In this series of posts you got to vote the best/most important single issue published each year, and now we have reached the end! Naturally we can't do 2025 yet because there's still comics coming out this year. Remember that these issues were **the most important**, **not** necessarily the best! This has been great journey with you all and I'm happy that you stayed on and enjoyed this series! There will be some shout outs at the comments, but now for the full list of winners:

* 1961 - Fantastic Four #1: first appearance of the Fantastic Four, the proper beginning of the Marvel Universe
* 1962 - Amazing Fantasy #15: first appearance of Spider-Man
* 1963 - Avengers #1: first appearance of the Avengers as a team
* 1964 - Avengers #4: Captain America is revived and joins the Avengers
* 1965 - Fantastic Four #48: first appearance of Silver Surfer and Galactus and first part of "Galactus trilogy"
* 1966 - Fantastic Four #52: first appearance of Black Panther
* 1967 - Amazing Spider-Man #50: "Spider-Man No More", first appearance of Kingpin
* 1968 - Avengers #57: first appearance of Vision
* 1969 - Captain America #117: first appearance of Falcon
* 1970 - Conan the Barbarian #1: first Conan comic
* 1971 - Amazing Spider-Man #96: first comic released without Comic Code Authority's approval
* 1972 - Hero for Hire #1: first appearance of Luke Cage
* 1973 - Amazing Spider-Man #121: death of Gwen Stacy
* 1974 - Incredible Hulk #181: first appearance of Wolverine
* 1975 - Giant-Size X-Men #1: first appearance of the new team of X-Men, beginning of Chris Claremont's run
* 1976 - Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1: first DC/Marvel crossover
* 1977 - Star Wars #1: first Star Wars comic
* 1978 - Fantastic Four #200: first Marvel series to reach issue #200 without continued numbering from different series
* 1979 - Iron Man #128: "Demon in a Bottle"
* 1980 - X-Men #137: end of the "Dark Phoenix saga"
* 1981 - Daredevil #181: death of Elektra
* 1982 - Marvel Graphic Novel #5: "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills"
* 1983 - Thor #337: first appearance of Beta Ray Bill, first issue of Walt Simonson's run
* 1984 - Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1: original Secret Wars begin
* 1985 - Daredevil #227: first part of "Born Again"
* 1986 - Uncanny X-Men #210: first part of Mutant Massacre
* 1987 - Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21: wedding of Spider-Man and Mary Jane
* 1988 - Amazing Spider-Man #300: first appearance of Venom
* 1989 - Sensational She-Hulk #1: first issue of John Byrne's She-Hulk
* 1990 - Spider-Man #1: first issue of Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man series
* 1991 - X-Men #1: highest selling single issue ever
* 1992 - Alpha Flight #106: Northstar comes out as gay
* 1993 - Marvels #1: first issue of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' miniseries
* 1994 - Web of Spider-Man #117: Clone Saga begins
* 1995 - X-Men Omega #1: end of Age of Apocalypse
* 1996 - Onslaught: Marvel Universe #1: Fantastic Four and the Avengers sacrifice themselves to stop Onslaught
* 1997 - Thunderbolts #1: one of the biggest plot twists in comics
* 1998 - Daredevil #1: first part of "Guardian Devil"
* 1999 - Daredevil #5: death of Karen Page
* 2000 - Ultimate Spider-Man #1: first appearance of Ultimate Spider-Man, start of the original Ultimate Universe
* 2001 - New X-Men #114: first appearance of Cassandra Nova, first issue of Grant Morrison's run
* 2002 - Ultimates #1: first issue of Ultimate counterpart of Avengers
* 2003 - Runaways #1: first appearance of Runaways
* 2004 - New Avengers #1: Brian Michael Bendis' run begins properly with a formation of the new team
* 2005 - House of M #7: Wanda decimates the world's mutant population
* 2006 - Civil War #1: Civil War begins
* 2007 - Amazing Spider-Man #545: finale of One More Day
* 2008 - Secret Invasion #8: end of Secret Invasion, sets up Dark Reign
* 2009 - Fantastic Four #570: first issue of Jonathan Hickman's run
* 2010 - Siege #4: end of Siege and Dark Reign era
* 2011 - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1: first proper appearance of Miles Morales
* 2012 - Hawkeye #1: first issue of Matt Fraction's run
* 2013 - New Avengers #1: beginning of Jonathan Hickman's other Avengers series focusing on Illuminati and incursions
* 2014 - Ms. Marvel #1: first issue of Kamala Khan's own comic series by G. Willow Wilson
* 2015 - Secret Wars #1: multiverse is destroyed, new Secret Wars begin
* 2016 - Secret Wars #9: Secret Wars end, multiverse is restored
* 2017 - Secret Empire #10: end of Secret Empire
* 2018 - Immortal Hulk #1: first issue of Al Ewing's run
* 2019 - House of X #1: beginning of the Krakoan Age
* 2020 - Daredevil #25: first appearance of Elektra as Daredevil
* 2021 - Marauders #21: first part of Hellfire Gala
* 2022 - Fantastic Four #1: first issue of Ryan North's run
* 2023 - Ultimate Universe #1: sets up the new Ultimate Universe
* **2024** \- **Ultimate Spider-Man #1**: first ongoing of the new Ultimate Universe

The Most Important Single Issue of Each Year - The Results