Colin's Birthday/X-Mas/Etc List!

Last updated 1/7/26

General Stuff

• Hoto electric screwdriver
• 2ml mylar silver age comic bags and matching boards
• EGO Portable Power Station
• AYN Thor Pro (black)
• Interesting consumables (e.g., coffee, cheese, beer, jerky)
• eBay gift certificate (for comics!)

3D Printing Stuff

• Green glow PLA
• Blue TPU

Comic Books

• Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter
• New 52 Animal Man Omnibus
• New 52 Swamp Thing Omnibus

Spider-People

• First appearance of Spider-Man
• First appearance of the Sinister Six
• First issue of Amazing Spider-Man
• First appearance of Kingpin
• First Venom cover
• Iconic drowning Spidey cover
• Buried alive Spider-Man cover
• Ultimate Spider-Man #1

X-People

• First-ever issue of X-Men
• First appearance of the "new" X-Men (Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, etc.)
• Original team versus new team
• First appearance of Wolverine
• First appearance of Phoenix
• Death of Phoenix
• New X-Men logo
• Crucified Wolverine cover
• Crazy Phoenix
• First appearance of New Mutants team
• First appearance of Gambit
• First appearance of X-23

Avengers

• First appearance of Black Panther
• First appearance of Iron Man
• First appearance of Hulk
• First appearance of Thor
• First appearance of Ant Man
• First appearance of Wasp
• First appearance of Avengers
• First appearance of Captain America
• First appearance of Falcon

Swamp Thing

• First appearance of Constantine
• First issue of Alan Moore run
• First meeting with Batman

Batman

• First Black Mask appearance (released my birth month!)
• Iconic Todd McFarlane cover
• Death of Jason Todd
• The Long Halloween #1

Spooky Heroes

• First appearance of Man-Thing
• First issue of Man-Thing
• First appearance of Morbius
• First appearance of Werewolf by Night
• First appearance of Ghost Rider
• First issue of Ghost Rider ongoing series
• First issue of new Ghost Rider
• First appearance of Legion of Monsters

Street-level Heroes

• First appearance of Daredevil
• First appearance of Moon Knight
• First appearance of Luke Cage
• First appearance of Punisher

Notable first appearances

• First appearance of Fantastic Four
• First appearance of Howard the Duck
• First Gwenpool cover
• First appearance of Squirrel Girl

Random Meaningful Series

• First issue of Mad
• First issue of Transmetropolitan
• First issue of Y: The Last Man
• First issue of Sandman
• First appearance of Usagi Yojimbo
• First issue of TMNT
• First issue of Bone

n.b. mycomicshop.com and eBay are good sources for comics!