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Year: 1962

Best new series:

Best new characters: Spider-Man, Hulk, Doctor Doom, the skrulls, Hank Pym, Namor, Thor and the Gods of Asgard.

Major events: The first time travel story, Sub-Mariner brought into the Marvel Universe, Marvel invents the no-prize, and lots of origin stories.

Top 10 Comics of 1962

  1. Fantastic Four #5: 1st Doctor Doom
  2. Amazing Fantasy #15: 1st Spider-Man 
  3. Fantastic Four #4: 1st Namor
  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

 

 

AMAZING FANTASY #15 (1962): 1st Spider-Man

FANTASTIC FOUR #2 (1962): 1st Skrulls!

FANTASTIC FOUR #3 (1962): 1st Fantasti-Car

FANTASTIC FOUR #4 (1962): Return of Sub-Mariner!

FANTASTIC FOUR #5 (1962): 1st Doctor Doom, 1st Time Travel…And the Single Greatest Comic Book of All Time

FANTASTIC FOUR #6 (1962): 1st Super-Villain Team-Up and 1st (Unofficial) No-Prize

FANTASTIC FOUR #7 (1962)

FANTASTIC FOUR #8 (1962): 1st Puppet Master and Alicia Masters

FANTASTIC FOUR #9 (1962): Prince Namor: Movie Producer

FANTASTIC FOUR HOUSE AD (1962)

INCREDIBLE HULK #1 (1962)

INCREDIBLE HULK #2 (1962)

INCREDIBLE HULK #3-4 (1962)

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83 (1962): First Thor!

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #84 (1962): 1st Jane Foster

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #85 (1962): 1st Loki, Heimdall, Balder, and Asgard

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #86-87 (1962): 1st Odin and The Uru Hammer

STRANGE TALES #101 (1962)

STRANGE TALES #102 (1962): 1st Wizard

Tales to Astonish #27 (1962): 1st Hank Pym

TALES TO ASTONISH #35 (1962): 1st Ant-Man!

TALES TO ASTONISH #36-37 (1962)

TALES TO ASTONISH #38 (1962): 1st Egghead!

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      • THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra
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      • Amazing Spider-Man #30 (1965): 1st Master Planner
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      • CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #30-31 (1974): Man-Wolf
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      • WHAT IF? #16 (1979)
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      • Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 (1964)
      • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #29 (1965)
      • Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 (1965)
      • MARVEL PREVIEW #14-15, 18 (1978): Starlord
      • SPIDER-MAN AND MADAME WEB by Terry Moore
      • NICK FURY HOUSE AD!
      • THAT TIME ROBOCOP FOUGHT PUNISHER
      • Strange Tales #132 (1965)
      • Tales Of Suspense #69-71 (1965): 1st Titanium Man
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      • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #28 (1965): 1st Molten Man
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      • FANTASTIC FOUR #44-47 (1965): 1st Inhumans
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      • Avengers #19-20 (1965): 1st Swordsman
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