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Copper Age Key Issues

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Bosco685

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A few books have been mentioned in the past that are either major or minor keys from the Copper Age.

 

- Aliens #1 (May, 1988): 1st Aliens in comics; pre-dates DHP #24 (11/88).

- American Flagg! #1: 1st Reuben Flagg.

- Avengers #195: 1st cameo of Taskmaster.

- Avengers #196: 1st full Taskmaster.

- Avengers Annual #10: 1st Rogue.

- Badger #1 (Capital Comics, 1983): 1st Norbert Sykes/Badger.

- Batman #357: 1st cameo of Jason Todd, Killer Croc.

- Bizarre Sex #9 (Kitchen Sink Press): 1st full Omaha the Cat Dancer.

- Daredevil #168: 1st Elektra; 1st Frank Miller sole writing on title.

- DC Comics Presents #26: 1st New Teen Titans.

- Destroyer Duck #1: 1st Groo.

- Epic Illustrated #3 (Epic Comics, 1980): 1st Vanth Dreadstar.

- Green Lantern #141 (2nd series): 1st Omega Men.

- Jon Sable, Freelance #1: 1st Jonathan Sable.

- Justice Machine Annual #1 (Texas Comics): 1st Elementals.

- Mister X #1 (Vortex Comics): 1st full Mister X.

- New Mutants #16: 1st James Proudstar/Thunderbird.

- New Mutants Annual #2: 1st U.S. Psylocke.

- New Teen Titans #2: 1st Slade Wilson/Deathstroke.

- Nexus #1 (Capital Comics, 1981): 1st Horatio Valdemar Hellpop/Nexus.

- Omega Men #3: 1st Lobo.

- Primer #6 (Comico): 1st Evangeline; 1st professional work of Chuck Dixon.

- Realm, The (Arrow Comics): 1st Deadworld.

- Rust #12 (Now Comics, 1988): 1st Terminator in comics.

- Scout #9 (Eclipse): 1st Modern Airboy.

- Starslayer #10: 1st full John Gaunt/Grimjack.

- Superman: Man of Steel #17: 1st cameo of Doomsday.

- Terminator: The Burning Earth #1: 1st Alex Ross professional work.

- Tick Special #1 (NEC, 1988): 1st Tick in comics.

- Vanguard Illustrated #7: 1st Modern Mr. Monster.

- Vortex #2 (Vortex Comics): 1st Mister X - cover only.

- Warp #5 (First Comics): 1st cameo John Gaunt/Grimjack.

- Wolverine #10 (1st regular series): 1st Sabertooth battle.

- X-Men #244: 1st Jubilee.

- X-Men Annual #14: 1st Gambit cameo.

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A few books have been mentioned in the past that are either major or minor keys from the Copper Age.

 

- Aliens #1 (May, 1988): 1st Aliens in comics; pre-dates DHP #24 (11/88).

- American Flagg! #1: 1st Reuben Flagg.

- Avengers #195: 1st cameo of Taskmaster.

- Avengers #196: 1st full Taskmaster.

- Avengers Annual #10: 1st Rogue.

- Badger #1 (Capital Comics, 1983): 1st Norbert Sykes/Badger.

- Batman #357: 1st cameo of Jason Todd, Killer Croc.

- Bizarre Sex #9 (Kitchen Sink Press): 1st full Omaha the Cat Dancer.

- Daredevil #168: 1st Elektra; 1st Frank Miller sole writing on title.

- DC Comics Presents #26: 1st New Teen Titans.

- Destroyer Duck #1: 1st Groo.

- Epic Illustrated #3 (Epic Comics, 1980): 1st Vanth Dreadstar.

- Green Lantern #141 (2nd series): 1st Omega Men.

- Jon Sable, Freelance #1: 1st Jonathan Sable.

- Justice Machine Annual #1 (Texas Comics): 1st Elementals.

- Mister X #1 (Vortex Comics): 1st full Mister X.

- New Mutants #16: 1st James Proudstar/Thunderbird.

- New Mutants Annual #2: 1st U.S. Psylocke.

- New Teen Titans #2: 1st Slade Wilson/Deathstroke.

- Nexus #1 (Capital Comics, 1981): 1st Horatio Valdemar Hellpop/Nexus.

- Omega Men #3: 1st Lobo.

- Primer #6 (Comico): 1st Evangeline; 1st professional work of Chuck Dixon.

- Realm, The (Arrow Comics): 1st Deadworld.

- Rust #12 (Now Comics, 1988): 1st Terminator in comics.

- Scout #9 (Eclipse): 1st Modern Airboy.

- Starslayer #10: 1st full John Gaunt/Grimjack.

- Superman: Man of Steel #17: 1st cameo of Doomsday.

- Terminator: The Burning Earth #1: 1st Alex Ross professional work.

- Tick Special #1 (NEC, 1988): 1st Tick in comics.

- Vanguard Illustrated #7: 1st Modern Mr. Monster.

- Vortex #2 (Vortex Comics): 1st Mister X - cover only.

- Warp #5 (First Comics): 1st cameo John Gaunt/Grimjack.

- Wolverine #10 (1st regular series): 1st Sabertooth battle.

- X-Men #244: 1st Jubilee.

- X-Men Annual #14: 1st Gambit cameo.

Lots of great issues listed here. I picked up a few of the Omega Men #3 after hearing that they plan on doing a movie and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wanted to play Link.

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Dr Chaos

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Significant books not mentioned yet:

 

TNMT # 1

Albedo # 2 - 1st Usagi Yojimbo

Hulk # 330 - 1st McFarlane Art

Hulk # 340 - McFarlane Wolverine Cover

ASM # 361 - 1st Carnage

ASM Annual # 21 - Wedding Issue

X-Men # 212 - 1st Wolverine vs Sabretooth

X-Men # 248 - 1st Jim Lee Art

X-Men # 282 - 1st Bishop

Booster Gold # 1 - 1st Booster Gold

Secret Wars # 8 - First black costume

Youngblood # 1 - First Image Title

Crisis of Infinite Earths # 7 - Death of Supergirl

Crisis of Infinite Earths # 8 - Death of Flash

Superman # 75 - Death of Superman

Watchmen # 1

Fish Police # 1 (they did get a TV show)

Adventurers # 1

Lone Wolf and Cub # 1

'Nam # 1

Dark Knight Returns # 1

Batman # 400

Batman # 404 - Year One

Killing Joke # 1

V for Vendetta

Spider-man # 1

X-Men # 1

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RockMyAmadeus

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meh

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3154412#Post3154412

 

If you give me a concrete set of Copper years, beginning and end, I'll give you the keys, semi-keys, and issues of note.

 

 

I would say 1984-1992 Starting with Secret Wars/ASM #252 hm

 

That's a very easy time period. ;)

 

In alphabetical order , after "status*":

 

Major keys:

 

Albedo #2

Amazing Spiderman #300

Bone #1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

 

Keys:

 

Albedo #0, all firsts

Albedo #1, 1st & 2nd

Alf #48

Amazing Spiderman #252, 293, 294, 298, 299, 312, 316, 361

Batman #366, 368, 400, 404-407, 417-420, 426-429

Batman: The Dark Knight #1-4

Batman: The Killing Joke

Bone #2-8

Caliber Presents #1

Captain America #332, Annual #8

Crisis On Infinite Earths #7, 8

Crow #1-4

Cry for Dawn #1, #3 Horror, #5-8 Limited

Daredevil #227, 254

Detective Comics #575-578

Faust #1 Limited

Flaming Carrot #1

GI Joe #21

Gobbledygook #1, 2

Harbinger #0 Pink

Harbinger #1

I,Lusiphur #1, 3

Incredible Hulk #330, 340

Justice League #3 Variant

Magnus Robot Fighter #0

Miracleman #1 Gold, 1 Blue, 10-23

New Mutants #87, 98

Punisher Limited Series #1-5

Rai #3, 4

Sandman #1, 8 (both)

Secret Wars #8

Solar #10

Spiderman #1 Platinum

Spiderman #1 Gold UPC

Spiderman vs. Wolverine #1

Star Wars #107

Superman #75

Swamp Thing #20, 21, 37

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 variant

Tick Special Edition #1, 2

Tick #1

Transformers #76-80

Uncanny X-Men #201, 205, 210-213, 244, 248, 266, 268, 297 Gold, 303 Gold, 307 Gold

Unity #0 Red

Watchmen #1-12

Wolverine #10

X-Men #11 Silver/Platinum

 

Semi-Keys:

 

Albedo #0 Second

Albedo #4

Aliens #1, 2

Alpha Flight #51

Action Comics #583

Amazing Spiderman #249-251, 253, 265, 285, 289, 301-311, 313-325, 328, 330, 331, 344, 345, 362, 363, Annual #21 (both)

Animal Man #1, 5

Batman #436, 442, 457, 488

Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4

Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1

Bone #9, 10

Captain America #333, 334

Crisis On Infinite Earths #1, 12

Cry For Dawn #2-8, #4 Limited

Daredevil #228-233, 238, 241, 248, 249. 257

Dark Horse Presents #24

Dark Horse 5th Anniversary Special

Death Rattle #8

Detective Comics #535, 569. 570, 572, 574, 598-600

Doom Patrol #19

Ewoks #1-14

Fantastic Four #320, #347-349

Faust #1, 2

Flaming Carrot #2-5

Flash #350, 1

Firestorm #61 Variant

Ghost Rider #1

GI Joe #26, 27, 93-96

Green Lantern #195

Green Lantern Emerald Dawn #1

Grendel #40

Groo Special Edition #1

Harbinger #2-6

Hellblazer #1, 27

Incredible Hulk #324, 331-334, 336-339, 341-346, 350, 367, 377

Infinity, Inc. #14

I, Lusiphur #2, 4-7

Iron Man #225

Justice League #1

Legion of Superheroes #37, 38

Longshot #1-6

Mage #1, 6

Magnus #1, 5, 12

Marvel Team-Up #141

Megaton #3, 8, Explosion

Miracleman #1-9

New Mutants #86, 88, 93-97, 100

New Teen Titans #44

Omega #1 Limited

Predator #1

Primer #5

Punisher #1, 10

Rai #1, 2, 5

Robotech: Macross #1

Sandman #2-7, 21, 22

Silver Surfer #15, 34, 35

Solar #1

Spawn #1

Spectacular Spiderman #90, 131, 132, 158

Star Wars #100-106

Superman #423, 50, 74

Superman: Man of Steel #17, 18

Swamp Thing #22-25, 34, 38-40, Annual #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 2nd, #3, 4

Tick #2

Thor #412

Transformers #1, 70-75

V For Vendetta #1-12

Uncanny X-Men #221, 222, 225-227, 234, 256-258, 267, 269, 270-277, 281, 282, 283, Annual #9. 10, 14

Web of Spiderman #1, 18, 29, 31, 32

Wolverine #1

X-O Manowar #1, 4

X-Factor #6, 24

 

 

Issues of note:

 

Action Comics #584, 598, 683, 684

Adventures of Superman #463, 496. 497

Airboy #5

Akira #1

Albedo #3

Aliens #3-6, Vol 2 1-4

Aliens vs. Predator #1

All-Star Squadron #47

Alpha Flight #13, 17, 33, 34, 52, 53, 87-90, 106

Amazing Spiderman #254-261, 274, 275, 276, 281, 284, 327, 329, 346, 347, 359, 360

Animal Man #2-4

Avengers #263, 329

Batman #408-410, 416, 423, 433-435, 437-441, 450, 451, 465, 489-492

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1

Bone #1 2nd

Caliber Presents #2, 15

Caliber Christmas Special

Captain America #300, 323, 328, 335-350, 366, 383

Cerebus #147, 161

Crisis On Infinite Earths #2-6, 9-11

Daredevil #219, 236

Dark Horse Presents #1, 10, 34-36, 51-62

Defenders #152

Detective Comics #566, 604-607

Doom Patrol #20-25

Elektra Assassin #1-8

Excalibur Special

Excalibur #1, 57, 58

Fantastic Four #250-292, 296, 321, 325, 358

Flaming Carrot #6-15

GI Joe #60

Ghost Rider #2-6, 15

Green Arrow Long Bow Hunters #1-3

Green Arrow #1

Green Hornet #1

Green Lantern #194, 200, 224

Green Lantern Emerald Dawn #2-6

Grendel #35-39

Groo #29

Hellblazer #2-10, 25, 26, 40-50

Incredible Hulk #300, 314, 327, 348, 368-376, 379, 400

Infinity, Inc #15-37, Annual #1

Iron Man #191, 192, 200, 226-232, 244, 250, 282, 283

Justice League #2-7, 18, 19

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1

Legends #6

L.E.G.I.O.N. #4

Mage #2-5, 7-15

Magnus Robot Fighter #2-4, 6-11

Marvel Team-Up #150

New Mutants #85, 89-92, 99, Special Edition #1

New Teen titans #34, 39, 42, 43, Annual #3

New Teen Titans #1 (Baxter)

New Titans #50-54, 60, 61

New Warriors #1

The Nam #1

Nick Fury vs. Shield #1-6

Omega #1

Omega Men #37

Poison Elves #8-10 (Mulehide)

Predator #2-4

Punisher #2-5, 8, 9

Punisher War Journal #1, 6, 7

Robin #1

Rocketeer Special Edition #1

Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #1

Rom #75

Rust #12

Sandman #9-20, 23-45

Shadowman #1-3

Silver Surfer #1, 36-50, 75

Spawn #2-4

Spectacular Spiderman #116, 119, 141-143, 159-160

Solar #2-9, 11

Star Wars #80-99

Superman #1, 9, 73, 74

Superman Man of Steel #19

Swamp Thing #26-33, 35, 36, 41-64, 84

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 3rd, #2 2nd, #5-8

Tick #3-8

Thor #350-384, 411

Web of Spiderman #30, 38, 48, 59. 60, Annual #2

West Coast Avengers #1-4

Wolverine #2-9, 17, 41, 42

Wonder Woman #329, 1

X-Factor #1, 5, 40, 41, 42

X-O Manowar #2, 3, 5, 6

 

 

 

 

* How I determine "status": recognition + popularity of book + popularity of character + value. Not everyone may agree with all placing, but it will be close. Books that are expensive, but not necessarily recognized (like Albedo #0 first printing variants) aren't going to be "major keys" and so forth. Likewise, a book may not necessarily be very expensive, but may be immensely popular, to be considered a "key" (a la X-Men #248.) Status can and has changed over the years.

 

(if you see an issue missing, check the date range given. It might fall out of that range.)

 

 

Did I forget anything....?

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