100 Copper Keys

🗝 The Top 100 Key Issues from The Cooper Age Comic Books published from 1985 - 1992

Marvel Aug 1990

Spider-Man #1

Spider-Man #1
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Premiere issue of the fourth ongoing Spider-Man series
Todd McFarlane begins including images of Felix the Cat in the interior art of many issues after meeting someone suffering from post-traumatic stress who carried around a Felix the Cat doll
The man told McFarlane that he was not a fan of superhero books, therefore he didn't purchase Spider-Man comics, McFarlane asked if he would start reading them if Felix the Cat was drawn into them and the man said, "yes"
Marvel Sep 1990

Uncanny X-Men #268

Uncanny X-Men #268
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Iconic cover art by Jim Lee
Revealed that Wolverine, Black Widow and Captain America knew one another in World War II
Origin of the first meeting between Captain America and Wolverine
Marvel Feb 1991

New Mutants #98

New Mutants #98
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1st appearance of Deadpool, a subject of the Weapon X program
1st appearance of Copycat, impersonating Domino
1st appearance of Gideon, a member of The Externals
Cartoon Books Jul 1991

Bone #1

Bone #1
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1st appearance of Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone, Thorn and The Rat Creatures in a standard comic book
Bone previously appeared in the comic strips of the Ohio State University newspaper, The Lantern which were collected in a TPB called 'Thorn: Tales from The Lantern’ and had a print run of 1,000 copies
[October 2019 - Netflix has secured the rights to Jeff Smith's Bone but development has been discontinued as of April 2022]
Marvel Jul 1991

Infinity Gauntlet #1

Infinity Gauntlet #1
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"Infinity Gauntlet" Part 1
A popular six-issue limited series that effects the entire Marvel Universe
Thanos eliminates half of the world's population using the Infinity Gauntlet to impress the cosmic entity, Death
Marvel Oct 1991 Vol 2

X-Men #1

X-Men #1
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1st team appearance of the X-Men Gold (team): Storm, Archangel, Colossus, Iceman and Jean Grey
1st team appearance of the X-Men Blue (team): Cyclops, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Psylocke and Beast
1st team appearance of The Acolytes: Fabian Cortez, Annie-Marie Cortez, Chrome, Nance Winters, Delgado
Best-selling comic of all-time with sales of 8.1 million copies
Interior pin-up by Jim Lee, 'A Villains Gallery'
Eternity Dec 1991

Evil Ernie #1

Evil Ernie #1
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1st appearance of Lady Death
1st appearance of Evil Ernie
First published work in the comic book industry by Brian Pulido

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