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Year: 1974

 

Major Events:  This is the year of Wolverine, for sure.  But lots of other things happened:

  • Comics now cost a quarter
  • Marvel’s monthly lineups explode with a half-dozen magazines and a new “Giant Size” line–producing nearly double its output from just a few years ago
  • Quicksilver and Crystal marry and Doc Ock and Aunt May almost marry
  • Iron Man gets a nose
  • Richard Nixon is a supervillain
  • Magneto is literally infantalized
  • Captain America becomes Nomad
  • Thundra starts hanging out with the Fantastic Four

Important Deaths: Thanos!

Best New Series: Doctor Strange was great from the start.  And Marvel’s Magazine line did well with Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, as did its first foray into an all-ages book, the classic Spidey Super Stories.  Also, Thing gets his own team-up line, “Marvel Two-in-One.”

Top 10 New Characters:

  1. Wolverine
  2. Foolkiller. Personally, he’s my favorite.  But y’all would never forgive me if I rated him above Wolverine.
  3. Deathlok
  4. Tigra
  5. Firelord
  6. Nitro
  7. Killmonger
  8. Colleen Wing
  9. Silver Samurai
  10. Lilith, Daughter of Dracula

Top 10 Stories

  1. Man-Thing #3-4 (1st Foolkiller)
  2. Captain America and Falcon #169-175 
  3. Captain Marvel #32-33 (Thanos dies)
  4. Doctor Strange #2-5
  5. Jungle Action #6-8
  6. Man-Thing #1
  7. Man-Thing #5-6
  8. Hulk #180-182 (1st Wolverine)
  9. Amazing Spider-Man #136-137
  10. Adventures into Fear featuring Morbius #24

EVEN IN THE 1970s, NEARLY EVERY DC COMIC HAD BATMAN IN IT…Or Superman

Captain Marvel #26-31 (1973-1974)

DAREDEVIL AND BLACK WIDOW #103-107 (1973-1974)

Jungle Action #6-8 (1973-1974)

MARVEL PREMIERE #12-14 (1973-1974)

Strange Tales #169-173 (1973-1974): 1st Brother Voodoo

Thor #217-220 (1973-1974)

Adventure into Fear with Morbius the Living Vampire #24 (1974)

Adventure into Fear with Morbius the Living Vampire #25-26 (1974)

ADVENTURE INTO FEAR WITH MORBIUS, THE LIVING VAMPIRE #20-23 (1974)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #130 (1974)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #131: Aunt May Marries Doctor Octopus (1974)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #132-133 (1974)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #134-135 (1974): 1st Tarantula!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #136-137 (1974): The Green Goblin lives again!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #138-140 (1974-1975): 1st Grizzly

ASTONISHING TALES #25 (1974): 1st Deathlok

AVENGERS #119 (1974)

AVENGERS #120-125 (1974): Mantis’ Origin

AVENGERS #126 (1974): Cap and Panther quit

AVENGERS #127 and FANTASTIC FOUR #150 (1974): Crystal and Quicksilver’s wedding

AVENGERS #128 (1974)

BULLPEN BULLETIN (1974): Comics are a Quarter!

BULLPEN BULLETINS: New Year’s Resolutions (1974)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #169-175 (1974): 1st Moonstone; Falcon’s new costume; Nixon leads Secret Empire

CAPTAIN MARVEL #32-33 (1974): THE (FIRST) DEATH OF THANOS!

CAPTAIN MARVEL #34 (1974): 1st Nitro!

Captain Marvel #35 (1974)

CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #30-31 (1974): Man-Wolf

CREATURES ON THE LOOSE FEAT MAN-WOLF #32-33 (1974)

DAREDEVIL #108-109 (1974)

DAREDEVIL #113-115 (1974)

DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU #1 (1974)

DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU #2-6 (1974)

DEFENDERS #12 (1974): 1st Dragonfang!

Defenders #13-14 (1974): Squadron Sinister!

DEFENDERS #15-16 (1974): Magneto becomes a baby

DEFENDERS #17-19 (1974)

DOCTOR STRANGE #1 (1974)

DOCTOR STRANGE #2-5 (1974)

FANTASTIC FOUR #143-144 (1974): I Can Beat That Doom in Two Issues

FANTASTIC FOUR #147-149 (1974): Fighting Over Sue

FANTASTIC FOUR #151-153: Thundra (1974)

FANTASTIC FOUR 140-142 (1973-1974)

FANTASTIC FOUR 145-146 (1974): Ternak

GHOST RIDER #4-9 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #1 (1974): 1st Nuklo

GIANT-SIZE CHILLERS FEATURING THE CURSE OF DRACULA #1 (1974): 1st Lilith

GIANT-SIZE CREATURES #1 FEATURING WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (1974): 1st Tigra

GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #1 (1974)

Giant-Size Defenders #2 (1974): Son of Satan!

GIANT-SIZE DRACULA #2-3 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE DRACULA #4-5 (1974): Series ends

GIANT-SIZE FANTASTIC FOUR #2 (1974)

Giant-Size Man-Thing #1-3 (1974-1975)

GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #1 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #2 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE SUPER STARS #1 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE WEREWOLF#2 (1974)

GIANT-SIZED DEFENDERS #3 (1974)

HANDS OF SHANG CHI MASTER OF KUNG FU #19-27 and GIANT-SIZE MASTER OF KUNG FU #1 -2 1974-1975)

HAUNT OF HORROR #1-5 (1974-1975)

Incredible Hulk #171 (1974)

INCREDIBLE HULK #172 (1974)

INCREDIBLE HULK #173-174 (1974)

INCREDIBLE HULK #175 (1974)

Incredible Hulk #176-178 (1974): Warlock leaves counter Earth

Incredible Hulk #179 (1974)

Incredible Hulk #180-182 (1974): 1st Wolverine

IRON MAN #67 (1974)

Iron Man #68-71 (1974): Nose Armor

Jungle Action #9 (1974)

KA-ZAR VOLUME 2, #1-13 (1974)

KUNG FU SPECIAL MAGAZINE #1 (1974)

LUKE CAGE: POWER MAN #17 (1974): Who was the first black superhero?

LUKE CAGE: POWER MAN #18-20 (1974)

LUKE CAGE: POWER MAN #21 (1974)

LUKE CAGE: POWER MAN #22 (1974): 1st Discus

MAN-THING #1 (1974): Top 20 Gerber comic

MAN-THING #11-12 (1974)

MAN-THING #2 (1974)

Man-Thing #3-4 (1974): 1st Fool Killer

Man-Thing #5-6 (1974): 7th best Gerber story

Man-Thing #7-8 (1974)

Man-Thing #9-10 (1974)

MARVEL PREMIERE #15-16 (1974): The Origin of Iron Fist

Marvel Premiere #17-18 (1974)

Marvel Premiere #19 (1974): 1st Colleen Wing

Marvel Spotlight #13 (1974): Satana is sister of Son of Satan

Marvel Spotlight #14 (1974): Son of Satan

Marvel Spotlight #15 (1974)

Marvel Spotlight #18-19 (1974)

Marvel Spotlight on Son of Satan #16-17 (1974)

Marvel Team-Up #16-17 (1973-1974): 1st Basilisk

Marvel Team-Up #18 (1974): Human Torch, Hulk

Marvel Team-Up #19-20 (1974): 1st Stegron

Marvel Team-Up #21 (1974): Dr Strange

Marvel Team-Up #22 (1974): Hawkeye!

Marvel Team-Up #23 (1974)

Marvel Team-Up #24 (1974): Brother Voodoo

Marvel Team-Up #25 (1974): Daredevil

Marvel Team-Up #26 (1974): Human Torch, Thor

Marvel Team-Up #27 (1974): Hulk

Marvel Team-Up #28 (1974): Hercules tows Manhattan

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #1 (1974): Man-Thing

Marvel Two-In-One #2 (1974)

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #3/DAREDEVIL #110-112 (1974): 1st Silver Samurai

Marvel Two-In-One #4-5 (1974): Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #6-7 and DEFENDERS #20 (1974): Dr. Strange and Valkyrie

MARVEL’S PRICES IN 1974

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #1 (1974)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #3 (1974)

Strange Tales #174-177 (1974)

Sub-Mariner #64-72 (1973-1974): Series Ends

TALES OF THE ZOMBIE #2-8 (1973-1974)

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF D.C.’S “MANHUNTER!:” DETECTIVE COMICS #438-443 (1974)

Thor #221-223 (1974)

Thor #224-228 (1974): 1st Firelord

THOR #229-231 (1974-1975): 1st Dweller in Darkness

TOMB OF DRACULA #18-21 and WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #15 (1974)

TOMB OF DRACULA #22-30 (1974-1975): 1st Hannibal King

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #13-14 (1974)

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #16-19 (1974)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #176-186 (1974-1975): Cap becomes Nomad

CAPTAIN MARVEL #40 (1975)

DAREDEVIL #116-117 (1974-1975)

DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU #7-10 (1974-1975): Extended Iron Fist Origin

DRACULA LIVES! #1 -13 (1974-1975): 1st Marie Laveau, Cagliostro

Jungle Action #10-18 (1974-1975)

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #20-31 (1974-1975) (1974)

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #21-31 (1974-1975)

ASTONISHING TALES #26-36 (1974-76)

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