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 |