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!
- Kitty Pryde
- Taskmaster
- She-Hulk
- Dazzler
- Karma
- Emma Frost
- Mockingbird
- Madame Web
- Death Adder
- Sidewinder
- Anaconda
- Vector
- Ironclad
- Vapor
- X-Ray
- Hydro Man
- Black Mamba
- Sabra
- Deathurge
- Calypso
Top 10 Stories
- Uncanny X-Men #132-138 (Death of Phoenix)
- Iron Man #133
- Captain America #251-252
- Daredevil #163-164
- Avengers #190-191
- Iron Man #131-132
- Captain America #250 (Cap for President)
- Captain America #247
- Avengers #194
- Avengers #190-191