Year: 1982
1982 was the best year for Marvel of all time. Hands-down.
Major Events:
- Marvel launches the first miniseries: Contest of Champions
- Chris Claremont and Frank Miller tell the Wolverine is the best at what he does
- Amazing runs: Roger Stern’s Spider-Man; John Byrne’s Fantastic Four; Frank Miller’s Daredevil; Denny O’Neil and Luke McDonnel’s Iron Man; Roger Stern Ghost Rider.
- Marvel launches its Graphic Novel line with the Death of Captain Marvel
- Bill Foster cured of cancer
- Thing boxes Champion to save the world
- Silvermane gets his brain put in a robot body
- Hank Pym betrays The Avengers and goes to prison
- Spidey vs. Juggernaut. Punisher vs. Daredevil.
- Helmut Zemo becomes the new Baron Zemo
- Hulk gets amnesty
- The X-Men meet DCs Teen Titans
- The Inhumans go to the moon
Important Deaths: Black Widow (resurrected by Stick); Drax; Jocasta; Tarantula; Unicorn; High Evoutionary; Wally Wood (creator).
Best New Series: Marvel Fanfare.
Top 10 New Characters:
- Cloak (or Dagger)
- Dagger (or Cloak)
- Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
- Mirage
- Rocket Raccoon (1st 616 appearance)
- Sunspot
- Lockheed
- Cannonball
- Wolfsbane
- Obadiah Stane
- Foolkiller (Greg Salinger)
- Vermin
- Everyman
- Binary (1st appearance of new Carol Danvers identity)
- Yukio
- S’ym
- Collective Man
- Champion
- Frog Man
- Steel Wind
Top 20 Stories:
- Wolverine #1-4
- Amazing Spider-Man #229-230
- Marvel Graphic Novel #1
- Daredevil #183-184
- Avengers #221
- Uncanny X-Men #153
- Amazing Spider-man #231-232
- Power Man and Iron Fist #88
- Daredevil #182
- Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7
- Fantastic Four #242-244.
- Hercules: Prince of Power #1-4
- Doctor Strange #56.
- Daredevil #181
- Amazing Spider-Man #225
- Daredevil #179.
- Daredevil #180
- Avengers #223
- Ghost Rider #68
- What If? #32