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Marvel Comics Presents #9 (1988): Cloak, El Aguila

MARVEL FANFARE #40 (1988)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STREAKY THE CAT!

ALPHA FLIGHT #62 and NEW MUTANTS #64 (1988)

TYPHOID MARY by Bill Sienkiewicz

Captain America #342-344 (1988): 1st Resistants, Quill

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #137-138 (1988)

Incredible Hulk #348 (1988)

Power Pack #41 (1988)

Web of Spider-Man #40-43 (1988)

Daredevil #258 (1988): 1st Bengal

Marvel Comics Presents #8 (Iron Man) (1988)

Solo Avengers #11 (1988): Hercules, Hawkeye

STRANGE TALES #16-19 (series ends) and THE MUTANT MISADVENTURES OF CLOAK AND DAGGER #1-2 (1988)

Iron Man #233 (1988)

Web of Spider-Man #39 (1988)

POWER PACK #37-40 (1988): Louise Simonson run ends

CAPTAIN AMERICA #341 (1988): 1st “Battlestar”

PROFILE OF BOBBIE CHASE (1988)

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #38 (1988): 1st Macendale Hobgoblin

FANTASTIC FOUR #314-316 (1988)

HAVOK AND WOLVERINE: MELTDOWN #1-4 (1988)

SAGA OF THE SUB-MARINER #4 (1989): 1st meeting w/Human Torch

X-Factor #30-31 (1988): 1st Nanny, Orphan-Maker

Punisher #11 (1988)

SAGA OF THE SUB-MARINER #2-3 (1988)

MARVEL FANFARE #39 (1988): Hawkeye, Moon Knight

HO HO HULK (1991)

Amazing Spider-Man #30 (1965): 1st Master Planner

BLACK PANTHER #1-4 (1988)

Amazing Spider-Man #304-305 (1988)

INCREDIBLE HULK #347 (1988): 1st Mr. Fixit

BULLPEN BULLETINS OCTOBER (1988)

TRANSFORMERS WAR ON CHRISTMAS

A Very Hembeck Christmas

UNCANNY X-MAS (1989)

HO! HO! HULK!

MERRY MARVEL BULLPEN CHRISTMAS (1986)

Marvel Comics Presents #18 (1989): Willie Lumpkin X-Mas story

Marvel Comics Presents #18 (1989): She-Hulk

MERRY XMAS FROM SUGAR AND SPIKE!

MARVEL AGE #26(1985): HEMBECK CHRISTMAS!

Marvel Comics Presents #17 (1989): Watcher X-Mas story

HEMBECK’S HULKED OUT CHRISTMAS (1987)

MERRY TRANSFORMERS CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

DICK GRAYSON THE HALLS

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM STAN LEE (who is a cheap MF) (1973)

MERRY MAN-THING CHRISTMAS

man thing christmas

DEADPOOL vs SANTA

New Mutants #63 (1988)

Power Pack #36 (1988): Master Mold destroyed

Punisher #10 and Daredevil #257 (1988)

Silver Surfer #11-12 (1988): 1st Reptyl, Clumsy Foulup

     Solo Avengers #10 (1988): Hawkeye, Dr. Druid; Magneto/Magda parentage of Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver explained

THE FANTASTIC FOUR by ALEX ROSS

ACTION FIGURE OF THE DAY

SAGA OF THE SUB-MARINER #1 (1988)

ARMOR WARS (aka STARk WARS) (1988)

DAREDEVIL #254-256 (1988): 1st Typhoid Mary

THOR vs HULK ON MARVEL TV! (1988)

SILVER SURFER: PARABLE (1988)

WEST COAST AVENGERS #38 (1988)

Amazing Spider-Man #303 (1988)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #302 (1988)

IRON MAN #232 (1988): Barry Windsor Smith

Solo Avengers #8-9 (1988): Hawkeye, Hank Pym and Hellcat

PUNISHER #8-9 (1988)

Web of Spider-Man #37 (1988): 1st 616 Dakota North

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF WINTER!

MYSTERY SUPER TEAM OF THE DAY

RIP JOHN BUSCEMA

X-Factor #29 (1988)

Speedball #1-4 (1988): 1st Niels the Cat

FANTASTIC FOUR #313 (1988)

Daredevil #253 (1988): 1st Wildboys “gang”

MARK GRUENWALD EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE EDITOR (1988)

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #7 (Sub Mariner story) (1988)

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #6 (1988): Hulk

WEST COAST AVENGERS #30 (1988)

WEST COAST AVENGERS #37 (1988): Tigra, Hank Pym, Mockingbird, Moon Knight quit; Vision, Scarlet Witch join

CLASSIC X-MEN #23-24 (1988)

INCREDIBLE HULK #346 (1988): 1st Soul Man

MARVEL TRIVIA QUIZ: 1988

Solo Avengers #7 (1988): Hawkeye, Silver Sable, Sandman, Black Widow

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #301 (1988)

Alpha Flight #55-61 (1988)

X-FACTOR #28 (1988): 1st Infectia

WOLFPACK #1-12 (1988-1989)

IRON MAN #230-231 (1988): The End of Iron Wars; 1st Firepower

WEST COAST AVENGERS #32 (1988)

Amazing Spider-Man #298-300 (1988): 1st Eddie Brock as Venom

STRANGE TALES #159-168 (1967): Nick Fury; 1st Clay Quartermain, Contessa Valentina Allegro

NICK FURY VS. SHIELD #1-6 (1988): SHIELD shut down

WOLVERINE IS BATMAN

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: SQUADRON SUPREME: DEATH OF A UNIVERSE (1989): Overmind dies

PUNISHER #6-7 (1988): 1st Wild Rose

BULLPEN BULLETINS (March 1988)

X-FACTOR #27 (1988)

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #5 (Daredevil Story Only) (1988)

SILVER SURFER #8-10 (1988): Many Elders die

Solo Avengers #3-5 (1988) (Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Black Knight, Scarlet Witch)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLOAK AND DAGGER!

SOLO AVENGERS #6: Hawkeye and Falcon (1988)

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: Silver Surfer, Judgment Day (1988)

Incredible Hulk #341-345 (1988): Rock and Redeemer transformed; 1st Riot Squad

Power Pack #35 (1988): Fall of the Mutants

Marvel Comics Presents #1-12 (Man-Thing story) (1988-1989)

CLASSIC X-MEN #19-22 (1988)

Captain America #339 (1988): Fall of the Mutants

IRON MAN #229 (1988): Gremlin dies

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: IRON MAN: CRASH (1988)

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: The Inhumans (1988): 1st Ahura

THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR (1988 Annuals): Super Skrull, Jocasta, Giant Man revived; 1st Speedball, X-Babies, Matthew Plunder; Crystal quits FF; Hercules dies

INCREDIBLE HULK #340 (1988): Wolverine rematch; 1st Hulk healing factor

Daredevil #252 (1988): Fall of the Mutants

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #35 (1988): 1st Tarantula II

Power Pack #34 (1988)

STRANGE TALES #12-15 (1988)

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: I, Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1987)

FASTBALL SPECIAL by PAUL SMITH

NEW MUTANTS #62 (1988): Empath and Magma quit

Silver Surfer #7 (1988): Mantis revived

Incredible Hulk #339 (1988): Banner child abuse

WEST COAST AVENGERS #31 (1988)

Thor #392-395 (1988): 1st Quicksand and Earth Force

PROFILE ON JIM SHOOTER (1967)

Marvel Fanfare #38 (1988)

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #40: PUNISHER: ASSASSIN’S GUILD (1988)

Daredevil #250-251 (1988): 1st Bullet

Fantastic Four #312 (1988): Fall of the Mutants

Marvel Graphic Novel #34: Cloak and Dagger: Predator and Prey (1988)

COSPLAY OF THE DAY

Web of Spider-Man #34 (1988)

Marvel Comics Presents #1-8 (1988) (Shang-Chi story)

Marvel Comics Presents #1-10 (Wolverine’s story) (1988-1989)

Marvel Comics Presents #1-4 (1988) (Silver Surfer, Captain America, Thing, Thor, and Daredevil versus Fear Eater)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #296-297 (1988): 1st Tracer Launcher

Thor #390 (1988): Cap lifts Mjolnir

NEW ARTIST KYLE BAKER IN MARVEL AGE #17 (1984)

Captain America #338 (1988): Walker kills Prof Power

Alpha Flight #54 (1988): Origin of Goblyn

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #31: Wolfpack (1988)

Punisher #4-5 (1987-1988): 1st Microchip

Avengers #291-294 (1988): Marrina dies; Captain Marvel depowered

WEST COAST AVENGERS #26-29 (1987-1988): Zodiac gang dies

Fantastic Four #311 (1988)

ACTION FIGURE OF THE DAY

Fantastic Four #308-310 (1987-1988): Sharon becomes Thing; Thing mutates

Captain America #337 (1988): Cap becomes “Captain”; 1st Fer De Lance, Black Racer, Copperhead, Puff Adder

Thor #386-389 (1987-1988): 1st Thor Replicoid

Solo Avengers #1-2 (1987-1988): Hawkeye origin retcon

THE REAL ORIGIN OF THE WOLFPACK (1987)

MARVEL AGE #17 (1984): History of New Costumes

Captain America #336 (1987)

Power Pack #33 (1987)

Iron Man #225-228 (1987-1988): Armor Wars Begins!

New Mutants #56-61 (1987-1988): Fall of the Mutants; Cypher dies

Excalibur Special Edition (1987): 1st Excalibur

HAPPY LAST DAY OF HANAKKAH from JACK KIRBY (19760

Alpha Flight #52-53 (1987)

THOR #391 (1988): 1st Eric Masterson

Avengers #286-290 (1987-1988): Heavy Metal

ACTION FIGURE OF THE DAY

Daredevil #248-249 (1987): 1st Bushwacker

Marvel Graphic Novel #27: Avengers: Emperor Doom (1987): Purple Man “dies”

NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #3 (1987)

Incredible Hulk #338 (1987): 1st Mercy

ACTION FIGURE OF THE DAY

X-Factor #20 (1987)

Punisher #3 (1987)

Mephisto vs. X-Men #3 (1987): Longshot has no soul

THE BEST OF 2011: COMIC BOOKS!

Web of Spider-Man #33, Amazing Spider-Man #295, Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #133 (1987)

DAREDEVIL #247 (1987): K Giffen art

CLASSIC X-MEN #15-16 (1987): Starjammers origin

New Mutants #55 (1987): Louise Simonson run begins

Thor #385 (1987): vs Hulk

Uncanny X-Men #223 (1987)

BATMAN by GORAN PARLOV

Power Pack #30-32 (1987)

Iron Man #223-224 (1987): 1st Blizzard 2

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 (1987)

Alpha Flight #51 (1987): 1st Jim Lee art

THOR #384 (1987): 1st Dargo Ktor Thor

X-FACTOR ANNUAL #2 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #14 (1987)

Captain America #335 (1987)

WHO THE HELL IS KEITH GIFFEN? (His Top 10 Works)

Iron Man #222 (1987)

Strange Tales Vol. 2 #8-11 (1987-1988): 1st Night, Day, Mr. Jip; Dr. Strange gets an eyepatch

WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #2/AVENGERS ANNUAL #16 (1987): Lots of them die

Ghost Rider #72-73 (1982): Roger Stern run ends

Captain America #334 (1987): 1st Battlestar Bucky

Daredevil #246 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #28 (1987)

BULLPEN BULLETINS (1987): Larry Hama Profile

CAPTAIN AMERICA #333 (1987): Super Patriot is Cap

Incredible Hulk #336-337 (1987)

Amazing Spider-Man #293-294, Web of Spider-Man #31-32, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131-132 (1987): Kraven’s Last Hunt

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #20 (1987)