Bob Layton

One of the comics industry’s true visionaries at every level, creator, writer, artist, designer, and entrepreneur, with over 5000 comic book credits to his name, Bob Layton has successfully migrated from comics to other media, including television, animation and feature films. If you’ve seen the Iron Man movies, then you’re familiar with Bob’s work as the DVD extras make clear. Bob reinvented the Iron Man comic in the late 70s, taking it from near-cancellation to one of Marvel’s all-time bestselling series. The classic Iron Man story “Demon in a Bottle” was recently voted “one of the top 20 comic stories of all time”. Bob also is credited as the co-creator of Marvel’s War Machine and DC Comics’ The Huntress as well as designing Mattel’s hugely-successful “Secret Wars” toy line. 

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Charlton Bullseye #2

Charlton 1975 Vol. 1
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Star Hunters #7

DC 1978 Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Bethany Cabe, Tony Stark's former head of security and love interest

Iron Man #130

Marvel 1980 Vol. 1
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Iron Man #146

Marvel 1981 Vol. 1
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Bizarre Adventures #27

Marvel 1981 Vol. 1
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First solo title series featuring Hercules

Hercules: Prince of Power #1

Marvel 1982 Vol. 1
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Marvel Super Heroes UK #395

Marvel UK 1983 Vol. 1
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Marvel Super Heroes UK #396

Marvel UK 1983 Vol. 1
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Photo Cover featuring Scott Leva as Spider-Man - Leva was Dean Cain's stunt double on 'Lois & Clark' and earned a Technical Achievement Academy Award for development of the 'Precision Stunt Airbag' which allows stunt people to safely fall from heights onto an evenly inflated airbag

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1st team appearance of X-Factor, the original X-Men: Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman, Angel

1st appearance of Cameron Hodge, a human who passionately hated mutants

1st appearance of Rusty Collins, a mutant with the ability to manipulate fire

[January 2026 - an X-Factor project is rumored to be in development at Marvel Studios]

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1st appearance of Artie Maddicks, a mutant with the ability to project holograms of his thoughts

1st appearance of Tower, a mutant who can change his height and density

X-Factor #3

Marvel 1986 Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Frenzy, a powerful female mutant

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1st cameo appearance of Apocalypse

1st team appearance of the Alliance Of Evil

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1st appearance of Ghost, an engineer who developed and integrated himself into a cloaking technology

Iron Man #219

Marvel 1987 Vol. 1
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Iron Man #225

Marvel 1988 Vol. 1
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Reprint of Iron Man #225, part one of Armor Wars

Distributed in Marvel Universe: Silver Centurion vs. Mandarin action figure comic packs

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Marvel Graphic Novel #37

Marvel 1988 Vol. 1
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Iron Man #241

Marvel 1989 Vol. 1
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Iron Man #249

Marvel 1989 Vol. 1
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Marvel Comics Presents #40

Marvel 1990 Vol. 1
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Iron Man #254

Marvel 1990 Vol. 1
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X-O Manowar #4

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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1st cameo appearance of Jack Boniface, later becomes Shadowman

Jack Boniface is unnamed in this issue and is seen in one panel playing the sax

Archer & Armstrong #1

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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X-O Manowar #7

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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Shadowman #5

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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X-O Manowar #8

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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Eternal Warrior #3

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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X-O Manowar #9

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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X-O Manowar #10

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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1st full appearance and origin of Bloodshot

1st appearance and origin of the second Rai

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Rai #0

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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Variant glossy cover, approximately 10x more rare than the standard, matte cover

Rai #0

Valiant 1992 Vol. 1
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Error variant printed without black ink

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