Year: 1975
And so it begins. From now on, the X-Men will dominate Marvel’s sales and the company owes a lifelong debt to Chris Claremont.
Major Events:
- The reboot of the X-Men
- Vision and Scarlet Witch get married
- Many sagas: Celestial Madonna story, War of the Supervillains, and Serpent Crown
- Jim Starlin writes/draws Warlock again and introduces the Infinity Stones
- George Perez signs on as a Marvel artist
- Luke Cage says “Sweet Christmas”
- Egyptian Gods are introduced
- Beast joins The Avengers
- Man-Thing and Savage Tales are cancelled
Best New Series: Several new titles were launched, but none were very good: Champions, Dracula Lives Magazine, Invaders, Inhumans, Skull the Slayer.
Top 20 New Characters:
- Storm
- Moon Knight
- Nightcrawler
- Colossus
- Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
- Gamora
- Black Goliath
- Madrox the Multiple Man
- Illyana Rasputin
- Misty Knight
- Elf with a Gun
- The Headmen
- White Tiger
- Pip the Troll
- Thunderbird
- Starhawk (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Krakoa
- Bloodstone
- Jack of Hearts
- Deacon Frost
Top 10 Stories:
- Giant-Size X-Men #1
- Avengers #129-135 (Celestial Madonna)
- Strange Tales #179-181 (1st Gamora and Pip)
- Tomb of Dracula #31-43
- Marvel Preview #2 (Punisher origin)
- Captain America and Falcon #176-186 (Cap becomes Nomad)
- Captain Marvel #26-31
- Warlock #9-15 (1st Infinity Stones)
- Marvel Two-in-One #8 (Christmas issue)
- Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Magazine #16-25