Year: 1970
Major Events:
- The Death of Captain Stacy
- Banner and Hulk split for the first time
- X-Men is cancelled
- Dr. Strange forms The Defenders
- Black Widow gets half of a solo books (Amazing Adventures), making her the first female Marvel title character, and also gets her classic leather costume
- The first black Iron Man
- Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel are cancelled
Important Deaths: Captain Stacy; Aries of the Zodiac gang (killed by Thor)
Best New Series: Astonishing Tales
Top 10 New Characters:
- Kangaroo. Just kidding. Kangaroo is stupid. #1 is Sunfire–the first Japanese hero
- Agatha Harkness
- Howard Stark
- Turk Barrett
- Valkyrie
- Firebrand
- Arkon
- Vanessa and Richard Fisk
- Jim Wilson
- The Zodiac Gang
Top 10 Stories:
- Amazing Spider-Man #88-90
- Fantastic Four #100
- Daredevil #63-64
- Astonishing Tales #1-2 (Ka-Zar story)
- Astonishing Tales #1-3 (Dr. Doom story)
- Captain America #128-129 (Cap has PTSD)
- Amazing Spider-Man #86 (new Black Widow costume)
- Thor #175-177 (Asgard using guns)
- Hulk #130-132 (1st Jim Wilson; Hulk-Banner split)
- Avengers #83 (1st Valkyrie)