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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:

  1. Falcon
  2. Mephisto
  3. Squadron Supreme
  4. Havok
  5. Guardians of the Galaxy (original version)
  6. Madame “Viper” Hydra
  7. Polaris
  8. Grandmaster
  9. Sauron
  10. Prowler

Top 10 Stories:

  1. Silver Surfer #3: 1st Mephisto
  2. Avengers #69-71: 1st Squadron Supreme
  3. X-Men #59-61: 1st Sauron
  4. Silver Surfer #4: vs Loki
  5. Thor #165-167: Return of Adam Warlock
  6. Captain America #110-113: Steranko
  7. Daredevil #48
  8. Captain America #109: Kirby re-tells the origin
  9. X-Men #57-58
  10. Sub-Mariner #14

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #68-75 (1968-1969): Tablet Saga; 1st Silvermane, Man Mountain Marko

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #76-77 (1969)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #78-79 (1969): 1st Prowler

AVENGERS #59-60: 1st YellowJacket; Jan marries Hank (1968-1969)

AVENGERS #62 (1969)

AVENGERS #63 (1969): 1st Goliath

AVENGERS #66-68 (1968-1969): 1st adamantium

AVENGERS #69-71 (1969): 1st Grandmaster and Squadron Supreme

BULLPEN BULLETIN! Jack Kirby Moves to Cali (1969)

BULLPEN BULLETINS: MUSICAL BREAK! (1969)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #109 (1969): The Final Kirby Issue!

CAPTAIN AMERICA #110 (1969): 1st Bucky, Viper; Jim Steranko

CAPTAIN AMERICA #111-113 (1969)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #114 (1969)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #115-117 (1969): 1st Falcon

CAPTAIN AMERICA #118-120 (1969)

CAPTAIN MARVEL #12-13 (1969)

CAPTAIN MARVEL #14 (1969)

Captain Marvel #15-16 (1969)

CAPTAIN MARVEL #17 (1969): Rick Jones merges w/Mar-Vel

CAPTAIN MARVEL #18-19 (1969)

DAREDEVIL #48 (1969)

DAREDEVIL #49-55 (1969): 1st Mr Fear II

DAREDEVIL #56-58

DOCTOR STRANGE #175-178 and AVENGERS #61 (1968-1969): 1st Satannish

DOCTOR STRANGE #180-182 (1969)

FANTASTIC FOUR #81-83: (1968-69) HUMAN TORCH IS A RAPIST

FANTASTIC FOUR #84-87 (1969)

FANTASTIC FOUR #88-89 (1969)

FANTASTIC FOUR #90-93 (1969): Franklin is named

INCREDIBLE HULK #109-112 (1968-1969)

INCREDIBLE HULK #113-114 (1969)

INCREDIBLE HULK #115-117 (1969)

INCREDIBLE HULK #118 (1969): Guest Starring Sub Mariner!

Incredible Hulk #119-120 (1969)

Iron Man #12-13 (1969): 1st Controller

Iron Man #14 (1969)

Iron Man #15-16 (1969)

IRON MAN #18 (1969): 1st Midas

IRON MAN #20 (1969)

Iron Man #9-13 (1969)

MARVEL SUPER HEROES #18 (1969): 1st Guardians of the Galaxy

MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #19 (1969): Ka-Zar

Marvel Super-Heroes #20 (1969)

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #11-15 (1969): Series Ends

NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #9 (1969)

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #9-10 (1969)

SILVER SURFER #10-11 (1969)

SILVER SURFER #3 (1969): 1st MEPHISTO

SILVER SURFER #5 (1969)

SILVER SURFER #6 (1969)

Silver Surfer #7 (1969)

SILVER SURFER #8-9 (1969): 1st Flying Dutchman

STAN’S SOAPBOX (1969)

SUB MARINER #17-19 (1969): 1st Stingray

Sub-Mariner #12-13 (1969)

SUB-MARINER #14 (1969)

Sub-Mariner #15 (1969)

Sub-Mariner #16 (1969)

SUB-MARINER #20

THE SUB-MARINER #9-11 (1969): 1st Karthon

THOR #160-162 (1969)

THOR #163-164 (1969)

THOR #165-167 (1969): The Return of Him (Adam Warlock)!

Thor #168-169 (1969): Galactus Origin

THOR #171 (1969)

THOR 170 (1969)

X-MEN #55 (1969): 1st Alex Summers

X-MEN #57-58 (1969): 1st Havok

X-MEN #59-61 (1969): 1st Sauron

X-MEN #62-63 (1969): 1st Mutates; Lorelei

DAREDEVIL #59-60 (1969-1970)

INCREDIBLE HULK #122-123 (1969-1970)

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