Year: 1978
Major Events:
- Power Man and Iron Fist form Heroes for Hire
- Marvel refines its line by cancelling over a half-dozen titles
- Ms. Marvel gets her classic costume
- Super-power research facility Project Pegasus is introduced
- Bruce Banner’s history of child abuse is tied to his Hulk persona
- Wolverine’s name, Logan, is revealed, and he falls in love with Mariko Yashida
- Spider-Man visits Saturday Night Live
- Captain Britain is brought into the 616
- Two epic runs begin: Frank Miller’s Daredevil and Michelinie/Layton/Romita Jr.’s Iron Man
Best New Series: Spider-Woman, Machine Man
Top 10 New Characters:
- Arcade
- Mystique
- Guardian (James Hudson)
- Mariko Yashida
- Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich
- Quasar
- Devil Dinosaur
- Vanguard
- Moonstone (Karla Sofen)
- Bethany Cabe
Top 10 Stories
- Avengers #167-177 (Korvac saga)
- Uncanny X-Men #111
- Hulk #226-229: Banner’s childhood
- What If? #13
- Avengers #178
- Daredevil #152-154: 1st Ben Urich
- X-Men #109-110: Beginning of Alpha Flight
- Amazing Spider-Man #187
- Incredible Hulk Annual #7
- Incredible Hulk #222