The following is a list of the first known appearances of various superhero fictional characters and teams from Marvel Comics.
Character / Team / Series |
Year Debuted |
Creator/s |
First Appearance |
Groot |
1960 (November) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers |
Tales to Astonish #13 |
The Fantastic Four |
1961
(November)
|
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Fantastic Four #1 |
Hank Pym (a.k.a. Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket) |
1962 (January) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Tales to Astonish #27 |
Hulk |
1962 (May) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
The Incredible Hulk #1 |
Spider-Man |
1962 (August) |
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko |
Amazing Fantasy #15 |
Thor |
1962 (August) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Journey into Mystery #83 |
Iron Man |
1963 (March) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Don Heck |
Tales of Suspense #39 |
The Howling Commandos
(Izzy Cohen, Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Gabe Jones, Junior Juniper, Dino Manelli, Rebel Ralston and Happy Sam Sawyer) |
1963 (May) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 |
Wasp |
1963 (June) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Tales to Astonish #44 |
Doctor Strange |
1963 (July) |
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko |
Strange Tales #110 |
The X-Men
(Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Jean Grey and Professor X) |
1963 (September) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
The X-Men #1 |
The Avengers
(Hank Pym (as Ant-Man), Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Wasp) |
1963 (September) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers |
Avengers #1 |
Quicksilver |
1964 (March) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
The X-Men #4 |
Scarlet Witch |
1964 (March) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
The X-Men #4 |
Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) |
1964 (April) |
Stan Lee, Don Rico, Don Heck |
Tales of Suspense #52 |
Daredevil |
1964 (April) |
Stan Lee, Bill Everett |
Daredevil #1 |
Hawkeye |
1964 (September) |
Stan Lee, Don Heck |
Tales of Suspense #57 |
Wonder Man |
1964 (October) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Avengers #9 |
Hercules |
1965 |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Journey into Mystery Annual #1 |
Ka-Zar |
1965 (March) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
The X-Men #10 |
S.H.I.E.L.D. |
1965 (August) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Strange Tales #135 |
Inhumans
(Black Bolt, Medusa, Crystal, Karnak, Gorgon, Triton, and Lockjaw) |
1965 (December) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Fantastic Four #45 |
Silver Surfer |
1966 (March) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Fantastic Four #48 |
Peggy Carter |
1966 (May) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Tales of Suspense #77 |
Black Panther |
1966 (July) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Fantastic Four #52 |
Banshee |
1967 (January) |
Roy Thomas, Werner Roth |
The X-Men #28 |
Ronan the Accuser |
1967 (August) |
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby |
Fantastic Four #65 |
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) |
1967 (December) |
Roy Thomas, John Buscema |
Avengers #47 |
Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) |
1967 (December) |
Stan Lee, Gene Colan |
Marvel Super-Heroes #12 |
Carol Danvers (a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird, Captain Marvel) |
1968 (March) |
Roy Thomas, Gene Colan |
Marvel Super-Heroes #13 |
Vision |
1968 (October) |
Roy Thomas, John Buscema |
Avengers #57 |
Polaris |
1968 (October) |
Arnold Drake, Don Heck |
The X-Men #49 |
The Guardians of the Galaxy
(Charlie-27, Major Victory, Martinex and Yondu) |
1969 (January) |
Arnold Drake, Gene Colan |
Marvel Super Heroes #18 |
Havok |
1969 (March) |
Arnold Drake, Don Heck, Neal Adams |
The X-Men #54 |
Falcon |
1969 (September) |
Stan Lee, Gene Colan |
Captain America #117 |
Character / Team / Series |
Year Debuted |
Creator/s |
First Appearance |
Sunfire |
1970 (January) |
Roy Thomas, Don Heck |
The X-Men #64 |
Valkyrie |
1970 (December) |
Roy Thomas, John Buscema |
Avengers #83 |
The Squadron Supreme
(American Eagle, Doctor Spectrum, Hawkeye, Hyperion, Lady Lark, Nighthawk, Tom Thumb and Whizzer) |
1971 (February) |
Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema |
Avengers #85 |
Man-Thing |
1971 (May) |
Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Gray Morrow |
Savage Tales #1 |
Morbius, the Living Vampire |
1971 (October) |
Roy Thomas, Gil Kane |
The Amazing Spider-Man #101 |
The Defenders
(Doctor Strange, Hulk and Namor) |
1971 (December) |
Roy Thomas, Ross Andru |
Marvel Feature #1 |
Werewolf by Night |
1972 (February) |
Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Mike Ploog |
Marvel Spotlight #2 |
Adam Warlock |
1972 (April) |
Roy Thomas, Gil Kane |
Marvel Premiere #1 |
Luke Cage (a.k.a. Power Man) |
1972 (June) |
Archie Goodwin, George Tuska |
Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 |
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) |
1972 (August) |
Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, Mike Ploog |
Marvel Spotlight #5 |
Tigra |
1972 (November) |
Stan Lee, Marie Severin |
Claws of the Cat #1 |
Shanna the She-Devil |
1972 (December) |
Phil Seuling, George Tuska |
Shanna the She-Devil #1 |
Thundra |
1972 (December) |
Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway |
Fantastic Four #129 |
Moondragon |
1973 (January) |
Bill Everett, Mike Friedrich, George Tuska |
Iron Man #54 |
Drax the Destroyer |
1973 (February) |
Mike Friedrich, Jim Starlin |
Iron Man #55 |
Blade |
1973 (July) |
Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan |
The Tomb of Dracula #10 |
Brother Voodoo |
1973 (September) |
Len Wein, Gene Colan |
Strange Tales #169 |
Daimon Hellstrom (a.k.a. The Son of Satan, Hellstorm) |
1973 (September) |
Gary Friedrich, Tom Sutton |
Ghost Rider #1 |
Shang-Chi |
1973 (December) |
Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin |
Special Marvel Edition #15 |
Punisher |
1974 (February) |
Gerry Conway, Ross Andru |
The Amazing Spider-Man #129 |
Iron Fist |
1974 (May) |
Roy Thomas, Gil Kane |
Marvel Premiere #15 |
Hannibal King |
1974 (October) |
Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan |
The Tomb of Dracula #25 |
Wolverine |
1974 (October cameo, November full) |
Len Wein, Herb Trimpe |
The Incredible Hulk #180 (last panel cameo), The Incredible Hulk #181 (first full appearance) |
Misty Knight |
1975 (January mentioned, March full), 1972 (March retcon) |
Tony Isabella, Arvell Jones |
Marvel Premiere #20 (mentioned by name), Marvel Premiere #21 (first full appearance), Marvel Team-Up #1 (retcon) |
Jamie Madrox (a.k.a. Multiple Man) |
1975 (February) |
Len Wein, Chris Claremont, John Buscema |
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 |
Colossus |
1975 (May) |
Len Wein, Dave Cockrum |
Giant-Size X-Men #1 |
Nightcrawler |
1975 (May) |
Len Wein, Dave Cockrum |
Giant-Size X-Men #1 |
Storm |
1975 (May) |
Len Wein, Dave Cockrum |
Giant-Size X-Men #1 |
Thunderbird |
1975 (May) |
Len Wein, Dave Cockrum |
Giant-Size X-Men #1 |
Gamora |
1975 (June) |
Jim Starlin |
Strange Tales #180 |
Moon Knight |
1975 (August) |
Doug Moench, Don Perlin |
Werewolf by Night #32 |
The Champions
(Angel, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Hercules and Iceman) |
1975 (October) |
Tony Isabella, Don Heck |
Champions #1 |
Star-Lord |
1976 (January) |
Steve Englehart, Steve Gan |
Marvel Preview #4 |
Rocket Raccoon |
1976 (Summer) |
Bill Mantlo, Keith Giffen |
Marvel Preview #7 |
Eternals |
1976 (July) |
Jack Kirby |
Eternals #1 |
Nova (Richard Rider) |
1976 (September) |
Marv Wolfman, John Buscema |
Nova #1 |
Captain Britain |
1976 (October) |
Chris Claremont, Herb Trimpe |
Captain Britain Weekly #1 |
Psylocke |
1976 (December) |
Chris Claremont, Herb Trimpe |
Captain Britain #8 |
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) |
1977 (February) |
Archie Goodwin, Marie Severin |
Marvel Spotlight #32 |
3-D Man |
1977 (April) |
Roy Thomas, Jim Craig |
Marvel Premiere #35 |
The Starjammers
(Ch'od, Corsair, Cr'reee, Hepzibah and Raza Longknife) |
1977 (April cameo, October full) |
Dave Cockrum |
The X-Men #104 (last page cameo), The X-Men #107 (first full appearance) |
The Imperial Guard
(Astra, Electron, Fang, Gladiator, Hobgoblin, Impulse, Magique, Mentor, Midget, Nightside, Oracle, Quasar, Smasher, Starbolt, Tempest and Titan) |
1977 (October) |
Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum |
The X-Men #107 |
Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) (a.k.a. Marvel Boy, Marvel Man) |
1978 (January) |
Donald F. Glut, Roy Thomas, John Buscema |
Captain America #217 |
Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy |
1978 (April) |
Jack Kirby |
Devil Dinosaur #1 |
Agents of Atlas
(Namora, Venus, Marvel Boy, Gorilla-Man, M-11, Jimmy Woo and 3-D Man) |
1978 (June) |
Don Glut, Alan Kupperberg, Bill Black |
What If #9 |
Heroes for Hire
(Iron Fist and Luke Cage) |
1978 (December) |
Ed Hannigan, Lee Elias |
Power Man and Iron Fist #54 |
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) |
1979 (March) |
David Michelinie, John Byrne |
Avengers #181 |
Alpha Flight
(Aurora, Guardian, Northstar, Sasquatch, Shaman and Snowbird) |
1979 (April) |
John Byrne |
The X-Men #120 |
Black Cat |
1979 (July) |
Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard |
The Amazing Spider-Man #194 |
Character / Team / Series |
Year Debuted |
Creator/s |
First Appearance |
Kitty Pryde & Emma Frost |
1980 (January) |
Chris Claremont, John Byrne |
Uncanny X-Men #129 |
Dazzler |
1980 (February) |
Tom DeFalco, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern |
Uncanny X-Men #130 |
She-Hulk |
1980 (February) |
Stan Lee, John Buscema |
Savage She-Hulk #1 |
Sabra |
1980 (August) |
Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema |
The Incredible Hulk #250 |
Elektra |
1981 (January) |
Frank Miller |
Daredevil #168 |
Rachel Summers |
1981 (January) |
Chris Claremont, John Byrne |
Uncanny X-Men #141 |
Rangers
(Firebird, Phantom Rider, Red Wolf, Shooting Star and Texas Twister) |
1981 (November) |
Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema |
The Incredible Hulk #265 |
Rogue |
1981 (November) |
Chris Claremont, Michael Golden |
Avengers Annual #10 |
Cloak and Dagger |
1982 (March) |
Bill Mantlo, Ed Hannigan |
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64 |
New Mutants |
1982 (December) |
Chris Claremont |
The New MutantsMarvel Graphic Novel #5 |
Beta Ray Bill |
1983 (November) |
Walt Simonson |
Thor #337 |
Venom |
1984 (May) |
David Michelinie, Mike Zeck |
The Amazing Spider-Man #300 |
Power Pack |
1984 (August) |
Louise Simonson, June Brigman |
Power Pack #1 |
Silver Sable |
1985 (June) |
Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Josef Rubinstein |
The Amazing Spider-Man #265 |
Demolition Man |
1985 (October) |
Mike Carlin, Ron Wilson |
The Thing #28 |
X-Factor |
1986 (February) |
Bob Layton, Jackson Guice, Josef Rubinstein |
X-Factor #1 |
Excalibur |
1987 |
Chris Claremont, Alan Davis |
Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn |
Jubilee |
1989 (May) |
Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri |
Uncanny X-Men #244 |
New Warriors |
1989 (December) |
Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz |
Thor #411 |
Character / Team / Series |
Year Debuted |
Creator/s |
First Appearance |
Noh-Varr |
2000 (August) |
Grant Morrison, J. G. Jones |
Marvel Boy #1 |
Sentry |
2000 (September) |
Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee, Rick Veitch |
The Sentry #1 |
Doop |
2001 (July) |
Peter Milligan, Mike Allred |
X-Force #116 |
Exiles |
2001 (August) |
Judd Winick, Mike McKone |
Exiles #1 |
Ultimate Marvel characters |
2001 |
various |
Ultimate Spider-Man #1 |
X-Statix |
2001 (July) |
Peter Milligan, Mike Allred |
X-Force #116 |
Jessica Jones |
2001 (November) |
Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos |
Alias #1 |
Fantomex |
2002 (August) |
Grant Morrison, Igor Kordey |
New X-Men #128 |
Runaways |
2003 (July) |
Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona |
Runaways vol. 1 #1 |
Phyla-Vell |
2003 (December) |
Peter David, Paul Azaceta |
Captain Marvel Vol. 4 #16 |
Daisy Johnson,Quake |
2004 (July) |
Brian Michael Bendis, Gabriele Dell'Otto |
Secret War (comics) #2 |
X-23 |
2004 |
Craig Kyle |
NYX #3 |
Winter Soldier |
2005 (January) |
Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting |
Captain America Vol .5 #1 |
Young Avengers |
2005 (April) |
Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung |
Young Avengers #1 |
Gravity |
2005 (August) |
Sean McKeever, Mike Norton |
Gravity #1 |
Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) |
2006 (September) |
Robert Kirkman, Phil Hester |
The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1 |
Bob, Agent of HYDRA |
2007 (May) |
Fabian Nicieza |
Cable & Deadpool #38 |
Hope Summers |
2007 (November) |
Mike Carey, Chris Bachalo |
X-Men #205 |
Victoria Hand |
2008 |
Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato |
The Invincible Iron Man #8 |
Red Hulk |
2008 (January) |
Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness |
Hulk Vol .2 #1 |
Skaar |
2008 (January) |
Greg Pak, John Romita, Jr. |
World War Hulk #5 |
A-Bomb |
2008 (April) |
Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness |
Hulk Vol .2 #2 |
Guardians of the Galaxy |
2008 (May) |
Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning |
Guardians of Galaxy Vol .2 #1 |
Secret Warriors |
2008 (July) |
Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev |
Mighty Avengers #13 |
She-Hulk (Lyra) |
2008 (August) |
Jeff Parker, Mitch Breitweiser |
Hulk: Raging Thunder #1 |
Blue Marvel |
2008 (November) |
Kevin Grevioux |
Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel #1 |
Red She-Hulk |
2009 (September) |
Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness |
Hulk Vol. 2 #15 |
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