Year: 1977
Major Events:
- Dracula becomes a daddy
- The Korvac saga begins (it will be one of the best 1978 stories, since it ends in that year and that’s how I’m doing my top 10 lists)
- Jack Kirby writes and draws his final issue of Captain America
- Alternate universe Evil Reed Richards is introduced,
- The annuals for Avengers and Marvel Team-Up tie together for a big Thanos-vs-Warlock tale that ends with both characters dying
- Prices increase to 35 cents for a regular issue
Important Deaths: Thanos, Warlock, Elf with a Gun, Deacon Frost, and, yet again, MODOK.
Best New Series: What If? (not canon) and Godzilla (which, shockingly, IS canon–at least in part)
Top 10 New Characters:
- Ms. Marvel
- Sabretooth
- Corsair and The Starjammers
- Deathbird
- Arnim Zola
- Jocasta
- Henry Peter Gyrich
- Korvac
- Constrictor
- Rocket Racer
Top 10 Stories. There were some very good stories this year, but overall it was not a great year for Marvel.
- Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 (death of Thanos)
- Avengers Annual #7 (death of Adam Warlock)
- Uncanny X-Men #101
- Omega the Unknown #1-10
- Daredevil #146
- Avengers #164-166
- Defenders #44-46
- Iron Fist #11-12
- Hulk #206-207
- Tomb of Dracula #54-58
Champions #7-10 (1976-1977): 1st Darkstar, Crimson Dynamo IV
Read about the first appearance of Darkstar!