List of Marvel Comics superhero debuts

The following is a list of the first known appearances of various superhero fictional characters and teams from Marvel Comics.

Debuts

Golden Age

Character / Team / Series Year Debuted Creator/s First Appearance Notes
Ka-Zar (David Rand) 1936 (October) Bob Byrd Ka-Zar #1
Namor
(a.k.a. The Sub-Mariner)		 1939 (April) Bill Everett Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 [lower-alpha 1]
Human Torch (android) 1939 (October) Carl Burgos Marvel Mystery Comics #1
Angel 1939 (October) Paul Gustavson Marvel Mystery Comics #1
Electro 1940 (February) Steve Dahlman Marvel Mystery #4
Black Widow (Claire Voyant) 1940 (August) George Kapitan, Harry Sahle Mystic Comics #4
Falcon 1940 Bill Everett Human Torch Comics #2
Vision 1940 (November) Joe Simon, Jack Kirby Marvel Mystery Comics #13
Captain America 1941 (March) Joe Simon, Jack Kirby Captain America Comics #1
Bucky (Barnes) 1941 (March) Joe Simon, Jack Kirby Captain America Comics #1
Blazing Skull 1941 (March) Bob Davis Mystic Comics #5
Black Marvel 1941 (March) Al Gabriele Mystic Comics #5
Fin 1941 (April) Bill Everett Daring Mystery Comics #7
Thunderer 1941 (April) Carl Burgos, John Compton Daring Mystery Comics #7
Father Time 1941 (September) Stan Lee Captain America Comics #6
Destroyer 1941 (October) Stan Lee Mystic Comics #6 [lower-alpha 2]
Whizzer (Robert Frank) 1941 (August) Al Avison USA Comics #1
Miss America 1943 (November) Otto Binder, Al Gabriele Marvel Mystery Comics" #49
Patsy Walker 1944 (November) Otto Binder, Ruth Atkinson Miss America Magazine" #2
Blonde Phantom 1946 Stan Lee, Syd Shores All Select Comics" #11
Namora 1947 (May) Ken Bald, Syd Shores Marvel Mystery Comics" #82
Phantom Rider 1949 Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, Dick Ayers Tim Holt #11

1960s

Character / Team / Series Year Debuted Creator/s First Appearance
Groot 1960 (November) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers Tales to Astonish #13
Dr. Druid 1961 (June) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Amazing Adventures #1
The Fantastic Four
(Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and The Thing)		 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
The Hulk 1962 (May) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby The Incredible Hulk #1
Rick Jones 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
Balder the Brave and Heimdall 1962 (October) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Journey into Mystery #85
Iron Man 1963 (March) Stan Lee, 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 The Avengers #1
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 1964 (March) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby The X-Men #4
Sif 1964 (March) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Journey into Mystery #102
Black Widow (Natasha 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 The 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
The Warriors Three
(Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg)		 1965 (August) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Journey into Mystery #119
The Inhumans
(Black Bolt, Medusa, Crystal, Karnak, Gorgon, Triton, and Lockjaw)		 1965 (December) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Fantastic Four #45
Eric Koenig 1966 (February) Stan Lee, Dick Ayers Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos vol. 1 #27
Silver Surfer 1966 (March) Jack Kirby Fantastic Four #48
Sharon Carter 1966 (March) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Tales of Suspense #75
Peggy Carter 1966 (May) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Tales of Suspense #77
Black Panther 1966 (July) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Fantastic Four #52
Bill Foster
(a.k.a. Black Goliath, Giant-Man)		 1966 (September) Stan Lee, Don Heck The Avengers #32
Banshee 1967 (January) Roy Thomas, Werner Roth The X-Men #28
Black Knight (Dane Whitman) 1967 (December) Roy Thomas, John Buscema The 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 The 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
Prowler 1969 (November) Stan Lee, John Buscema, Jim Mooney The Amazing Spider-Man #78

1970s

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 The Avengers #83
The Squadron Supreme
(American Eagle, Doctor Spectrum, Hawkeye, Hyperion, Lady Lark, Nighthawk, Tom Thumb, and Whizzer)		 1971 (February) Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema The Avengers #85
Man-Thing 1971 (May) Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Gray Morrow Savage Tales #1
Mockingbird 1971 (June) Len Wein, Neal Adams Astonishing Tales #6
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
Namorita 1972 (June) Bill Everett Sub-Mariner #50
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) Roy Thomas, Wally Wood, Tony Isabella, Gil Kane, Don Perlin, John Romita, Sr., 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
Mantis 1973 (June) Steve Englehart, Don Heck The Avengers #112
Blade 1973 (July) Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan The Tomb of Dracula #10
Brother Voodoo
(a.k.a. Doctor 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
The 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
Colleen Wing 1974 (November) Doug Moench, Larry Hama Marvel Premiere #19
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)
Pip the Troll 1975 (February) Jim Starlin Strange Tales #179
Jamie Madrox
(a.k.a. Multiple Man)		 1975 (February) Len Wein, Chris Claremont, John Buscema Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4
Giant-Size X-Men
(Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, and 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
Hellcat 1976 (February) The Avengers #144
Rocket Raccoon 1976 (Summer) Bill Mantlo, Keith Giffen Marvel Preview #7
The 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
Machine Man 1977 (July) Jack Kirby 2001: A Space Odyssey #8
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)
Rocket Racer 1977 (September) Lein Wein, Ross Andru The Amazing Spider-Man #172
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
The 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
The 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 The 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

1980s

Character / Team / Series Year Debuted Creator/s First Appearance
Kitty Pryde and 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
The 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
Spectrum 1982 (October) Roger Stern, John Romita Jr. Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16
The New Mutants
(Cannonball, Mirage, Sunspot, and Wolfsbane)		 1982 (December) Chris Claremont, Bob McLeod The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel #5
Beta Ray Bill 1983 (November) Walt Simonson Thor #337
Venom 1984 (May, black costume) David Michelinie, Mike Zeck Amazing Spider-Man #252 (black costume),

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8 (alien symbiote),

Amazing Spider-Man #299 (last page cameo),

Amazing Spider-Man #300 (first full appearance)

Power Pack
(Alex Power, Julie Power, Jack Power, and Katie Power)		 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
(Artie Maddicks, Leech, Rictor, Rusty Collins, Skids, Tabitha Smith)		 1986 (February) Bob Layton, Jackson Guice, Josef Rubinstein X-Factor #1
Microchip 1987 (November) Mike Baron, Klaus Jansen The Punisher Vol. 2 #4
Excalibur 1987 Chris Claremont, Alan Davis Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn
Speedball 1988 (January) Tom DeFalco, Steve Ditko The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22
Jubilee 1989 (May) Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri Uncanny X-Men #244
The New Warriors 1989 (December) Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz Thor #411

1990s

Character / Team / Series Year Debuted Creator/s First Appearance
Cable 1990 (March) Louise Simonson, Rob Liefeld New Mutants #87
Gambit 1990 (August) Chris Claremont, Jim Lee Uncanny X-Men Annual #14
Deadpool 1991 (February) Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza The New Mutants #98
Darkhawk 1991 (March) Danny Fingeroth, Mike Manley Darkhawk #1
X-Force 1991 (April) Rob Liefeld The New Mutants #100
Bishop 1991 (November) Whilce Portacio, Jim Lee Uncanny X-Men #282
Domino 1992 (June) Fabian Nicieza, Rob Liefeld X-Force Vol .1 #8
Midnight Sons 1992 (August) Ghost Rider Vol .3 #28
Infinity Watch 1992 Jim Starlin, Angel Medina Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1
War Machine 1992 (September) Len Kaminski, Kev Hopgood Iron Man #281
The Nightstalkers 1992 (November) D. G. Chichester, Ron Garney, Tom Palmer Nightstalkers #1
ClanDestine 1994 (July) Alan Davis Marvel Comics Presents #158
Generation X 1994 (November) Scott Lobdell, Chris Bachalo Uncanny X-Men #318
Scarlet Spider 1994 (November) Terry Kavanagh, Steven Butler Web of Spider-Man #118
X-Man 1995 (March) Jeph Loeb, Steve Skroce X-Man #1
The Thunderbolts 1997 (January) Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley The Incredible Hulk #449
Big Hero 6 1998 (September) Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau Sunfire and Big Hero 6 #1
Winter Guard 1998 (October) Kurt Busiek, Sean Chen Iron Man Vol .3 #9
Echo 1999 (December) David Mack, Joe Quesada Daredevil Vol. 2 #9

2000s

Character / Team / Series Year Debuted Creator/s First Appearance Notes
Noh-Varr
(a.k.a. Captain Marvel, Protector)		 2000 (August) Grant Morrison, J. G. Jones Marvel Boy #1
Sentry 2000 (September) Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee, Rick Veitch The Sentry #1
Doop and X-Statix 2001 (July) Peter Milligan, Mike Allred X-Force #116
The Exiles 2001 (August) Judd Winick, Mike McKone Exiles #1
Jessica Jones
(a.k.a. Jewel, Power Woman)		 2001 (November) Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos Alias #1
Fantomex 2002 (August) Grant Morrison, Igor Kordey New X-Men #128
The Runaways
(Alex Wilder, Chase Stein, Gertrude Yorkes, Karolina Dean, Molly Hayes, and Nico Minoru)		 2003 (July) Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona Runaways vol. 1 #1
Phyla-Vell
(a.k.a. Quasar, Captain Marvel, Martyr)		 2003 (December) Peter David, Paul Azaceta Captain Marvel Vol. 4 #16
X-23 2004 (February) Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost NYX #3 [lower-alpha 3]
Daisy Johnson
(a.k.a. Quake)		 2004 (July) Brian Michael Bendis, Gabriele Dell'Otto Secret War (comics) #2
Winter Soldier 2005 (January) Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting Captain America Vol .5 #1
Amadeus Cho 2005 (January) Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15
S.W.O.R.D. 2005 (January) Joss Whedon, John Cassaday Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #3
Maria Hill 2005 (March) Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch New Avengers #4
The 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 2007 (December) 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
The Guardians of the Galaxy
(Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Quasar, Adam Warlock, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and Groot)		 2008 (April) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning Annihilation: Conquest #6
Secret Warriors 2008 (July) Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev Mighty Avengers #13
She-Hulk (Lyra) 2008 (August) Jeff Parker, Karl Hirst 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

2010s

Character / Team / Series Year Debuted Creator/s First Appearance
Avengers Academy 2010 (June) Christos Gage, Mike McKone Avengers Academy #1
Future Foundation 2010 (July) Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting Fantastic Four #579
The Annihilators 2011 (January) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning The Thanos Imperative: Devastation #1
Nova (Sam Alexander) 2011 (November) Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness Marvel Point One #1
White Tiger 2011 (December) Christos Gage, Tom Raney Avengers Academy #20
Alpha 2012 (August) Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos The Amazing Spider-Man #692
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) 2013 (August) Sana Amanat Captain Marvel #14
Silk 2014 (April) Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #1
Spider-Gwen 2014 (September) Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez Edge of Spider-Verse vol. 1 #2
Gwenpool 2016 (January) Chris Bachalo, Christopher Hastings Howard the Duck vol 6 #1
Ironheart 2016 (May) Brian Michael Bendis, Stefano Caselli Invincible Iron Man vol 2 #10

Notes

  1. ↑ First comics antihero[1]
  2. ↑ This was Stan Lee's most popular character at the time.
  3. ↑ X-23 first appeared in the animated series X-Men: Evolution in episode number 41 (titled "X-23").

References

  1. ↑ MacIntosh, Bruce (April 2008). "Sub-Mariner: Proud Prince or Perennial Punching Bag?". Back Issue!. TwoMorrows Publishing (27): 15–22.
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