My 2024 YouTube videos (in order of popularity)

In 2024, I uploaded a total of 44 videos to my YouTube channel, ranging in length from 3 minutes to 32 minutes.  I've arranged the list of them below according to how many views that they have received so far (as of December 31, 2024), from highest number of views to lowest.

     In January and February 2024, I didn't upload any videos at all.  I uploaded three videos in March, two in April, and only one in May.  So, five months into 2024, I had uploaded a total of only six videos.  In June I decided to pick up the pace a bit, and began adding videos more regularly to the channel.  

     Most of the videos that I uploaded this year were reviews of brand-new comic books that I had bought, since I had recently begun buying new comics regularly again.  I decided to "brand" the videos with the word "New review" at the beginning of each video's title, made a playlist for them, and created similar-looking thumbnail images to accompany each of these review videos.  Once I got in the habit of doing that, it became easier to do more videos.

     In past years I have done a lot of videos about various topics that interest me at the moment -- topics that are barely represented among this year's videos (such as my ongoing "My Romance Novel Collection," which didn't see an episode in 2024 since I didn't acquire any novels during the year that I felt warranted a video about them).  

     I didn't bother doing a list like this in 2023 because that year I only uploaded around 13 videos during the entire year.  The year before, however, I had uploaded 50 videos -- some of them over two hours long -- and compiled a list ranking their views that you can read here.  Their viewing numbers are more impressive than subsequent years' views have been.

     Anyway, with that introduction out of the way, here's the list.  The bolded phrase is the title of the video, which often includes the date of the comic book's release (in bold type).  The date shown after the title, in non-bold type, is the day on which the video was posted to YouTube.  This is followed by the number of views that the video had received by the end of 2024. 

My 2024 videos (arranged in order of popularity): 

1.) "New review: VERONICA #28 facsimile edition (September 25, 2024)" (September 18, 2024): 1,503 views

2.) "New review: SUPERMAN VS. MUHAMMAD ALI (1978) facsimile edition (August 28, 2024)" (August 30, 2024): 383 views

3.) "Why Marvel & DC Comics Aren't Sold On Newsstands Anymore" (October 10, 2024): 317 views

4.) "New review: ARCHIE: THE DECISION #1 (August 28, 2024) Archie Comics" (August 26, 2024): 313 views

5.) "Who does better comics: DC or Marvel? A comparison of December 2024 solicitations from the Big Two!" (September 21, 2024): 277 views

6.) "New review: ARCHIE CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR #1 (December 4, 2024)" (November 27, 2024): 228 views

7.) "New review: BETTY #8 (1993) facsimile edition (November 27. 2024)" (November 27, 2024): 223 views

8.) "New review: ARCHIE HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR #1 (October 2, 2024)" (September 25, 2024): 218 views

9.) "New review: SABRINA ANNUAL SPECTACULAR #1 (September 4, 2024) Archie Comics one-shot" (September 1, 2024): 209 views

10.) "New review: BATMAN #153 (October 2, 2024) -- Are You ALL IN?" (October 8, 2024): 206 views

11.) "Let's look at DC Comics solicitations for October 2024! Are you ALL IN?" (July 23, 2024): 185 views

12.) "New review: NAMOR #1 by Jason Aaron (July 17, 2024)" (July 23, 2024): 166 views

13.) "New review: NAMOR #2 by Jason Aaron (August 21, 2024)" (August 22, 2024): 143 views

14.) "New review: DETECTIVE COMICS #1086 (June 25, 2024)" (June 25, 2024): 142 views

15.) "New review: CAPTAIN AMERICA #10 (June 19, 2024)" (July 4, 2024): 140 views

16.) "New review: BETTY & VERONICA SUMMER SPECTACULAR #1 (July 3, 2024)" (June 24, 2024): 132 views

17.) "Comparing a Sunday newspaper comic strip section from 1989 and 2024" (November 7, 2024): 131 views

18.) "New review: BETTY AND ME #16 facsimile edition (August 7, 2024)" (August 8, 2024) 120 views

19.) "New review: DETECTIVE COMICS #1083 (March 26, 2024)" (March 27, 2024): 116 views

20.) "New review: POWER GIRL #11 (July 24, 2024)" (July 31, 2024): 110 views

21.) "1970s HARLEQUIN ROMANCE novels at a thrift shop (2023)" (October 2, 2024): 103 views

22.) "New review: BETTY & VERONICA FRIENDS FOREVER: FAIRY TALES #1 (May 8, 2024)" (April 30, 2024): 102 views

23.) "New review: DETECTIVE COMICS #1090 (October 23, 2024)" (October 30, 2024): 98 views

24.) "New review: POWER GIRL #12 (August 28, 2024) DC Comics" (September 1, 2024): 96 views

25.) "New review: ABSOLUTE POWER: GROUND ZERO #1 (June 25, 2024)" (July 4, 2024): 92 views

26.) "This week's comics haul from the dollar boxes!" (March 25, 2024): 88 views

27.) "New review: JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS ANNUAL SPECTACULAR #1 (November 6, 2024)" (October 30, 2024): 87 views

28.) "New review: CAPTAIN AMERICA #11 (July 24, 2024)" (August 1, 2024): 86 views

29.) "New review: CAPTAIN AMERICA #12 (August 28, 2024)" (August 27, 2024): 85 views

30.) "How to Subscribe to Comic Books Through the Mail in 2025" (December 3, 2024): 84 views

31.) "New review: HARLEY QUINN #38 (March 26, 2024) DC Comics" (March 27, 2024): 82 views

32.) "Retro Review: WEIRD LOVE #21 (2017) IDW 's 1950s romance comic reprints" (November 18, 2024): 79 views

33.) "New review: ARCHIE & FRIENDS: BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES (June 5, 2024)" (May 30, 2024): 79 views

34.) "New review: POWER GIRL #10 (June 25, 2024)" (July 4, 2024): 76 views

35.) "New review: BATMAN #155 (December 4, 2024)" (December 20, 2024): 76 views

36.) "How to Buy New Comic Books" (October 2, 2024): 74 views

37.) "New review: DETECTIVE COMICS #1084 (April 23, 2024)" (April 30, 2024): 72 views

38.) "A look at DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #602 and #603 -- Does this look like the Beatles to you?" (June 24, 2024)" 69 views

39.) "SHAZAM! has a new artist!  But is that a good thing?" (October 23, 2024): 60 views

40.) "New review: DETECTIVE COMICS #1085 (May 28, 2024)" (June 5, 2024): 56 views

41.) "New review: REDCOAT #3 (June 19, 2024)" (July 4, 2024): 56 views

42.) "My FCBD (Free Comic Book Day) 2024 haul and review" (June 13, 2024): 50 views

43.) "New review: KARDAK THE MYSTIC #1 (August 14, 2024) Archie Comics one-shot" (August 16, 2024) 50 views

44.) "Idiot's Greatest Comics #36 audio tape recording (circa January 1982)" (September 6, 2024): 36 views

Some quick stats from the above list:  

The most-watched video that I uploaded in 2024 received 1,503 views.

The least-watched video got only 36 views.

Four of the videos that I uploaded in 2024 had more than 300 views.

Twenty-two of the videos received more than 100 views.

Only one video received less than 50 views.

Thanks for reading (and watching)!

My list of all of the Beatles songs ranked from best to worst

      I saw a YouTube video the other day where someone had ranked the Beatles songs into a top 100 list.  Some of the choices were pretty solid, but others seemed waaaay off base.  (For example, the person had "I Will" -- a minor McCartney ballad from the white album -- at #17, ahead of "A Day in the Life" which was at #19.)  So, I figured that I ought to try to make my own top 100 Beatles songs list.

     To begin the process, I thought that it would be best to go album by album and put each song in the order of how much I like it.  After all of the albums (and non-album songs, on singles and EPs) have had their contents ranked, then it would be easier to mix and match them from best to worst.  I did discover, however, that during the mixing and matching process, I sometimes elevated or lower a song's ranking different to how I had done when ranking the album they were on.  For example, when ranking the songs on the Please Please Me (1963) album, I had "Twist and Shout" ranked as the 4th best song on that album, but when compiling the overall list below, it became the 2nd highest place song from that album.  Go figure.

     I didn't go back and listen to any of the songs while compiling the list, relying on my memory of them.  This did cause a re-evaluation, though, when -- after completing the list -- I decided to listen to the two longest-ranked Lennon-McCartney songs: "When I Get Home" and "Little Child."  Originally I had "Little Child" as the lowest ranked of the two, but when I listened to the current remastered versions of them on YouTube, I decided that "When I Get Home" was worse, and so switched positions for them.  The harmonica solo used to be horribly edited in on my old vinyl version (at least in my memory), which had contributed to my negative opinion of that track, but it sounds OK on the remaster.  

     Obviously this is a personal ranking and other people will place some of the songs higher or lower.  Heck, even I would likely rearrange the list in the future (and may end up doing so, at some point).  One of the things that I did find difficult to rank was the shorter songs like "Dig It," "Her Majesty" and "Maggie Mae."  If I was making a mix tape for somebody, I would definitely include those songs (if there was room on the tape) since they are fun and catchy.  But how can those "throwaway" songs compare to a song that the Beatles took more seriously and spent more time working on, which I might not love as much?  For example, you can see that I've rated "Her Majesty" and "Maggie Mae" just higher than "Within You Without You" -- which I can see as being a ridiculous notion.  But the fact is that I find those two short dittys more enjoyable to listen to.  "Dig It" ranked even higher due to having clever lyrics, and the short version on the Let It Be album doesn't overstay its welcome.  (If we were to count the long, meandering version that they performed during the Get Back sessions, the song would place much, much lower!) 

     So, with that introduction out of the way, here's my (preliminary) list of my favorite Beatles songs, in order from best to worst. Only the U.K. album releases from 1963 to 1966 are listed.  All songs written by Lennon-McCartney unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Strawberry Fields Forever"

2. "I Am the Walrus"

3. "Penny Lane"

4. "Eleanor Rigby"

5. "A Day in the Life"

6. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

7. "Helter Skelter"

8. "Yesterday"

9. "Hey Jude"

10. "We Can Work It Out"

11. "Let It Be" (single version)

12. "Let It Be" (album version)

13. "Here Comes the Sun" (George Harrison)

14. "Dear Prudence"

15. "Revolution"

16. "Come Together"

17. "All You Need Is Love"

18. "Rain"

19. "She Loves You"

20. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

21. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

22. "Paperback Writer"

23. "Two of Us"

24. "From Me to You"

25. "You Never Give Me Your Money"

26. "Help!"

27. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

28. "Got to Get You into My Life"

29. "Yellow Submarine"

30. "I Should Have Known Better"

31. "If I Fell"

32. "Taxman" (George Harrison)

33. "Any Time at All"

34. "I'll Follow the Sun"

35. "Nowhere Man"

36. "Drive My Car"

37. "I Saw Her Standing There"

38. "Eight Days a Week"

39. "For No One"

40. "I'm a Loser"

41. "I've Just Seen a Face"

42. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

43. "Here, There and Everywhere"

44. "Tomorrow Never Knows"

45. "When I'm Sixty-Four"

46. "Magical Mystery Tour"

47. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"

48. "A Hard Day's Night"

49. "She Said She Said"

50. "And I Love Her"

51. "Good Day Sunshine"

52. "Can't Buy Me Love"

53. "All My Loving"

54. "Get Back" (album version)

55. "Get Back" (1969 single version)

56. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"

57. "Polythene Pam"

58. "Cry Baby Cry"

59. "Martha My Dear"

60. "I'm So Tired"

61. "Back in the U.S.S.R."

62. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"

63. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"

64. "Hey Bulldog"

65. "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"

66. "Golden Slumbers"

67. "Carry That Weight"

68. "The End"

69. "Revolution 9"

70. "Sexy Sadie"

71. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"

72. "Glass Onion"

73. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison)

74. "Day Tripper"

75. "Something" (George Harrison)

76. "Julia"

77. "The Long and Winding Road"

78. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"

79. "Piggies" (George Harrison)

80. "Rocky Raccoon"

81. "Bad Boy" (Larry Williams)

82. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell)

83. "Please Please Me"

84. "Love Me Do" (album version)

85. "Love Me Do" (original single version with Ringo on drums)

86. "No Reply"

87. "Ticket to Ride"

88. "Birthday"

89. "Love You To" (George Harrison)

90. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams)

91. "Tell Me Why"

92. "I'm Looking Through You"

93. "You're Going to Lose That Girl"

94. "If I Needed Someone" (George Harrison)

95. "Michelle"

96. "In My Life"

97. "Girl"

98. "Blackbird"

99. "Hello, Goodbye"

100. "The Fool on the Hill"

101. "Lady Madonna"

102. "Oh! Darling"

103. "This Boy"

104. "Your Mother Should Know"

105. "Don't Let Me Down"

106. "I Me Mine" (George Harrison)

107. "I Feel Fine"

108. "Because"

109. "With a Little Help from My Friends"

110. "Getting Better"

111. "Across The Universe" (from the 1969 charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World)

112. "Across the Universe" (Let It Be album version)

113. "Good Morning Good Morning"

114. "All Together Now"

115. "The Ballad of John and Yoko"

116. "I Call Your Name"

117. "I'll Be Back"

118. "Things We Said Today"

119. "Wait"

120. "You Won't See Me"

121. "Tell Me What You See"

122. "Think for Yourself" (George Harrison)

123. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"

124. "Dig It" (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Richard Starkey)

125. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

126. "Lovely Rita"

127. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

128. "I've Got a Feeling"

129. "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)

130. "You Can't Do That"

131. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy)

132. "You Like Me Too Much" (George Harrison)

133. "Another Girl"

134. "And Your Bird Can Sing"

135. "Doctor Robert"

136. "I'm Only Sleeping"

137. "It Won't Be Long"

138. "The Word"

139. "Baby's in Black"

140. "Baby, You're a Rich Man"

141. "What You're Doing"

142. "It's All Too Much" (George Harrison)

143. "I'm Down"

144. "The Inner Light" (George Harrison)

145. "Every Little Thing"

146. "Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry)

147. "Do You Want to Know a Secret"

148. "Yes It Is"

149. "Thank You Girl"

150. "Savoy Truffle" (George Harrison)

151. "Old Brown Shoe" (George Harrison)

152. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"

153. "Mother Nature's Son"

154. "I Will"

155. "For You Blue" (George Harrison)

156. "Dig a Pony"

157. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

158. "Revolution 1"

159. "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey)

160. "Words of Love" (Buddy Holly)

161. "P.S. I Love You"

162. "Slow Down" (Larry Williams)

163. "Blue Jay Way" (George Harrison)

164. "Fixing a Hole"

165. "Mean Mr. Mustard"

166. "Honey Pie"

167. "Yer Blues"

168. "Hold Me Tight"

169. "I Wanna Be Your Man"

170. "It's Only Love"

171. "I Need You" (George Harrison)

172. "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"

173. "I'll Cry Instead"

174. "She's a Woman"

175. "The Night Before"

176. "Not a Second Time"

177. "All I've Got to Do"

178. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson)

179. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)

180. "Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins)

181. "Misery"

182. "There's a Place"

183. "Please Mr. Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman)

184. "I Want to Tell You" (George Harrison)

185. "Only a Northern Song" (George Harrison)

186. "I'll Get You"

187. "She's Leaving Home"

188. "Sun King"

189. "Ask Me Why"

190. "Don't Bother Me" (George Harrison)

191. "Long, Long, Long" (George Harrison)

192. "One After 909"

193. "Her Majesty"

194. "Maggie Mae" (traditional; arranged by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starkey)

195. "Within You Without You" (George Harrison)

196. "Flying" (instrumental; Harrison–Lennon–McCartney–Starkey)

197. "Chains" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)

198. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Carl Perkins)

199. "Run for Your Life"

200. "Act Naturally" (Morrison–Russell)

201. "Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander)

202. "Don't Pass Me By" (Richard Starkey)

203. "Baby It's You" (Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach)

204. "Devil In Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin)

205. "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman)

206. "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller/Richard Penniman)

207. "Wild Honey Pie"

208. "What Goes On" (Lennon–McCartney–Richard Starkey)

209. "Good Night"

210. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow)

211. "Mr. Moonlight" (Roy Lee Johnson)

212. "Little Child"

213. "When I Get Home"

214. "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins)

215. "Boys" (Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell)

216. "Sie liebt dich" (Lennon/McCartney/Jean Nicolas/Lee Montogue)

217. "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" (Lennon/McCartney/Jean Nicolas/Heinz Hellmer)

An index of recent facsimile reprints of 1980s comic books

The following is a list of facsimile editions of classic 1980s comic books published by DC and Marvel in the past few years, reprinting individual issues that had originally appeared from 1980 to 1989 (by cover date).  You can find a list of facsimile editions of pre-1980 issues here.

          DC and Marvel continue to release more facsimile editions each month, so this blog post will be updated periodically to reflect these changes.  Here are the upcoming facsimile editions of 1980s issues scheduled to be released for the next few months:

December 18, 2024: Amazing Spider-Man #263 (1985)

December 18, 2024: Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (1985)

December 18, 2024: Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #12 (1985)

January 1, 2025: DC Comics Presents #26 (1980)

January 15, 2025: Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (1986)

January 29, 2025: Uncanny X-Men #131 (1980)

February 12, 2025: Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 (1985)

February 19, 2025: Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (1986)

February 19, 2025: Uncanny X-Men #132 (1980)

February 26, 2025: Sandman #8 (1989)

March __, 2025: Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (1986)

     This post was last updated on December 17, 2024.

ALPHA FLIGHT #1 (Aug. 1983)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2019 (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238 (March 1983)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of the Hobgoblin.

Facsimile edition: 2022 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #257, 1992 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 (May 1984)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #266, 1992 (GCD)

- Spider-Man Classics reprint with action figure, 2001 (GCD)

- Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan #1, 2007 (GCD)

- Amazing Spider-Man #252 Niagara Falls Edition, 2007 (GCD)

- Facsimile edition, 2019 (GCD)

(Note: The 2019 facsimile has a $3.99 cover price; the 2024 facsimile has a $4.99 cover price.)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #253 (June 1984)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of Spider-Man foe The Rose.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #267, 1992 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #254 (July 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #268, 1992 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #255 (Aug. 1984)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #269, 1993 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #256 (Sept. 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #270, 1993 with new cover (GCD) 

- Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales #1, 2021 (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #257 (Oct. 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #271, 1993 (GCD)

- Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales #1, 2021 (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #258 (Nov. 1984)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #272, 1993 with new cover (GCD)

- True Believers: The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man's New Costume #1, 2019 (GCD)

- Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales #1, 2021 (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #259 (Dec. 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #273, 1993 (GCD)

- Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24, 2007 (GCD), five pages & cover only

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #260 (Jan. 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #274, 1993 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #261 (Feb. 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #275, 1993 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #262 (March 1985)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (released on November 20, 2024) (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #263 (April 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Early appearance of Spider-Man's black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (released on December 18, 2024) (GCD)

Previous reprints include: 

- Marvel Tales #276, 1993 with new cover (GCD)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #300 (May 1988) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First full appearance of Venom.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Amazing Spider-Man #300 Niagara Falls Edition, 2007 (GCD) minus half the issue

- Amazing Spider-Man Family #1, 2008 (GCD)

- True Believers: Venom vs. Spider-Man #1, 2018 (GCD)

- Amazing Spider-Man: Venom 3D #1, 2019 (GCD)

AVENGERS ANNUAL #10 (1981) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of Rogue.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- X-Men Firsts #1, 1996 (GCD)

- Marvel Legends Reprint, 2005 (GCD), missing 9 pages

- True Believers, 2019 (GCD)

BATMAN #357 (March 1983)

Publisher: DC

Significance: First (cameo) appearance of Jason Todd.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

BATMAN #404 (Feb. 1987) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: "Year One" Part 1 (of 4).

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on December 5, 2023) (GCD)

BATMAN #405 (March 1987) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: "Year One" Part 2 (of 4).

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on December 12, 2023) (GCD)

BATMAN #406 (April 1987) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: "Year One" Part 3 (of 4).

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on December 19, 2023) (GCD)

BATMAN #407 (May 1987) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: "Year One" Part 4 (of 4).

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on December 26, 2023) (GCD)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #354 (June 1989)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of USAgent.

Facsimile edition: 2021 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1 (April 1985)

Publisher: DC

Significance: First issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Millennium Edition, 2000 (GCD)

- Dollar Comics, 2019 (GCD)

- Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #1, 2019 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #2 (May 1985) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: Second issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #3 (June 1985)

Publisher: DC

Significance: Third issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #4 (July 1985) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: Fourth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #5 (Aug. 1985) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: Fifth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #6 (Sept. 1985) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: Sixth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #7 (Oct. 1985) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: Death of Supergirl.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #1, 2019 (GCD), pages 18-42 only

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #8 (Nov. 1985) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: Death of Barry Allen (The Flash)

Facsimile edition: 2025 (released on November 20, 2024) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #2, 2020 (GCD)

- Facsimile edition, 2020 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #9 (Dec. 1985)  

Publisher: DC

Significance: Ninth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (released on December 18, 2024) (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #10 (Jan. 1986) [not final cover]

Publisher: DC

Significance: Tenth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on January 15, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #11 (Feb. 1986) [not final cover]

Publisher: DC

Significance: Eleventh issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on February 19, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #2, 2020 (GCD)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #12 (March 1986) [not final cover]

Publisher: DC

Significance: Final issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released in March 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

DAREDEVIL #181 (April 1982)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Death of Elektra.

Facsimile edition: 2019 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- The Elektra Saga #3, 1984 [19 pages only] (GCD)

- 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time [#25-22] #1, 2001 (GCD)

DAREDEVIL #183 (June 1982) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First meeting of DD & Punisher.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

DAZZLER #1 (March 1981)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2019 (GCD)

DC COMICS PRESENTS #26 (Oct. 1980) [not final cover]

Publisher: DC

Significance: First appearance of the New Teen Titans.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on January 1, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Tales of the Teen Titans #59, 1985 (GCD), Titans story only

- New Teen Titans: Custom Variant #1, 2018 (GCD), Titans story only

GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT (1989)

Publisher: DC

Significance: First "Elseworlds" story.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

INCREDIBLE HULK #347 (Sept. 1988) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of Hulk's Mr. Fixit identity.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

 

Previous reprints include:

- True Believers, 2019 (GCD)

MARVEL FANFARE #10 (Aug. 1983)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Black Widow story drawn by George Perez.

Facsimile edition: 2020 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #1 (May 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of the Beyonder.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD) 

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #2 (June 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Second issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #3 (July 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Third issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #4 (Aug. 1984)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Fourth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #5 (Sept. 1984)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Fifth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #6 (Oct. 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance:  First (cameo) appearance of the new Spider-Woman.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #7 (Nov. 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First full appearance of the new Spider-Woman.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #8 (Dec. 1984) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Spider-Man gets his black costume.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules, 2005 (GCD)

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

- Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales #1, 2021 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #9 (Jan. 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Ninth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #10 (Feb. 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Tenth issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #11 (March 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Penultimate issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (released on November 6, 2024) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #12 (March 1985) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Final issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (released on December 18, 2024) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Hasbro reprint, 2009 (GCD)

MOON KNIGHT #1 (Nov. 1980)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2022 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- True Believers: Bushman, 2020 (GCD)

NEW TEEN TITANS #1 (Nov. 1980) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: First issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on December 26, 2023) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Millennium Edition, 2000 (GCD)

- Custom Variant, 2018 (GCD)

THE OMEGA MEN #3 (June 1983) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: First appearance of Lobo.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #37 (June 1985) [not final cover]

Publisher: DC

Significance: First full appearance of John Constantine.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on February 12, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing #18, 1998 (GCD) in B&W

SANDMAN #1 (Jan. 1989)

Publisher: DC

Significance: First issue of the series.

Facsimile edition: 2022 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #1, 1996 (GCD)

- Millennium Edition, 2000 (GCD)

SANDMAN #8 (Aug. 1989) [not final cover]

Publisher: DC

Significance: First appearance of Death.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on February 26, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Essential Vertigo: The Sandman #8, 1997 (GCD)

THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (Feb. 1980) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of She-Hulk.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- She-Hulk #3 [#100], 2006 with new cover (GCD)

- Hulk Family: Family Genes #1, 2009 with new cover (GCD)

- Marvel Tales: Hulk #1, 2019 with new cover (GCD)

- True Believers, 2020 (GCD)

STAR WARS #50 (Aug. 1981)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Anniversary issue.

Facsimile edition: 2019 (GCD)

TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #44 (July 1984) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: First appearance of Nightwing (Dick Grayson).

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #32 (Nov. 1987)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Classic resurrection cover. Part 4 of "Kraven's Last Hunt." 

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

WOLVERINE #1 (Sept. 1982) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First issue of the Claremont-Miller limited series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on December 27, 2023) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- True Believers, 2017 (GCD)

- Facsimile edition, 2020 (GCD)

(Note: The 2019 facsimile has a $3.99 cover price; the 2024 facsimile has a $4.99 cover price.)

WOLVERINE #1 (Nov. 1988) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First issue of the ongoing Wolverine series.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- True Believers: Sword Quest, 2018 (GCD)

- Facsimile edition, 2020 (GCD)

(Note: The 2024 facsimile is a reissue of the 2020 facsimile edition, but with a $4.99 cover price instead of $3.99.)

WONDER WOMAN Vol. Two #1 (Feb. 1987) 

Publisher: DC

Significance: First issue of the post-Crisis series.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Facsimile edition: 2020 (GCD) (modern ads on back & inside covers)

(Note: The 2023 facsimile has the correct back & inside covers, unlike the 2020 version.)

[UNCANNY] X-MEN #129 (Jan. 1980) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearances of Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost.

Facsimile edition: 2023 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Classic X-Men #35, 1989 (GCD)

- Marvel Legends reprint, 2003 (GCD)

- True Believers: X-Men - Kitty Pryde & Emma Frost #1, 2019 (GCD)

[UNCANNY] X-MEN #130 (Feb. 1980)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of Dazzler.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Classic X-Men #36, 1989 (GCD)

[UNCANNY] X-MEN #131 (March 1980) [not final cover]

Publisher: Marvel 

Significance: Second appearance of Dazzler.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on January 29, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Classic X-Men #37, 1989 (GCD)

[UNCANNY] X-MEN #132 (April 1980) [not final cover]

Publisher: Marvel 

Significance: Early appearance of Hellfire Club.

Facsimile edition: 2025 (to be released on February 19, 2025) (no GCD entry yet)

Previous reprints include:

- Classic X-Men #38, 1989 (GCD)

[UNCANNY] X-MEN #137 (Sept. 1980)

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: Death of Phoenix (Jean Grey).

Facsimile edition: 2019 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Phoenix: The Untold Story #1, 1984 with new wraparound cover by John Byrne & unpublished original ending (GCD)

- Classic X-Men #43, 1990 with new cover by John Byrne (GCD)

- Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men #3, 1998 with new cover (GCD) 

- 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time [#3] #8, 2001 (GCD)

[UNCANNY] X-MEN #141 (Jan. 1981) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: "Days of Future Past" part one.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on November 22, 2023) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men #2, 1998 (GCD)

- Marvel Legends reprint, 2005 (GCD)

- True Believers: X-Men - Pyro #1, 2019 (GCD)

- 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time [#25-22] #1, 2001 (GCD)

UNCANNY X-MEN #142 (Feb. 1981) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: "Days of Future Past" part two.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (released on November 29, 2023) (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men #2, 1998 (GCD)

UNCANNY X-MEN #244 (May 1989) 

Publisher: Marvel

Significance: First appearance of Jubilee.

Facsimile edition: 2024 (GCD)

Previous reprints include:

- True Believers: X-Men - Jubilee #1, 2019 (GCD)