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Year: 1980

 

Major Events:

  • Jean Grey dies
  • Dazzler becomes the first direct market book, followed by Moon Knight, Micronauts, and others
  • Wolverine gets a brown costume and the name Logan
  • Black Panther and Storm get jiggy
  • Some classic and beloved runs begin: John Byrne and Roger Stern on Captain America, Byrne on Fantastic Four, Stern on Amazing Spider-Man, and JM DeMatteis on Defenders
  • Ms. Marvel is raped

Important Deaths: Jean Grey, H.E.R.B.I.E.

Best New Series: Moon Knight

Top 20 New Characters: Lots of strong females introduced this year!

  1. Kitty Pryde
  2. Taskmaster
  3. She-Hulk
  4. Dazzler
  5. Karma
  6. Emma Frost
  7. Mockingbird 
  8. Madame Web
  9. Death Adder
  10. Sidewinder
  11. Anaconda
  12. Vector
  13. Ironclad
  14. Vapor
  15. X-Ray
  16. Hydro Man
  17. Black Mamba
  18. Sabra
  19. Deathurge
  20. Calypso

Top 10 Stories

  1. Uncanny X-Men #132-138 (Death of Phoenix)
  2. Iron Man #133
  3. Captain America #251-252
  4. Daredevil #163-164
  5. Avengers #190-191
  6. Iron Man #131-132
  7. Captain America #250 (Cap for President)
  8. Captain America #247
  9. Avengers #194
  10. Avengers #190-191

WHAT IF? #17-19 (1979-1980)

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

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #201-202 (1980)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #203 (1980)

Amazing Spider-Man #204-205 (1980)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #206 (1980): 1st Roger Stern

Amazing Spider-Man #207 (1980)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #208 (1980)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #209 (1980): 1st Calypso

Amazing Spider-Man #210 (1980): 1st Madame Web

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #14 (1980)

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

AVENGERS #192-193 (1980)

AVENGERS #194 (1980)

AVENGERS #195-196 (1980): First Taskmaster!

AVENGERS #197 (1980): The Avengers vs. An Elevator

AVENGERS #198-199 (1980): Who the Hell is Red Ronan?

AVENGERS #200 (1980)

BULLPEN BULLETIN on ANIMATION! (1980)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #241 (1980): Meets Punisher

CAPTAIN AMERICA #242 (1980): Manipulator dies

CAPTAIN AMERICA #243-244 (1980)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #245 (1980)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #246 (1980)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #247 (1980): Stern and Byrne begin

CAPTAIN AMERICA #248-249 (1980)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #250 (1980)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #251-252 (1980)

DAREDEVIL #163-164 (1980)

DAREDEVIL #165 (1980): Doc Ock

DAREDEVIL #166 (1980)

DAREDEVIL #167 (1980)

DEFENDERS #78-83 (1979-1980)

Defenders #84-86 (1980)

Defenders #87 (1980)

DEFENDERS #92 (1980): JM DeMatteis Run Begins

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

Doctor Strange #42-44 (1980)

FANTASTIC FOUR #214: Epilogue to the Big Space Epic (1980)

FANTASTIC FOUR #215-216 (1980): Wolfman leaves

FANTASTIC FOUR #217 (1980): HERBIE dies

Fantastic Four #219 (1980): Sienkiewicz/Moench run starts

Fantastic Four #220-221 (1980): John Byrne Begins

FANTASTIC FOUR #224-225 (1980): Thor Team Up

Ghost Rider #40 (1980)

Ghost Rider #41-42 (1980)

Ghost Rider #43-44 (1980): Ghost Rider and Johnny Blaze split

GHOST RIDER #45-46 (1980)

Ghost Rider #47 (1980)

Ghost Rider #48 (1980)

Ghost Rider #49-50 (1980): Meets Night Rider

Ghost Rider #51 (1980)

HALLOWEEN COMIC BOOK AD (1980)

HULK! MAGAZINE #24 (1980)

Incredible Hulk #239-243 (1979-1980)

INCREDIBLE HULK #244 (1980)

Incredible Hulk #249 (1980)

INCREDIBLE HULK #250 (1980): 1st Collective Man, Ursa Major, Arabian Knight and Sabra

Incredible Hulk #251-253 (1980)

Incredible Hulk #254 (1980): 1st U-Foes

IRON MAN #130 (1980)

IRON MAN #131-132 (1980): Iron Man Versus Hulk

IRON MAN #133 (1980): Ant-Man

Iron Man #134-135 (1980)

Iron Man #136 (1980): 1st Endotherm

IRON MAN #137 (1980)

IRON MAN #138-139 (1980)

Iron Man #140-141 (1980)

Machine Man #13-14 (1980)

Machine Man #15 (1980)

Machine Man #18 (1980): Alpha Flight

MAN-THING #2-3 (1980)

Man-Thing #5 (1980)

Man-Thing #6 (1980)

MARVEL HOUSE AD FOR MARVEL TWO IN ONE (1980)

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

Marvel Premiere #55 (1980): Wonder Man

Marvel Premiere #56 (1980): DOMINIC FORTUNE

MARVEL PREVIEW #21 (1980)

Marvel Spotlight #1-4 (1979-1980)

Marvel Spotlight #5 (1980): First Dragon Lord

Marvel Spotlight #6-7 (1980): 1st Star-Lord in color

Marvel Spotlight #8 (1980): Captain Marvel

MARVEL SUBSCRIPTION AD (1980)

MARVEL TEAM-UP #100 (1980): 1st Karma, 1st Black Panther/Storm romance

Marvel Team-Up #89 (1980): Nightcrawler

Marvel Team-Up #90 (1980): Modular Man dies

Marvel Team-Up #91 (1980): Ghost Rider

Marvel Team-Up #93 (1980)

Marvel Team-Up #94 (1980): Shroud

Marvel Team-Up #95 (1980): 1st Mockingbird

MARVEL TEAM-UP #96 (1980): Howard the Duck

Marvel Team-Up #97 (1980): Hulk and Spider-Woman

Marvel Team-Up #98 (1980): Black Widow

Marvel Team-Up #99 (1980): Machine Man

Marvel Two-In-One #59 (1980): Human Torch

Marvel Two-In-One #60 (1980): The Impossible Man!

Marvel Two-In-One #64-66 (1980): Stingray, Triton, Scarlet Witch; 1st Anaconda, Sidewinder, Black Mamba, Death Adder

Marvel Two-In-One #67 (1980): Hyperion

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #68: Angel (1980)

Marvel Two-In-One #69 (1980): Guardians of the Galaxy

Marvel Two-In-One #70 (1980): Thing gets back with Alicia

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #5 (1980)

MASTER OF KUNG FU #90-91 (1980)

MASTER OF KUNG FU #92-99 (1980)

MICRONAUTS #12-17 (1979-1980)

MICRONAUTS #18-19 (1980)

MICRONAUTS #20-21 (1980)

MICRONAUTS #22 (1980)

Micronauts #23 (1980): Molecule Man

MICRONAUTS #24 (1980)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #38

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #39-40 (1980)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #41 (1980)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #42 and Fantastic Four #218 (1980)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #44-45 (1980)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #2 (1980): 1st Rapier

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #43 (1980)

PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #46 (1980)

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #47-48 (1980)

Power Man & Iron Fist #61-62 (1980): Thunderbolt dies

Power Man & Iron Fist #63-64 (1980)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #65 (1980)

Power Man and Iron Fist #66 (1980)

ROM #10-12 (1980)

ROM #13 (1980)

ROM #2-4 (1980): 1st Firefall

ROM #5 (1980)

ROM #6-9 (1980)

SHE-HULK #2-5 (1980)

She-Hulk #9-10 (1980)

SHOGUN WARRIORS #1-20 (1979-1980)

SPIDER-WOMAN #22 (1980): KILLER CLOWN

Spider-Woman #23-25 (1980)

Spider-Woman #26 (1980)

Spider-Woman #27-29 (1980)

Spider-Woman #30-32 (1980): 1st Dr. Malus

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #44 (1980)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #45 (1980)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #45 (1980)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #48 (1980)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #49 (1980)

SPIDEY SUPER-STORIES #47 (1980)

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

THOR #302 (1980)

TOMB OF DRACULA MAGAZINE #1-6 (1980)

UNCANNY X-MEN #125-128 (1979-1980): Proteus/Mutant X; 1st Black Queen!

UNCANNY X-MEN #129-131 (1980): 1st Kitty Pryde, Dazzler, Emma Frost

UNCANNY X-MEN #132-137 (1980): Dark Phoenix Saga

UNCANNY X-MEN #138 (1980)

UNCANNY X-MEN #139-140 (1980): 1st Brown Wolverine; 1st names Sprite and Logan

UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #4 (1980): AMANDA SEFTON HAS POWERS

WHAT IF? #20-22 (1980)

WHAT IF? #23 (1980)

Amazing Spider-Man #211-212 (1980-1981): 1st Hydro Man

DAZZLER #1-2 (1981): 1st Direct Market Book

DEFENDERS #88-91 (1980-1981): Ed Hannigan’s Run Ends…Finally

Man-Thing #7-11 (1980-1981)

Marvel Spotlight #9-11 (1980-1981): Captain Universe; series ends

Marvel Two-In-One #71-72 (1980-1981): 1st Maelstrom, Deathurge

She-Hulk #11-12 (1980-1981)

WHAT IF? #24-28 (1980-1981): Origins of Inhumans/Eternals

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