CGC Comics Registry Featured Set: Sweet Lou's Marvel Bronze Age 1st Appearances Collection

While the Silver Age is known for introducing many of the classic Marvel heroes we still love today, the Bronze Age also contributed a significant number of iconic characters, many with more complicated stories. This month’s CGC Comics Registry Set is Sweet Lou's Marvel Bronze Age 1st Appearances Collection, by Sweet Lou 14, and it includes some of the most exciting and iconic Bronze Age first appearances!

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The Bronze Age of comics, roughly spanning 1970 to 1984, marked a shift toward more socially conscious storytelling. Comics began tackling real-world issues like drug abuse, racism and corruption, moving away from the sanitized stories of the Silver Age. Artists and writers were given more creative freedom, resulting in nuanced characters, and an evolving visual style that bridged classic and modern aesthetics.

Marvel introduced a wave of now-iconic characters during this era, including Wolverine, Punisher, Ghost Rider, Shang-Chi, Luke Cage and many more!

Some of the comics in this month’s featured collection include:

• Amazing Spider-Man #101 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Morbius
• Amazing Spider-Man #129 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Punisher
• Amazing Spider-Man #194 graded CGC 9.8 – first appearance of Black Cat
• Eternals #1 graded CGC 9.8 – first appearance of the Eternals
• Fear #19 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Howard the Duck
• Giant Size X-Men #1 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of the new X-Men
• Hero for Hire #1 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Luke Cage
• Incredible Hulk #181 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Wolverine
• Iron Man #55 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Thanos
• Marvel Premiere #15 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Iron Fist
• Marvel Premiere #47 graded CGC 9.8 – first appearance of Scott Lang Ant-Man
• Marvel Spotlight #2 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Werewolf by Night
• Marvel Spotlight #5 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Ghost Rider
• Special Marvel Edition #15 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Shang-Chi
• Tomb of Dracula #10 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Blade
• Werewolf by Night #32 graded CGC 9.6 – first appearance of Moon Knight

These comics, and many more, helped Sweet Lou 14 earn this set the Best in Set Type in 2023, and the Achievement in Collecting Comics Award in 2024.

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