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 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	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 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
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
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)	Stan Lee, 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
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
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
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	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
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
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)	David Michelinie, Mike Zeck	The Amazing Spider-Man #300
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
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 #11
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
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 (aka 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
Exiles	2001 (August)	Judd Winick, Mike McKone	Exiles #1
Jessica Jones	2001 (November)	Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos	Alias #1
Fantomex	2002 (August)	Grant Morrison, Igor Kordey	New X-Men #128
Runaways (Alex, Chase, Gert, Karolina, Molly, and Nico)	2003 (July)	Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona	Runaways vol. 1 #1
Phyla-Vell (aka Quasar, Captain Marvel, and 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 / 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
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
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 (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
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, 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
Annihilators	2011 (January)	Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning	The Thanos Imperative: Devastation #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.