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Timeline of Events in X-Men Comics – 1963-2012

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Below you will find a listing of major events in X-Men. This list will help you get up to date on how the X-Men got where they are today and how they came to be. This list has been created in anticipation of the upcoming "All-New X-Men" series, which has a special focus on the evolution of the X-Men, as the original five X-Men are plucked from time to help deal with how their future went off the rails. SPOILER WARNING! Reading this list of events will spoil what happens in X-Men comics (which Read more [...]
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10 Must-Read Spider-Man Comics – 2012 Edition

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Our latest longbox-diving feature on this site is "10 Must-Read Comics". Unlike our comic book reading orders, or the latest indispensable reading order, this feature boils down the character down to ten comics, whether a it be a single issue or a collected edition graphic novel. It features a mix of early to current stories, origins and character-defining stories to critically acclaimed, the famous as well as occasionally the infamous. Contrarily to our "Top 25 Best Stories" list, this list might Read more [...]
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Best Superman Stories of All Time

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We're continuing our focus on Superman here at Comics Back Issues by counting down the top 25 best Superman stories of all time.  We'll be using our methodology used for other Top 25 lists, that is scouring the web for the most lists we could find and compile an aggregate listing for the most definitive list out there. Top 25 Superman Stories Overview No story is off limits, as we include Golden, Silver, Post-Crisis an Elseworlds stories in this list.  In fact, alternate reality stories tend Read more [...]
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Chronological Superman Reading Order Added

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The Chronological Superman Reading Order Our ever-popular reading orders have added another member to the list this week: The Post-Crisis Chronological Superman Reading Order. Like all of our reading orders, this chronological Superman reading order has been heavily researched, incorporating the many available lists out there, concentrating on individual issues and is filterable by the many details included such as creator, title, character, event and more. More details are to come for each Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Timeline ’96-’98: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 13

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Well, folks, this will be the last time we blog on the Indispensable Spider-Man timeline for this year.  The period covered in our final spans between the tail end of 1996 to the end of 1998, which includes a tidily wrapped Spider-Man timeline from the return of Peter Parker as Spider-Man until he eventually quits again, which spurs the (temporary) renumbering of Amazing Spider-Man. But before we get down to the dirty, gritty details, here's the how we decided which issues make our list: What Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Timeline ’95-’96: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 12

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Our penultimate Indispensable Spider-Man has landed! Yes, we will be ending our listing of the essential issues in the Spider-Man timeline soon, as we will be taking a loooooong break after the next installment, which will go up to the "Final Chapter" storyline that occurs just before the Amazing Spider-Man numbering "reboot". This is perhaps the most controversial list, as it covers Ben Reilly's time as the focus of the monthly Spider-Man. Some would remove these issues entirely, though Peter Read more [...]
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Chronological Spider-Man ’94-’95: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 11

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The Indispensable Spider-Man continues again with this week's installment.  Just as last week's group of  Chronological Spider-man issues was perhaps one of the best runs ever, we delve into one of most notoriously self-indulgent runs. This set of essential chronological Spider-Man issues spans from a short period between 1994-1995, but don't be fooled; this is perhaps one of the eras with the most issues published per month. Before we get down to the details, here's the criteria to how Read more [...]
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Chronological Spider-Man ’91-’94: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 10

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Confession here, Spider-Friends; this is perhaps one of my favorite Chronological Spider-man runs ever.  There are two reasons for this; first, because of the great story of the rise and fall of Harry Osborn, and second, because "it's mine".  This is smack dab during my golden age of comic collecting. Now that I got that off my chest: Welcome to our latest installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, featuring the chronological Spider-Man essential issues list from 1991 to 1994.  Add this to Read more [...]
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Chronological Spider-Man ’89-’91: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 9

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Enter: the Modern Age of Spider-Man! (Personally, I think we should start calling it the Chromium Age.) Hello Marvelites, Spider-Fans and/or M.M.M.S. members (see original Stan Lee era letter pages if you don't get the reference!). We continue our series of chronological Spider-Man essential issues list (released every Friday!) which ushers in the modern age of Spider-Man, marked with Todd McFarlane's move from Amazing Spider-Man to his newly created Spider-Man title created just for him Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’87-’89: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 8

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane of Peter Parker's most important life events.  Our "Indispensable Spider-Man" series is a number of lists that contain the essential issues to read, from the beginning, to get the full Spider-Man experience while not reading too much of the filler that's out there. A new installment comes every Friday, and today we tackle the end run of the Copper Age, which features oh so many changes to the Spider-Man chronology status quo (hence Read more [...]