Year: 1969
Major Events:
- Galactus gets an origin (and it’s in a Thor comic!)
- Jim Steranko does a quick run on Captain America
- Franklin Richards gets his name
- Rick Jones becomes Bucky and also merges with Captain Mar-Vell
- Hawkeye becomes Goliath
- Nick Fury’s series is cancelled
- Jack Kirby moves to California, severs ties with Marvel
Best New Series: No new series introduced.
Top 10 (or 20) New Characters:
- Falcon
- Mephisto
- Squadron Supreme
- Havok
- Guardians of the Galaxy (original version)
- Madame “Viper” Hydra
- Polaris
- Grandmaster
- Sauron
- Prowler
Top 10 Stories:
- Silver Surfer #3: 1st Mephisto
- Avengers #69-71: 1st Squadron Supreme
- X-Men #59-61: 1st Sauron
- Silver Surfer #4: vs Loki
- Thor #165-167: Return of Adam Warlock
- Captain America #110-113: Steranko
- Daredevil #48
- Captain America #109: Kirby re-tells the origin
- X-Men #57-58
- Sub-Mariner #14