On this date in 1975, the all-new, all-different X-Men debut in Giant-Size X-Men #1, introducing Storm, Nightcrawler and Colossus! Also debuting: Thunderbird and the future Magik of the New Mutants. Oh and some guy named Wolverine might’ve been there, too. By Len Wein and Dave Cockrum!

Amazing Spider-Man #156 (Wein/Buscema, May 1976). Pete protects Ned and Betty’s wedding from robbers.

Wonder Woman #6 (1987) Len Wein & George Pérez

Swamp Thing #1: Dark Genesis

by Len Wein; Berni Wrightson and Gaspar Saladino(L.)

DC

Page from Green Lantern #172. 1983. Art by Dave Gibbons.

"You won't die, Selina-- I'll see to that! You can't die-- you're the woman Bruce Wayne loves!"

Batman (v1) #324 (June, 1980)

Written by Len Wein with art by Irv Novick, Bob Smith, and Glynis Oliver

GH: SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #9

As I got older, my tastes in comics began to change, or at least to grow more expansive. And so I wound up trying titles that might have done nothing for me before, like SAGA OF THE SWAMPO THING, The series was a bit of a hybrid, existing in a world halfway between that of DC’s other mystery/supernatural series and a horror hero title like Marvel’s INCREDIBLE HULK or WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. So I could…

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That time someone slipped some acid into Spock's plomeek soup.

From Star Trek (Gold Key) #11 (August, 1971). Written by Len Wein. Art by Angelo Todaro and Alberto Giolitti.

1978 The Original Swamp Thing Saga #2 DC comics House Ad

April-May 1978. This attractive Mike Kaluta cover was one part of a last-ditch effort to revitalize THE BATMAN FAMILY, which had to this point been an almost hilariously wretched series, of interest mostly for the early issues' selection of older, better reprints and for a brief attempt to revive the original Batwoman, not seen in over a decade. This issue is still a decidedly mixed bag in quality, but it's notable for two things: the first meeting between Batman and the Huntress, the daughter of his Earth-2 counterpart (who would get her own strip in #18–#20), and a Huntress/Batgirl/Batwoman story that is really the last time that Catwoman was depicted as an actual villain in the mainstream Batman comics. Around this same time, Len Wein was embarking on a new subplot in BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS that would position Selina as primarily a romantic foil for Bruce Wayne — if not always quite on the straight and narrow, then no longer the supervillain she'd traditionally been.

Superman and the Demon versus Blackbriar Thorn by Joe Kubert

After a decade, Wayne Manor was reopened in batman 319#, cover date January, 1980. ("Never Give Up the Ghost!", Batman 319#, DC Comic Event)

Amazing Spider-Man #176 (Wein/Andru, Jan 1978). If Aunt May’s activism isn’t giving Peter enough to worry about, Harry’s acting like a real yo-yo…

Wonder Woman #14 (1988) by Len Wein & George Pérez

Wonder Woman #14: For the Glory of Gaea

by Len Wein/George Perez; Bruce Patterson; Carl Gafford and John Costanza

DC

X-Men Firsts #1 cover. 1996. Art by Tim Sale.