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Year: 1966

Major Events: 

  • John Romita takes over Spider-Man from Steve Ditko
  • The Fantastic Four go to the Negative Zone
  • Peter and Mary Jane have their first date
  • First series crossover (between Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish)
  • Gene Colan becomes regular Daredevil artist

Important Deaths:

Best New Series: Thor (taking over Journey into Mystery)

Top 20 New Characters:

  1. Silver Surfer
  2. Black Panther
  3. Galactus
  4. Batroc the Leaper
  5. Gwen Stacy
  6. High Evolutionary
  7. Gladiator (Daredevil foe)
  8. Living Tribunal
  9. Ego the Living Planet
  10. Klaw
  11. Cosmic Cube
  12. Blastaar the Living Bomburst
  13. Boomerang
  14. Sharon Carter
  15. Rhino
  16. Super Adaptoid
  17. Living Laser
  18. Mimic
  19. Looter
  20. Tumbler

Top 10 Stories:

  1. Fantastic Four #48-50: 1st Galactus and Silver Surfer
  2. Tales of Suspense #79-81: Red Skull joins 616; creates Cosmic Cube
  3. Amazing Spider-Man #41-42: Tiger, you just hit the jackpot
  4. Amazing Spider-Man #43: Peter and MJ’s first date
  5. Fantastic Four #51: 1st Negative Zone
  6. Amazing Spider-Man #39-40: Romita’s 1st issue; Harry Osborn revealed as Green Groblin
  7. Thor #134-135: 1st High Evolutionary; Thor meets Galactus
  8. Fantastic Four #55: Silver Surfer flirts with Alicia Masters
  9. Thor #131-133: 1st Ego the Living Planet
  10. Fantastic Four #52-53: 1st Black Panther

Strange Tales #139-145 (1965-1966): Nick Fury; 1st Druid

1966 Merch

Amazing Spider-Man #31-33 (1966): 1st Gwen; Harry; Miles Warren

Amazing Spider-Man #34 (1966)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35 (1966)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 (1966): 1st Looter

Amazing Spider-Man #37 (1966)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #38 (1966): Ditko’s Last Issue

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #39-40 (1966): 1st John Romita

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #41-42 (1966): 1st Rhino, Mary Jane

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43: Peter and MJ’s First Date (1966)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 (1966)

AVENGERS #25 (1966)

AVENGERS #32-33 (1966)

AVENGERS #34-35 (1966): 1st Living Laser

AVENGERS #36-37 (1967)

DAREDEVIL #12-14 (1966): vs Ka-Zar

Daredevil #15 (1966)

DAREDEVIL #18-19: The Gladiator!

DAREDEVIL #20-21: Gene Colan Signs On (1966)

DAREDEVIL #22-23 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR #48-50 (1966): First Appearances of Galactus and Silver Surfer!

FANTASTIC FOUR #51 (1966): 1st Negative Zone

FANTASTIC FOUR #52-53 (1966): 1st Black Panther, Klaw

FANTASTIC FOUR #54 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR #55 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR #56 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #4 (1966): 1st Quasimodo

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY/THOR #124-128 (1966)

MARVEL HOUSE AD: 1966

MARVEL’S “DEPARTMENT OF CONFUSION” (1966)

STRANGE TALES #135-147 (1965-1966): 1st Eternity

STRANGE TALES #146 (1966): 1st A.I.M.

STRANGE TALES #147-149 (1966): Nick Fury

Tales Of Suspense #73-74 (1966)

Tales Of Suspense #75-76 (1966): 1st Sharon Carter, Batroc, Ultimo

Tales Of Suspense #77-78 (1966)

Tales of Suspense #79-81 (1966): 1st Cosmic Cube; Red Skull in current time

TALES OF SUSPENSE #80-83 (1966): Iron Man

TALES OF SUSPENSE #82-84 (1966): Captain America; 1st Super Adaptoid, Tumbler

Tales To Astonish #77-79 (1966): Hulk Stories

Tales To Astonish #77-81 (1966): Namor stories

Tales To Astonish #80 (1966): Hulk

Tales To Astonish #81-82 (1966): Hulk; 1st Boomerang and Secret Empire

Tales To Astonish #81-83 and Tales of Suspense #79-80): 1st series crossover

Tales To Astonish #84-87 (1966-1967)

THOR #129-130 (1966)

THOR #131-133: 1st Ego, The Living Planet! (1966)

THOR #134-135 (1966): 1st High Evolutionary

THOR KING-SIZE SPECIAL #2 (1966)

X-MEN #19 (1966): 1st Mimic

X-MEN #20-21 (1966)

X-MEN #22-23 (1966)

X-MEN #24 (1966)

X-MEN #25-26 (1966)

X-MEN #27 (1966): New Uniforms

FANTASTIC FOUR #57-63 (1966-1967): DOOMSDAY; 1st Blastaar

GHOST RIDER #1-7 (1967)

STRANGE TALES #148-163 (1966-168): 1st Living Tribunal, Kaluu, Umar

STRANGE TALES #150-158 (1966-1967): Nick Fury

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