| 0 | Son of Origins of Marvel Comics | cover | 1 | pencils: Gene Ha; inks: Gene Ha; colors: Mark McNabb | Silver Surfer; Iron Man; Daredevil; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Wasp; Ant-Man |
| 1 | Prologue | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 2 | Make Way for the Merry Mutants | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 6 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 3 | Cover - X-Men #1, 1963 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky | Angel; Beast; Marvel Girl; Cyclops; Iceman; Magneto |
| 4 | X-Men | comic story | 23 | script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Sam Rosen | Professor Charles Xavier; X-Men [Cyclops; Beast; Angel; Iceman; Marvel Girl]; Magneto |
| 5 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 6 | Cover - X-Men #3, 1991 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Scott Williams | Storm; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Wolverine; Beast; Iceman; Archangel; Rogue; Psylocke; Colossus; Gambit |
| 7 | Fallout! | comic story | 22 | script: Jim Lee, Chris Claremont; pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Scott Williams; colors: Joe Rosas; letters: Tom Orzechowski | X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Storm; Wolverine; Gambit; Rogue; Colossus; Beast; Iceman; Psylocke; Archangel; Forge; Banshee]; Nick Fury; Val Cooper; Moira MacTaggert; Magneto (villain); Acolytes (villain); Fabian Cortez (villain); Chief Magistrate Anderson (villain) |
| 8 | When the Golden Avenger Was Gray | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 5 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 9 | Cover - Tales of Suspense #39 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Don Heck | Iron Man |
| 10 | Iron Man Is Born! | comic story | 13 | script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck | Iron Man |
| 11 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 12 | Cover - Iron Man #231 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jackson Guice; inks: Bob Layton | Iron Man |
| 13 | Stark Wars: Chapter 7 Reborn Again | comic story | 22 | script: David Michelinie, Bob Layton; pencils: Mark Bright; inks: Bob Layton; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Janice Chiang | Iron Man |
| 14 | If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 5 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 15 | Cover - The Avengers #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers | Avengers [Thor, Wasp, Ant-Man, Iron Man]; Loki |
| 16 | The Coming of the Avengers | comic story | 22 | script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Sam Rosen | Avengers [Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp]; Loki (villain); a Troll (villain); Hulk; Rick Jones, Teen Brigade; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Thing, Human Torch] |
| 17 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 18 | Cover - The Avengers #347 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Tom Palmer | |
| 19 | Empire's End | comic story | 39 | script: Bob Harras; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Gina Going; letters: Bill Oakley, Michael Higgins | |
| 20 | And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 5 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 21 | Cover - Daredevil #1, 1964 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Bill Everett | Daredevil; Fixer; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Spider-Man; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, Thing] |
| 22 | The Origin of Daredevil | comic story | 23 | script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek | Daredevil [Matthew Michael Murdock] (introduction, origin); Battling Jack Murdock (DD's father; death, introduction); The Fixer (introduction, death, villain); Slade; Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (introduction); Karen Page (introduction) |
| 23 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 24 | Cover - Daredevil #232 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: David Mazzucchelli; inks: David Mazzucchelli | Daredevil; Nuke |
| 25 | God and Country | comic story | 22 | script: Frank Miller; pencils: David Mazzucchelli; inks: David Mazzucchelli; colors: Max Scheele; letters: Joe Rosen | Daredevil; Karen Page; Foggy Nelson; Glorianna O'Breen; Ben Urich; Kingpin (villain); Nuke [Sgt. Simpson] (intro; villain) |
| 26 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 5 | script: Stan Lee | |
| 27 | Cover - The Silver Surfer #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott | Silver Surfer |
| 28 | The Origin of the Silver Surfer | comic story | 38 | script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam Rosen | Silver Surfer (origin in flashback); Shalla Bal (introduction, flashback); Zenn-Lavians (flashback); Galactus (villain, flashback); Hulk (cameo flashback); Dr. Doom (cameo flashback); Mr. Fantastic (cameo flashback); Invisible Girl (cameo flashback); The Thing (cameo flashback) |
| 29 | Epilogue | recap | 1 | script: Stan Lee | |