Back Issues Added

Here's the list of back issues that were added in the November-December 2011 (ok, it really spilled into January) time frame. Lower down on this page you can find the older list of issues that were added in the Oct-Nov timeframe.

Title	Pub Date	Reprint Info	Why Did I Buy It?	Entry notes
Marvel Super-Heroes #16 (GA Human Torch)	Sep 68	Human Torch #8	Included in Strange Tales #108 reprint.	Produced in 1954, not published until 1968.
Amazing Adult Fantasy #11 Strange Tales #67 Tales of Suspense #15	Apr 62 / Feb 59 / Mar 61	Giant-Size Man-Thing #1	Included in GS Man-Thing #1.  1st Goom.
Strange Tales #108 (Human Torch)	May 63	Human Torch #8	Cheap reprint of early Human Torch solo story.
Strange Tales annual #2	1963	Giant-Size Spider-Man #1	Established Statue of Liberty as Spidey/Torch meeting place.
Tales To Astonish #52	1963	Iron Man #43	Included in Iron Man #43. 1st Black Knight.
Fantastic Four annual #5	Nov 1967		1st Psycho-man.  Sue's pregnancy announced.	Update entry for Silver Surfer story, which I already had.
Daredevil #39-41	Apr-Jun 68		1st Death-Stalker (as the Exterminator), "Death" of Mike Murdock.
Daredevil #42	Jul 68		1st Jester
Daredevil #44-46	Sep-Nov 68		Jester storyline
Daredevil #47	Dec 68		Filling in my DD run.
Daredevil #48	Jan 68		Filling in my DD run.
Captain Marvel #14	Jun 69		Evil Alliance crossover
Hulk #121	Nov 69		1st Glob
Avengers #85-86	Feb-Mar 71		1st Squadron Supreme
Astonishing Tales #6-7 (Ka-Zar)	Jun-Aug 71		1st Bobbie Morse (Mockingbird)	Update entry for Doom stories, which I already had.
Daredevil #79	Aug 71		Mr. Kline storyline	Continued from #78
Iron Man #41	Sep 71		Mr. Kline storyline
Daredevil #80	Sep 71		Mr. Kline storyline	Continued in #81
Iron Man #42-43	Oct-Nov 71		Mr. Kline storyline
Daredevil #82-83	Dec 71 - Jan 72		Mr. Kline storyline
Daredevil #84	Feb 72		Mr. Kline storyline
Amazing Adventures #9-10	Nov 71 - Jan 72		Inhumans/Magneto story
Astonishing Tales #10	Feb 72		Early Bobbie Morse
Astonishing Tales #11	Apr 72		Early Bobbie Morse
Amazing Adventures #12-13	May-Jul 72	#12 reprinted in Avengers #136	Filling in my Beast solo run
Astonishing Tales #12-13	Jun-Aug 72		1st color Man-Thing, early Bobbi Morse
Captain America #151-152	Jul-Aug 72		Mr. Kline postscript
Amazing Adventures #14	Sep 72		Filling in my Beast solo run
Amazing Adventures #15	Nov 72		Filling in my Beast solo run
Captain America #176	Aug 74		I already had this as part of a trade, but due to recent additions it became necessary to split it out.	Not really a new review since i had already covered this. Split it out, updated the Continuity Notes, and a slight revision to the entry.
Iron Man #63	Oct 73		The "Dr. Spectrum's ring is a Skrull" issues
Iron Man #64-67	Nov 73 - Apr 74		Spectrum/Skrull story continued
Marvel Team-Up #18	Feb 74		Rare non-Spidey issue. FAUST appearance.
Giant-Size Man-Thing #1	Aug 74		Eventually I'll get all the Gerber Man-Things.  Figured this would be a good issue to add for now.
Avengers #138	Aug 75		Continues the Stranger/Toad & 'Beast joining the Avengers' story	continued from #137
Avengers #139-140	Sep-Oct 75		Filling in my Avengers run
Iron Man annual #3	1976		Molecule Man appearance (still trying to figure out when MTIO #1, where Molecule Man's son replaces him, is reversed)
Human Fly #1	Sep 77		Had to get some Human Fly issues. Mainly picked ones with super-guests. First appearance. Spider-Man appearance.
Human Fly #2	Oct 77		Ghost Rider appearance.
Human Fly #8-9	Apr-May 78		White Tiger & Daredevil appearances.
Human Fly #15	Nov 78		Intrigued by this: "NOTE: This issue also includes a 2-page text feature, "The Human Fly Visits the Marvel Bullpen," about the real Human Fly."
Avengers #179-180	Jan-Feb 79		Filling in my Avengers run
Human Fly #18-19	Feb-Mar 79		End of the series.
Avengers #206	Apr 81		Filling in my Avengers run
Avengers #207-208	May-Jun 81		Filling in my Avengers run
Man-Thing #11	Jul 81		Eventually I'll get all the Claremont Man-Things.  Picked this one for now because it's the end of the 2nd series, and the cover was odd.
Avengers #210	Aug 81		Filling in my Avengers run
Cat #4	Jun 73		Completing the Cat series
Tales of Suspense #17 Adventures Into Terror #11 Tales of Suspense #14	Jun 73	Where Monsters Dwell #16	Googam, son of Goom!
Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl #1	Dec 05		Continuity Insert. In general, I was wondering why there weren't as many continuity inserts set in various periods in my collection, and then I realized that there were and I just didn't have them.
Marvels: Eye of the Camera #1	Feb 09		Continuity Inserts
Marvels: Eye of the Camera #2	Feb 09		Continuity Inserts
Marvels: Eye of the Camera #3	Mar 09		Continuity Inserts
X-Men: The Hidden Years #1-9	Dec 99 - Aug 00		Continuity Inserts
X-Men: The Hidden Years #10-15	Sep 00 - Feb 01		Continuity Inserts
X-Men: The Hidden Years #16-22	Mar-Sep 01		Continuity Inserts

Here's the previous batch of back issues added October/November 2011:

Title	Pub Date	Reprint Info	Why Did I Buy It?	Entry notes
Tales of Suspense #20 Strange Stories of Suspense #13 Journey Into Mystery #4	Aug 61 / Feb 57 / Dec 52	Monsters on the Prowl #25	Second appearance of It, the Living Colossus. I'm always interested when pre-FF #1 characters appear more than once.
Iron Man #54	Jan 73		1st Moondragon (Madame MacEvil)
Defenders #4	Feb 73		1st Valkyrie (sort of)
Captain America #163	Jul 73		1st Serpent Squad, Dave Cox
Hulk #169	Nov 73		1st Bi-Beast, continues Harpy story	Continued from #168
Hulk #182	Dec 74		1st Hammer & Anvil, Crackajack Jackson, continues Wolverine's first appearance	Continued from #181
Marvel 1985 #1-6	Jun-Nov 08	Trade Paperback	Continuity inserts
Thor #235-236	May-Jun 75		1st Kamo Tharn, Sif absorbed into Jane Foster	Continued from #232-234
Marvel Premiere #27	Dec 75		Satana solo story, written by Claremont
Amazing Spider-Man annual #10	1976		1st Fly, Harlan Stillwell
Thor #255	Jan 77		Stone Men of Saturn appearance
Thor #258	Apr 77		I don't really know!
Daredevil #49-51	Mar-Apr 69		1st Starr Saxxon
Captain America #129	Sep 70		I guess i just included this issue by accident when i was getting Cap #130-132
Captain America #130	Oct 70		Robot Baron Strucker (See Cap #247)
Captain America #131-132	Nov-Dec 70		Robot Baron Strucker
Avengers #77	Jun 70		1st Cornelius Van Lunt (Taurus)
Avengers #105-107	Nov-Dec 73		Captain America's secret ID retcon	Continued in #108
Daredevil #97-98	Mar-Apr 73		1st Gerber issues
Avengers #125	Jul 74		Thanos saga tie in
Avengers #126	Aug 74		Filling in my Avengers run
Marvel Chillers #3	Feb 76		Tigra solo series
Marvel Chillers #4	Apr 76		Tigra solo series, written by Claremont
Marvel Chillers #5-7	Jun-Oct 76		Tigra solo series, John Byrne art
Ghost Rider #26	Oct 77		Dr. Druid appearance
Ghost Rider #27	Dev 77		Hawkeye appearance
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #11	Oct 77		Medusa appearance
Thor #269	Mar 78		FAUST storyline	Continued in #270
Captain America #217	Jan 78		1st SHIELD Super-Agents	Continued in #218
Captain America #219-221	Mar-May 78		Ameridroid, Captain America origin retcon	Continued from #218
Captain America #221 (Rick Jones back-up)	May 78		Back-up story included in issue #221.	Takes place between Avengers #14-15.
Captain America #222-223,225-227	Jun-Jul 78		1st Animus, Captain America origin retcon, written by Steve Gerber	Issue #226 was already reviewed. Issue #224 is a fill-in.
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #22-23	Sept-Oct 78		Moon Knight appearance
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #24	Nov 78		Hypno-Hustler!
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #25	Dec 78		1st Carrion	Continued in #26
Marvel Two-In-One #47	Jan 79		1st Machinesmith	Continued in #48
Thor #280	Feb 79		Hyperion vs Hyperion
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #31	Jun 79		Death of Carrion
Amazing Spider-Man #193	Jun 79		Fly appearance
Captain America #235-236	Jul-Aug 79		Continues Faustus/Grand Director story	Continued from #234
Marvel Two-In-One annual #4	1979		Graviton appearance
Spider-Woman #30	Sep 80		Dr. Karl Malus's first appearance
Spider-Woman #31-32	Oct-Nov 80		Dr. Karl Malus appearance
Marvel Two-In-One annual #5	1980		Thing/Hulk fight
Machine Man #19	Feb 81		1st Jack O'Lantern/Jason Macendale
Marvel Two-In-One annual #6	1981		1st American Eagle
Thor #324	Oct 82		Graviton appearance
Marvel Two-In-One #92-93	Oct-Nov 82		Death of Jocasta
Marvel Two-In-One #96	Feb 83		Thing vs Champion aftermath
Captain America #279	Mar 83		Filling in my Cap run	Continued from #278
Captain America #280	Apr 83		Filling in my Cap run
Captain America #281-283	May-Jun 83		Return of Jack Monroe Nomad, Viper/Spider-Woman retcon
Captain America #284	Aug 83		Filling in my Cap run
Captain America #285	Sep 83		Filling in my Cap run
Marvel Team-Up #136	Dec 83		Filling in my MTU run (purely obsessive-compulsive behavior here)
Captain America #290	Feb 84		1st Mother Night
Captain America #291	Mar 84		Filling in my Cap run
Micronauts #59	Aug 84		First Peter Gillis issue, last issue of original series
Marvel Team-Up #140	Apr 84		Secret Wars tie-in, 1st part of Black Widow/DD two-parter	Secret Wars
ROM #40	Mar 83		Brandy Clark becomes Starshine	Continued in #41
ROM #43-46	Jun-Sep 83		Starshine developments, Gremlin joins Soviet Super Soldiers	Continued from #42
Ka-Zar the Savage #29	Dec 83		Marriage of Ka-zar and Shanna the She-Devil
Thor #272-278	Jun 78 - Dec 78		False Ragnarok story, 1st Red Norvell
Code of Honor #1	Jan 97		Continuity Inserts
Code of Honor #2	Mar 97		Continuity inserts
Code of Honor #3	Apr 97		Continuity inserts
Daredevil #193	Apr 83		Filling in my Daredevil run
Daredevil #194	May 83		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #195	Jun 83		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #196-199	Aug-Oct 83		Larry Hama Wolverine, 1st Lady Deathstrike, Bullseye gets adamantium spine	Continued in #200
Daredevil #201	Dec 83		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #202	Jan 84		1st Micah Synn, Assistant Editor's Month
Daredevil #203	Feb 84		Filling in my Daredevil run
Daredevil #204	Mar 84		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #205	Apr 84		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #206	May 84		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #207	Jun 84		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #208	Jul 84		Filling in my Daredevil run
Daredevil #209	Aug 84		Filling in my Daredevil run
Daredevil #210	Sep 84		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #211	Oct 84		Denny O'Neil run
Daredevil #213	Dec 84		Denny O'Neil run