Year: 1979

Best new series: ROM and Micronuats

Major Events: Tony Stark’s Demon in a Bottle story; The Project Pegasus Saga, and the first Thing Floating Poker Game; a Fantastic Four Xandar War saga that introduced The Nova Corps; Frank Miller takes over Daredevil.

Top 10 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. Debra Whitman

Top 10 comics:

1. Iron Man #125-128
2. Avengers #181
3. Avengers #190-191
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