earliest issues were published bimonthly. With issue #16 (July 1963), the cover title dropped its ""The"" and became simply"
"that Stanton also made uncredited contributions to Dr. Strange. Spider-Man debuted in ""Amazing Fantasy"" #15 (Aug. 1962), the final issue of that science-fiction/fantasy anthology series. When the issue proved to be a top seller, Spider-Man was given his own series, ""The Amazing Spider-Man"". Lee and Ditko's collaboration on the series saw the creation of many of the character's best known antagonists including Doctor Octopus in issue #3 (July 1963); the Sandman in #4 (Sept. 1963); the Lizard in #6 (Nov. 1963); Electro in #9 (March 1964); and the Green Goblin in #14 (July 1964). Ditko eventually demanded credit for the"
"of Marvel Comics' monster characters in 2015. Hulk (comics) The Hulk is a fictional superhero appearing in publications by the American publisher Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of ""The Incredible Hulk"" (May 1962). In his comic book appearances, the character is both the Hulk, a green-skinned, hulking and muscular humanoid possessing a vast degree of physical strength, and his alter ego Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, a physically weak, socially withdrawn, and emotionally reserved physicist, the two existing as independent personalities and resenting of the other. Following"
"It! The Living Colossus It! The Living Colossus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Initially a statue animated by a hostile extraterrestrial, he first appeared in the science-fiction anthology series ""Tales of Suspense"" #14 (Feb. 1961), in a story drawn by Jack Kirby (writer unknown). He was revived in ""Astonishing Tales"" #21 (Dec. 1973) by writer Tony Isabella and artist Dick Ayers as the protagonist of a short-lived feature, in which he was animated by a wheelchair-using special-effects designer. It! The Living Colossus debuted in the 18-page science fiction story ""I Created the"
"debuted in an epic 17-issue storyline in the ongoing feature ""Doctor Strange"" in ""Strange Tales"" #130–146 (March 1965 – July 1966). The character was first mentioned in the 10-page story ""Earth Be My Battleground"" in ""Strange Tales"" #134 (July 1965), and first seen in the 10-page story ""If Eternity Should Fail"" in ""Strange Tales"" #138 (Nov. 1965). Following the publication's retitling as ""Doctor Strange"", the character returned in issues #180–182 (May–July 1969), and thereafter continued to appear in stories that were cosmic in scope, including in ""Doctor Strange"" vol. 2, #10–13 (Oct. 1974 – April 1975); ""Defenders"" #92 (Feb. 1981);"
"the revamped Rawhide Kid (beginning with ""The Rawhide Kid"" #17, Aug. 1960); on the second and several subsequent early appearances of Thor (""Journey into Mystery"" #84-89, Sept. 1962 - Feb. 1963); on ""Fantastic Four"" #6-20 (Sept. 1962 - Nov. 1963), and the spin-off Human Torch solo series in ""Strange Tales"" (starting with its debut in issue #101); and ""The Incredible Hulk"" #3-5 (Sept. 1962 - Jan. 1963), among other series. Additionally, Ayers took over from Kirby as ""Sgt. Fury"" penciler with issue #8 (July 1964), beginning a 10-year run that — except for #13 (which he inked over Kirby's pencils),"
"superhuman strength, speed, agility, dexterity, reflexes, coordination, balance and endurance. He had previously worn a gibbon suit during his career. Gibbon (comics) Gibbon is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., the Gibbon first appeared in ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #110 (July 1972). The character subsequently appears in ""Amazing Spider-Man"" #111, ""The Spectacular Spider-Man"" #59-#60 (October–November 1981), #245-246 (April–May 1997), #252-253 (December 1997-January 1998), #256 (June 1998), ""She-Hulk"" #6 (May 2006), ""Punisher War Journal"" #4 (April 2007), #16 (April 2008), and ""Marvel Apes"" #1-4 (September–October"
"Invisible Hood The Invisible Hood is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe. He was originally owned by Quality Comics, but was later acquired by DC Comics, along with other Quality characters. He first appeared in ""Smash Comics"" #1 (August 1939), and was created by Art Pinajian, Pinajian illustrated the story under the pseudonym ""Art Gordon"". The character first appeared in ""Smash Comics"" #1 in 1939, as published by Quality Comics in a story titled ""Hooded Justice"". Years after the character was acquired by DC Comics, a retroactive fictional history was developed (see notes below in Character History). Little"
"his origin is consistent with one. A little-known story in ""Tales of Suspense"" #6 (November 1959) titled ""The Mutants and Me!"" was one of the first Marvel (then known as Atlas) stories to feature a named ""mutant"". Tad Carter, a mutant with telekinetic powers, is shown in Amazing Adult Fantasy #14, dated July 1962. The modern concept of mutants as an independent subspecies was created and utilized by Marvel editor/writer Stan Lee in the early 1960s, as a means to create a large number of superheroes and supervillains without having to think of a separate origin for each one. As"
"was sold separately from the vehicle. The 2003 edition of his action figure was renamed as Double Clutch. Later figures reverted to the original name. Clutch first appeared in """" #1 (June 1982), in the Marvel Comics licensed comic book. An unabashed skirt chaser, Clutch comes across to female Joe members such as Scarlett and Cover Girl as an oversexed chauvinist, and he does not give them much reason to think otherwise. Constantly hitting on any woman who comes into his line of sight, at one point Clutch actually suggests putting up Cover Girl and Scarlett as a mud wrestling"
"in ""Metal Men"" #14 (July 1965); #25 (May 1967) and #46 - 47 (July & Sept. 1976). Chemo reappeared in ""DC Comics Presents"" #4 (Dec. 1978); ""Superman"" #342 (Dec. 1979) and #370 (April 1982); ""Crisis on Infinite Earth"" #9 - 10 (Dec. 1985 - Jan. 1986) and ""Action Comics"" #590 (July 1987). The character was reimagined in ""Supergirl"" vol. 4, #5 (Jan. 1997) and then appeared briefly during the ""Our Worlds At War"" storyline in ""Adventures of Superman"" #593 - 594 (Aug. - Sept. 2001) and in ""Birds of Prey"" #36 (Dec. 2001) and ""Joker: Last Laugh"" #2 (Dec. 2001)."
"Locust (comics) The Locust is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was a one-time supervillain foe of the X-Men. The Locust made his debut in ""X-Men"" #24 in September 1966, and was created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth. The character subsequently appears in ""The Uncanny X-Men"" #72 (October 1971), ""The Incredible Hulk"" #194 (December 1975), ""X-Factor"" #52 (March 1990), and ""The Order"" #4 (July 2002). The Locust received an entry in the ""All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z"" #6 (2006). The Locust's alter ego is Doctor August Hopper, once"
"and artist Carmine Infantino in issue #9. A combination of the ""Captain Comet"" feature with the ""gorilla craze"" was presented in issue #39 (December 1953). Other notable series included Star Hawkins which began in issue #114 (March 1960) and the Atomic Knights which debuted in issue #117 (June 1960). In 'The Strange Adventure That Really Happened' in issue #140 (May 1962), real life comics creators editor Julius Schwartz and artist Sid Greene struggle to make writer Gardner Fox recall a story he has written that holds the key to saving the Earth from alien invasion. In a rare acknowledgement of"
"Looter (comics) The Looter is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the Spider-Man comic books. The character first appeared in ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #36 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears in ""Marvel Team-Up"" #33-34 (May–June 1975), ""Defenders"" #63-64 (September–October 1978), ""Spectacular Spider-Man"" #41 (April 1980), ""Web of Spider-Man"" #39 (June 1988), ""The Amazing Spider-Man Annual"" #26 (1992), ""Amazing Scarlet Spider"" #1 (November 1995), ""Spectacular Scarlet Spider"" #1 (November 1995), ""Web of Scarlet Spider"" #2 (December 1995), ""The Sensational Spider-Man"""
"Chameleon (comics) The Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Commonly depicted as a master of disguise and the half-brother of Kraven the Hunter, the Chameleon is known as being the first supervillain for Spider-Man to face by first appearing in the original issue of ""The Amazing Spider-Man"". Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #1 (March 1963), making him the first member of Spider-Man's rogues' gallery, based on issue publication date, excluding the burglar who murdered Ben Parker"
"issues. Mockingbird became regular character in the 2013 ""Secret Avengers"" series by Nick Spencer and Luke Ross. In September 2015, Mockingbird starred in the one-shot ""Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary"" #1 by writer Chelsea Cain and artist Joëlle Jones. That November, Marvel announced the launch of her first ongoing series by Cain and artist Kate Niemczyk in March 2016. It was canceled after eight issues due to poor sales, despite receiving critical acclaim. The character who later becomes Mockingbird first appears in a short sequence in ""Astonishing Tales"" #6 (June 1971) in which a frantic young brunette arrives at the English"
"Savage Dragon Savage Dragon is an ongoing American comic book series created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character first appeared as Dragon in ""Graphic Fantasy"" #1 (June 1982) and first appeared as the ""Savage Dragon"" in ""Megaton"" #3 (February 1986). The Dragon is a large, finned, green-skinned humanoid whose powers include super-strength and an advanced healing factor. He is also an amnesiac: his earliest memory is awakening in a burning field in Chicago, Illinois. Thus, for most"
"Groot Groot () is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ""Tales to Astonish"" #13 (November 1960). An extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, the original Groot first appeared as an invader that intended to capture humans for experimentation. The character was reintroduced as a heroic, noble being in 2006, and appeared in the crossover comic book storyline """". Groot went on to star in its spin-off series, ""Guardians of the Galaxy"", joining the team of the same name. Groot has been featured"
""""", Carter creates an illusion that he is still a child and Havok and Annie are together. Both Havok and Annie are killed prior to the beginning of the series. Havok (comics) Havok (Alexander ""Alex"" Summers) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. He first appears in ""Uncanny X-Men"" No. 54 (March 1969), and was created by writer Arnold Drake and penciller Don Heck. Havok generates powerful ""plasma blasts"", an ability he has had difficulty controlling. One of the sons of Corsair, he is the younger brother of"
"(Nov. 1961). In ""Strange Tales"" #75 (June 1960), a huge robot called ""the Hulk"" appeared. It was actually armor worn by the character Albert Poole. In modern-day reprints the character's name is changed to Grutan. Prototypes of the Spider-Man supporting characters Aunt May and Uncle Ben appeared in a short story in ""Strange Tales"" #97 (June 1962). The anthology switched to superheroes during the Silver Age of Comic Books, retaining the sci-fi, suspense and monsters as backup features for a time. ""Strange Tales""<nowiki>'</nowiki> first superhero, in 12- to 14-page stories, was the Fantastic Four's Human Torch, Johnny Storm, beginning in"
"Manikin (comics) Manikin (Whitman Knapp) is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a super hero and former member of Alpha Flight. Manikin first appeared in ""Alpha Flight"" #44 (March 1987), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Dave Ross. The character subsequently appears in ""Alpha Flight Annual"" #2 (1987), ""Alpha Flight"" #45-46 (April–May 1987), #48-62 (July 1987-September 1988), #64-66 (November 1988-January 1989), #97 (June 1991), #101 (October 1991), #104 (January 1992), #109-112 (June–September 1992), #114-116 (November 1992-January 1993), #119-120 (April–May 1993), #122-124 (July–September 1993), #126 (November 1993), and #130 (March 1994)."
"databases disagree over the duo's first published collaboration. Ayers revealed in 1996, however: Ayers went on to ink scores of Kirby Western and monster stories, including such much-reprinted tales as ""I Created the Colossus!"" (""Tales of Suspense"" #14, Feb. 1961), ""Goom! The Thing from Planet X!"" (""Tales of Suspense"" #15, March 1961), and ""Fin Fang Foom!"" (""Strange Tales"" #89, Oct. 1961). As Marvel introduced its superheroes in the early 1960s, Ayers inked Kirby on the first appearances of Ant-Man (""Tales to Astonish"" #27 & 35, Jan. & Sept. 1962), Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos (issues #1-3, May-Sept. 1963), and"
"into a superhero using a magic word to trigger his powers like Captain Marvel. Larsen and two friends produced a fanzine called ""Graphic Fantasy"", which featured this character. Larsen's first paid work was for the anthology ""Megaton"", co-creating and illustrating a feature called ""Vanguard"" with publisher Gary Carlson. A revised version of the Dragon debuted in issue #2 and appeared in the following two issues. The original Dragon, inspired by elements from Captain Marvel, Batman, Speed Racer and later The Incredible Hulk, differs greatly from the modern incarnation. Savage Dragon was first featured in two issues of ""Graphic Fantasy"", a"
"by Wonder Woman's younger sister Wonder Girl in her first appearance. After next being featured in ""Showcase"" #59 (Dec. 1965), the team was spun off into their own series with ""Teen Titans"" #1 (February 1966). The Metamorpho character was created by Haney and artist Ramona Fradon in ""The Brave and the Bold"" #57 (January 1965). Haney stated in 1995 that ""The most creative single thing I ever did was Metamorpho"". The character was featured in his own title, also written by Haney, from 1965 to 1968. Metamorpho later appeared in a series of back-up stories in ""Action Comics"" #413–418 and"
"Colossus"" in the anthology series ""Tales of Suspense"" #14 (Feb. 1961), published by Marvel Comics' 1950s and early 1960s forerunner, Atlas Comics. Penciled by industry legend Jack Kirby and inked by Dick Ayers, and scripted by an uncredited writer, this ""Marvel pre-superhero"" monster returned for a 13-page sequel story, ""Colossus Lives Again"", by the same art team, in the by-now Marvel comic ""Tales of Suspense"" #20 (Aug. 1961). The two stories were reprinted in, respectively, ""Monsters on the Prowl"" #17 (June 1972) and #25 (Sept. 1973). The character was revived in ""Astonishing Tales"" #21 (Dec. 1973) by writer Tony Isabella"
"Amazing-Man (Centaur Publications) Amazing-Man (John Aman) is a fictional, American comic book superhero whose adventures were published by Centaur Publications during the 1930s to 1940s in the Golden Age of Comic Books. Historians credit his creation variously to writer-artist Bill Everett or to Everett together with Centaur art director Lloyd Jacquet. Amazing-Man first appeared in ""Amazing-Man Comics"" #5 (Sept. 1939) The character influenced the creation and origin of Charlton Comics' 1960s superhero Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, as well as Marvel Comics' Iron Fist character in the 1970s, and DC Comics' hero of the same name. During the Golden Age of Comic"
"August 1962 issue, in which appeared another character franchise parody, ""Goodman Meets S*perm*n"". Warren's action disappointed Kurtzman, who felt that giving in to such censorship set a ""terrible precedent"", and amounted to a kind of prostitution. When the story was reprinted in the book collection ""Executive Comic Book"" in 1962, Elder modified the artwork to obscure the appearance of the ""Archie"" characters. Archie Comics found the characters' appearances still too close to their copyrighted properties and threatened another lawsuit. Kurtzman and Elder settled out of court by handing over the copyright to the story. Archie Comics held on to the"
"self-repair system and a homing beacon he could use to find Galactus' ship. Air-Walker The Air-Walker (Gabriel Lan) (also known as Gabriel the Air-Walker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Buscema and first appears (in android form) in Fantastic Four #120 (March 1972). Created by Stan Lee and John Buscema, Air-Walker first appeared in ""Fantastic Four"" #120 (March 1972). The character later appeared in ""Fantastic Four"" #211 (October 1979), ""Captain America"" #249 (September 1980), ""Dazzler"" #10 (December 1981) and ""Silver Surfer"" vol. 3, #41"