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Live Wire

12 appearances · Silver Age · 1967–2024
Who is Live Wire?

Born in the crackling creativity of Marvel's Silver Age, Live Wire made their debut in the pages of Fantastic Four Annual #5 in 1967, conjured by the legendary duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Keeping remarkable company from the very start — sharing adventures with the likes of Ben Grimm and Reed Richards before turning up alongside the hard-hitting worlds of Power Man and Ghost Rider — this character has woven a quiet but persistent thread through Marvel's tapestry for nearly six decades. With only a dozen catalog appearances spread across titles like Ghost Rider and Power Man, Live Wire is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes longtime collectors lean forward: a Silver Age original with Kirby-Lee DNA, circling some of Marvel's most beloved corners. If you love hunting the margins of the Marvel Universe for characters with genuine vintage pedigree, Live Wire is well worth a closer look.

★ First appearance
Fantastic Four Annual #5
Nov 1967

Top series

Covers through the years — 1967–2021

Fantastic Four Annual #5 1967
Fantastic Four Annual #5
Power Man #24 1975
Power Man #24
Marvel Two-in-One #70 1980
Marvel Two-in-One #70
Essential Marvel Two-in-One #3 2009
Essential Marvel Two-in-One #3
Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #3 2018
Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #3
Luke Cage Omnibus #[nn] 2021
Luke Cage Omnibus #[nn]

Appearances

Fantastic Four Annual (1963)
#5
Power Man (1974)
Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974)
#5
Marvel Two-in-One (1974)
#70
Ghost Rider (1973)
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update (2007)
#1
Essential Marvel Two-in-One (2005)
#3
Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006)
#3
Luke Cage Omnibus (2021)
Luke Cage Epic Collection (2020)
#2