MODERN AGE
1992–present
Begins with the speculator crash of the early nineties and the founding of Image. Creator-owned work becomes a mainstream option, the collected edition becomes the format most readers actually buy, and the variant cover goes from occasional event to standard practice. The largest slice of any modern catalogue, this one included.
57,174
SERIES
223,326
ISSUES
3,208
KEY ISSUES
PUBLISHERS OF THE ERA
KEY ISSUES FROM THE MODERN AGE
The Batman Adventures #12
Harley Quinn: First comic appearance; created for Batman: The Animated Series.
Swamp Thing #37
First appearance of John Constantine. Published as The Saga of the Swamp Thing; the series was later retitled.
Ultimate Fallout #4
First appearance of Miles Morales. Earliest catalogued appearance of Spider-Man (Miles Morales).
The Spectre #54
Earliest catalogued appearance of Mister Terrific (Holt).
NYX #3
First appearance of X-23.
The Batman Chronicles #16
Earliest catalogued appearance of Cassandra Cain.
New Avengers #4
Earliest catalogued appearance of Maria Hill.
Captain Marvel #14
Earliest catalogued appearance of Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan).
Teen Titans Annual #2
Earliest catalogued appearance of Jon Kent.
All Star Comics #2
Earliest catalogued appearance of Courtney Whitmore.
Robin #3
Earliest catalogued appearances of Stephanie Brown and Crystal Brown.
Kingdom Come #2
Earliest catalogued appearances of Batwoman, Cyclone (DC Comics), and Americommando.
LONGEST RUNS STARTED IN THIS ERA
2000 AD
2001 · 1,244 issues
2000 AD
2001 · 1,226 issues
V Jump
1993 · 396 issues
Spawn
1992 · 380 issues
Monthly Sunday Gene-X
2000 · 309 issues
Judge Dredd Megazine
2003 · 298 issues
Sonic the Hedgehog
1993 · 291 issues
Savage Dragon
1993 · 287 issues
Looney Tunes
1994 · 281 issues
Simpsons Comics
1997 · 264 issues
Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures
1995 · 252 issues
Gold Digger
1999 · 251 issues
Series are placed by the year they began, so a long run appears in the age it started rather than every age it ran through. Where an age begins and ends is a matter of convention, and the edges are argued over. All ages.