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Year: 1979

Major Events: 

  • Tony Stark’s Demon in the Bottle story
  • Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s origin is completely revised
  • Lots of toy comics launch…And all of them are pretty good!
  • Marvel Two-in-One hosts the Project Pegasus Saga, and the first Thing Floating Poker Game
  • Spider-Man kills the burglar who killed Uncle Ben
  • The Hellfire Club gets its Black Queen
  • Frank Miller takes over Daredevil as writer artist, with Klaus Janson on inks, and introduces us to Josie’s Bar
  • 1st appearance of the Alpha Flight team

Best New Series: ROM and Micronuats

Top 20 New Characters:

  1. James Rhodes
  2. Scott “Ant-Man” Lang
  3. Black Cat
  4. Northstar
  5. Aurora
  6. ROM the Spaceknight
  7. Terrax the Tamer
  8. Sasquatch
  9. Micronauts
  10. Snowbird
  11. Shadow King
  12. The Nova Corps
  13. El Aguila
  14. Captain Universe
  15. Justin Hammer
  16. The Grapplers (Screaming Mimi, Letha, Poundcakes)
  17. Machinesmith
  18. Cassandra Lang
  19. Shaman
  20. The Shogun Warriors

Top 10 Stories 

  1. Iron Man #125-128
  2. Avengers #181
  3. Uncanny X-Men #112-119
  4. Iron Man #123-124
  5. Avengers #183-184
  6. Hulk! Magazine #15
  7. Marvel Team-Up #79
  8. X-Men #120-121
  9. Marvel Two-in-One #53-58
  10. Ghost Rider #35

 

 

SATURDAY MORNINGS USED TO BE BETTER….

MARVEL PREMIERE #39-40: Torpedo (1978-1979)

MARVEL TEAM-UP #68 (1978): 1st D’Spayre

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #46 (1978): Hulk and Howard the Duck

Amazing Spider-Man #188 (1979)

Amazing Spider-Man #189-190 (1979)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #194-195 (1979): 1st Black Cat

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #13 and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 (1979)

AVENGERS #179-180 (1979)

AVENGERS #179-180 (1979)

AVENGERS #181 (1979): 1st Scott Lang

AVENGERS #182 (1979)

AVENGERS #185-187 (1979): Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s new origin; 1st Bova

AVENGERS ANNUAL #9 (1979)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #228-230 (1978-1979): Jim Wilson is Falcon’s nephew

CAPTAIN AMERICA #231-236 (1979)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #238-239 (1979)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #240 (1979)

DAREDEVIL #155-158 (1978-1979): 1st Frank Miller

DAREDEVIL #159: Frank Miller’s second issue (1979)

DAREDEVIL #160-161 (1979): 1st Josie’s Bar

DAREDEVIL #162 (1979): Steve Ditko

Defenders #66-68 (1978-1979)

DEFENDERS #69 (1979)

DEFENDERS #70-75 (1979)

DEFENDERS #76-77 (1979): Omega dies

FANTASTIC FOUR #202 (1979)

Fantastic Four #203 (1979)

FANTASTIC FOUR #204-206, 208-213 (1979): 1st Terrax; Skrull/Xandarian War

FANTASTIC FOUR #207 (1979): HUMAN TORCH INTERLUDE

Fantastic Four annual #14 (1979)

GHOST RIDER #33-34 (1978-1979)

GHOST RIDER #35 (1979): Jim Starlin

GHOST RIDER #36 (1979)

GHOST RIDER #37 (1979)

GHOST RIDER #38-39 (1979)

GODZILLA #17-22 (1978-1979)

GODZILLA #23-24 (1979)

HOUSE AD FOR DAREDEVIL, AND THE 1ST MOVIE SOLICITATION (1979)

EArly promotional material for a Daredevil movie

HOUSE AD FOR SPIDER-WOMAN (1979)

HOWARD THE DUCK #28-31 (1978-1979): Series ends (for now)

HOWARD THE DUCK MAGAZINE #1-9 (1979-1981)

HULK! #15 (1979)

HULK! #16-19 (1979-1980)

HULK! #20-23 (1979-1980)

Incredible Hulk #231-237 (1979)

Incredible Hulk #238 (1979)

INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL #8 (1979)

INVADERS #34-37 (1978-1979): 1st Iron Cross

INVADERS #38-41 (1979): 1st U-Man, Lady Lotus; series ends

IRON MAN #118 (1979): 1st Rhodey, Mrs. Arbogast

IRON MAN #119-121 (1979): 1st Justin Hammer

IRON MAN #122 (1979)

IRON MAN #123-124 (1979)

Iron Man #125-128 (1979): Demon in the Bottle!

MACHINE MAN #10 (1979)

MACHINE MAN #11 (1979)

MACHINE MAN #12 (1979)

MAN-THING #1 (1979)

MARVEL HOUSE AD (1979): The Micronauts!

MARVEL HOUSE AD by FRED HEMBECK (1979)

MARVEL PREMIERE #45-46 (1978-1979)

MARVEL PREMIERE #47-48: 1st Ant-Man II (1979)

MARVEL PREMIERE #49: FALCON (1979)

MARVEL TEAM-UP #76-77 (1978-1979): Dr. Strange, Ms. Marvel

Marvel Team-Up #78 (1979): Wonder Man

Marvel Team-Up #79 (1979): Red Sonja; 1st Kulan Gath in 616

Marvel Team-Up #80-81 (1979): Satana dies; Dr. Strange is a werewolf

Marvel Team-Up #82-85 (1979): Black Widow, Nick Fury, Shang Chi

Marvel Team-Up #86 (1979): Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel Team-Up #87 (1979): Black Panther

Marvel Team-Up #88 (1979): Invisible Girl

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #2 (1979): Hulk

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #47-48 (1979): Yancy St. Gang and Jack of Hearts

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #49 (1979): Dr. Strange

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #50 (1979): Thing vs. Thing!

Marvel Two-In-One #51 (1979): Beast, Ms. Marvel, Nick Fury, Wonder Man; 1st Floating Poker Game

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #52 (1979): 1st Crossfire

Marvel Two-In-One #53-58 (1979): Project Pegasus Saga

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #4 (1979): Black Bolt

MICRONAUTS #1 (1979)

MICRONAUTS #2-6 (1979)

MICRONAUTS #7 (1979): Man-Thing!

MICRONAUTS #8 (1979): 1st Captain Universe

MICRONAUTS #9-13 (1979)

MOON KNIGHT HOUSE AD (1979)

Ms. Marvel #20-22 (1978-1979): New Costume

Ms. Marvel #23 (1979): Series Ends

NOVA #22-25 (1978-1979): Series Ends

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER MAN #35

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #25-31 (1978-1979): 1st Carrion

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #32-34

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #36-37 (1979)

Power Man & Iron Fist #59-60 (1979)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #56-57 (1979)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #58 (1979)

POWER-MAN AND IRON FIST #54-55 (1978)

ROM #1 (1979)

SPIDER WOMAN #10 (1979)

SPIDER-WOMAN #11-12 (1979)

SPIDER-WOMAN #13-16 (1979): 1st Lindsay McCabe

Spider-Woman #17-18 (1979)

Spider-Woman #19 (1979)

Spider-Woman #20 (1979): Spider-Woman meets Spider-Man

Spider-Woman #21 (1979)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #38 (1979)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #39 (1979)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #40 (1979)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #41 (1979)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #42 (1979)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #43 (1979)

SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP #16-17 (1979): Series ends

THE HUMAN FLY #1-19 (1977-1978)

Thor #279 (1979)

Thor #280 (1979)

Thor #281-282 (1979)

THOR ANNUAL #8 (1979)

WHAT IF? #16 (1979)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #196-200 (1979-1980): Spider-Man Kills the Burglar

AVENGERS #190-191 (1979-1980): 1st Daredevil meeting Avengers

DEFENDERS #78-83 (1979-1980)

DOCTOR STRANGE #38-41, MAN-THING #4 (1979-1980)

Incredible Hulk #239-243 (1979-1980)

MARVEL PREMIERE #51-53 (1979-1980): Black Panther

MICRONAUTS #12-17 (1979-1980)

SHOGUN WARRIORS #1-20 (1979-1980)

Thor #283-301 (1979-1980): The Celestials/Eternals Saga

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