Ultimate '90s Comics Quiz

Think you know the 90's?

Take our 12 question quiz and prove that you're an expert on the most extreme era in comics history.

1. Which infamous comic launched with five interlocking covers that formed a single image when placed together?
X-Men #1 — still one of the best-selling comics of all time, selling over 8 million copies.
2. Which of the following was packaged inside the black polybag of Superman #75, “The Death of Superman”?
A black armband, trading card, obituary, tombstone, stamps, and poster — everything you needed for your hero’s funeral.
3. Which Valiant comic was one of the first ever to feature a chromium cover?
Bloodshot #1 — the shiny cover that launched a thousand reprints.
4. Marvel’s Ghost Rider #15 was famous for what gimmick?
Glow-in-the-dark cover — because nothing says “spirit of vengeance” like a phosphorescent skull.
5. X-Force #1 came sealed in a polybag — but what was inside?
One of five random trading cards — collectors had to buy five copies to “catch ‘em all.”
6. Which Marvel event flooded stores with more than 50 variant covers?
Onslaught — the crossover so big even the variant covers had variants.
7. Which marketing gimmick did upstart publisher Continuity use to launch their Deathwatch 2000 crossover?
Indestructible Tyvek covers — why settle for a hologram when you can have synthetic flashspun high-density polyethylene fiber?
8. Which gimmick notoriously graced Malibu's The Protectors #5?
A bullet hole — enraging advertisers who weren't informed that a hole would be bored through their ads.
9. DC’s Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1 shipped with how many different covers?
Four — each the same art, but printed on different colored paper, kicking off the collector's craze!
10. Which of these issues came with a set of vinyl cling stickers to make your own cover?
Man of Steel #30 — and all of the tiny Superman arm and Lobo leg stickers were promptly lost.
11. Which comic event is often blamed for triggering the real-world comic book market crash of the ’90s?
The Death of Superman — it sold millions… and made speculators realize maybe not every issue would fund retirement.
12. Which '90s issue introduced the blank "sketch cover" variant that remains popular to this day?
Gen-13 #1 — The blank "draw it yourself" cover was naturally one of 13 different variant covers.

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