Year: 1974

Best new series: Doctor Strange, Spidey Super Stories, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Magazine.

Top 10 new characters:

  1. Wolverine
  2. Foolkiller
  3. Deathlok
  4. Tigra
  5. Firelord
  6. Nitro
  7. Killmonger
  8. Colleen Wing
  9. Silver Samurai
  10. Lilith, Daughter of Dracula

Major Events: Comics now cost a quarter, Quicksilver and Crystal marry and Doc Ock and Aunt May almost marry, Falcon gets his classic costume, Captain America becomes Nomad, and Thundra starts hanging out with the Fantastic Four.

Top 10 comics of 1974:

  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. Captain Marvel #26-31
  6. Jungle Action #6-8
  7. Man-Thing #1
  8. Man-Thing #5-6
  9. Captain America and Falcon #176-186 (Cap becomes Nomad)
  10. Hulk #180-182 (1st Wolverine)