Year: 1962

This is the year that the imagination of Stan Lee and Jack/Steve changed the world, with the introduction of at least a dozen characters who would become household names and many, many more who would be mainstays in comic books for the better part of a Century (so far).

Major Events: 

  • Origin stories for Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, and others
  • 1st “No-Prize” awarded
  • 1st Time Travel story 
  • Sub-Mariner brought into the 616
  • Hank Pym becomes both Ant-Man and Yellow Jacket, becoming the first superhero with different identities that also have different power sets

Best New Series: The Incredible Hulk

Top 10 New Characters:

  1. Spider-Man
  2. Hulk
  3. Doctor Doom
  4. Thor
  5. Hank Pym
  6. Loki
  7. The Skrulls
  8. Odin
  9. Puppet Master
  10. Egghead

Top 10 Stories

  1. Fantastic Four #5: 1st Doctor Doom
  2. Amazing Fantasy #15: 1st Spider-Man 
  3. Fantastic Four #4: 1st Namor in the 616
  4. Fantastic Four #2: 1st skrulls
  5. Fantastic Four #6: Doom hijacks the Baxter Building
  6. Hulk #1
  7. Journey into Mystery #83: 1st Thor
  8. Tales to Astonish #27: 1st Hank Pym
  9. Journey into Mystery #85: 1st Loki
  10. Fantastic Four #8: 1st Puppet Master and Alicia Masters