Tag Archives: Copper Age Back Issues

List of Spider-Man Comics in Order to Amazing Spider-Man #700

Fitting in with the end of an era, we've completed our Spider-Man reading order to include up to the end run of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos closed of this long running series with #700. The issues now included in the reading order are everything that occurs before Superior Spider-Man #1. For those loyal to this reading order, this update should only cover additional issues near the end of the list. Don't get too down on the news of the end of Amazing Spider-Man, Read more [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’84-’87: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 7

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The great Copper Age of Spider-Man continues in our 7th installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, featuring issues in the Spider-Man chronology published in between roughly 1984 and 1987. Just like the previous installment that also featured the Copper Age, we continue to see some essential events. The Black Symbiote Costume Saga, The end of the Hobgoblin Saga and the death of Ned Leeds. Gang War. The introduction of a new ongoing title. The list goes on. Here are the rules to how we pared Read more [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’82-’85: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 6

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It's a great time to be a Spider-Man fan! In this edition of the Indispensable Spider-Man, we look at issues roughly between 1982 and 1985, which contains some of Spider-Man's best stories. Nothing Stops the Juggernaut. The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man. The Owl vs. The Octopus. Secret Wars. The First Hobgoblin Saga. All these stories rank consistently and high in many person's list, and make this one of the best Spider-Man chronology periods. Again, to recap, here's the criteria Read more [...]

Spider-Man Hobgoblin Saga: Essential Issues

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The Original Spider-Man Hobgoblin Saga When Roger Stern took over the writing duties of Amazing Spider-Man, he introduced a new villain from the ashes of the Green Goblin in order to keep things fresh. Along with this new villain came the mystery of characters true identity, which lasted for more than a decade. The main suspects of the Spider-Man Hobgoblin mystery throughout the series were: Flash Thompson, Peter Parker's childhood nemesis-turned-friend Ned Leeds, Daily Bugle reporter with Read more [...]

Spider-Man Revealed! and Other Times Spider-Man is Unmasked

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A History of Spider-Man Revealed! We recently featured on this blog an essential issue reading list for Spider-Man's girlfriends (see the lists for Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy and Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat). All of those storylines contain an important issue in which Spider-Man's identity is revealed. To complete that theme, here are some issues, listed chronologically, where Spider-Man revealed his identity, is unmasked or otherwise had his identity compromised. 1. Spider-Man Revealed : A computer Read more [...]

Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Comic Book Essentials

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Our last posts featured Spider-Man's main squeeze Mary Jane, but it would be unfair to leave out his first love, Gwen Stacy. Some of the most important, iconic issues in the bronze age of comics are Gwen Stacy Spider-Man comics. Here are some of the most essential Gwen Stacy issues, including important appearances later on by Gwen Stacy's clone. Essential Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Issues First Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Appearance The first Gwen Stacy Spider-man appearance was in Amazing Spider-Man Read more [...]

Hot Mary Jane Watson Art : Who Does It Best?

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We're completing Mary Jane Watson Week (see Essential Mary Jane Watson issues and Top Mary Jane Watson Battles) on one of the most important subjects: artwork. Mary Jane went through a few transformations since her introduction, but she remained a bombshell throughout. Here is concise breakdown of the different versions of yet still hot Mary Jane Watson art. Hot Mary Jane Watson Art Showdown Hot Mary Jane Watson Art: The Original Look From her introduction to her marriage, and through almost Read more [...]