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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:

  1. Cloak (or Dagger)
  2. Dagger (or Cloak)
  3. Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
  4. Mirage
  5. Rocket Raccoon (1st 616 appearance)
  6. Sunspot
  7. Lockheed
  8. Cannonball
  9. Wolfsbane
  10. Obadiah Stane
  11. Foolkiller (Greg Salinger)
  12. Vermin
  13. Everyman
  14. Binary (1st appearance of new Carol Danvers identity)
  15. Yukio
  16. S’ym
  17. Collective Man
  18. Champion
  19. Frog Man
  20. Steel Wind

Top 20 Stories:

  1. Wolverine #1-4
  2. Amazing Spider-Man #229-230
  3. Marvel Graphic Novel #1
  4. Daredevil #183-184 
  5. Avengers #221
  6. Uncanny X-Men #153
  7. Amazing Spider-man #231-232
  8. Power Man and Iron Fist #88 
  9. Daredevil #182
  10. Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7
  11. Fantastic Four #242-244. 
  12. Hercules: Prince of Power #1-4
  13. Doctor Strange #56.     
  14. Daredevil #181
  15. Amazing Spider-Man #225
  16. Daredevil #179. 
  17. Daredevil #180 
  18. Avengers #223   
  19. Ghost Rider #68
  20. What If? #32

KA-ZAR THE SAVAGE #5-12 (1981-1982): 1st Belasco

She-Hulk #18-25 (1981-1982): Series ends

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #224 (1982)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #225 (1982): New Foolkiller

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #226-227 (1982)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #228

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #229-230 (1982)

Amazing Spider-Man #231-232 (1982)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #233 (1982)

Amazing Spider-Man #234-236 (1982-1983): Tarantula dies

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16 (1982): 1st Captain Marvel

AVENGERS #215-216 (1982): Molecule Man; Tigra quits

AVENGERS #217 (1982): Hank Goes to Jail

AVENGERS #218 (1982)

AVENGERS #219-220 (1982): Drax dies

AVENGERS #221 (1982): One of My Favorite Issues EVER!

Avengers #222 (1982): New Masters of Evil

Avengers #223 (1982): Taskmaster/Ant-Man/Hawkeye

AVENGERS #224 (1982): Iron Man dates Wasp

Avengers #225-226 (1982): Black Knight returns

Avengers Annual #11 (1982): Nebulon dies

BIZARRE ADVENTURES #32 (1982)

BIZARRE ADVENTURES #33 (1982): Horror Issue

BOB LAYTON ON BULLPEN BULLETINS (1982)

BULLPEN BULLETIN (1982): Jim Shooter

BULLPEN BULLETINS: FEBRUARY and MARCH 1982 (1982)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #265-266 (1982)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #267 (1982)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #268 and THE DEFENDERS #104, 106-109 (1982): Nighthawk and Valkyrie Die

CAPTAIN AMERICA #269 (1982): 1st Team America

Captain America #270 (1982)

Captain America #271 (1982)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #272 (1982): 1st Vermin

Captain America #273-274 (1982)

Captain America Annual #6 (1982): 1st Contemplator

DAREDEVIL #178 and POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #77 (1982)

DAREDEVIL #179 (1982)

DAREDEVIL #180 (1982)

DAREDEVIL #181 (1982)

DAREDEVIL #182 (1982)

DAREDEVIL #183-184 (1982): Punisher/Angel Dust story

DAREDEVIL #185 (1982): Guts

DAREDEVIL #186 (1982)

DAZZLER #10-11 (1981-1982): Galactus

DAZZLER #12 (1982)

Dazzler #13 (1982)

DAZZLER #14 (1982): Blue Shield and She-Hulk

Dazzler #15 (1982)

Dazzler #16 (1982)

Dazzler #17 (1982)

Dazzler #18-19 (1982)

Dazzler #20-21 (1982)

DEFENDERS #103 (1982): 1st Null; Gargoyle full origin

Defenders #110 (1982): Devil-Slayer goes to jail

Defenders #112-114 (1982): Overmind joins; 1st Arcanna, Nuke, Power Princess

DOCTOR STRANGE #49-54 (1981-1982)

DOCTOR STRANGE #55 (1982)

DR. STRANGE #56 (1982): Origin of Sanctum Sanctorum

Fantastic Four #237-239 (1981-1982): Frankie has powers; 1st Aunt Petunia

Fantastic Four #240 (1982): Attilan moves to the moon

FANTASTIC FOUR #241 (1982)

FANTASTIC FOUR #242-244 (1982): Frankie becomes Galactus’ Herald

Fantastic Four #245 (1982): Franklin’s powers manifest

Fantastic Four #246-247 (1982): 1st Kristoff; Doom Restored as Ruler of Latveria

Fantastic Four #248 (1982): Luna gets her name

GHOST RIDER #64 (1982)

GHOST RIDER #65 (1982)

GHOST RIDER #66-67 (1982)

GHOST RIDER #68 (1982): Roger Stern run begins

Ghost Rider #69 (1982)

Ghost Rider #70 (1982)

Ghost Rider #71 (1982)

Ghost Rider #72-73 (1982): Roger Stern run ends

Ghost Rider #74 (1982): 1st Centurious

Ghost Rider #75 (1982): 1st Steel Wind

HERCULES: PRINCE OF POWER #1-4 (1982)

HOW TO SUBMIT TO MARVEL (1982)

INCREDIBLE HULK #266 (1982): High Evolutionary dies

INCREDIBLE HULK #267 (1982)

INCREDIBLE HULK #268 (1982)

INCREDIBLE HULK #269-270 (1982)

INCREDIBLE HULK #271 (1982): 1st color Rocket Raccoon

INCREDIBLE HULK #272-273 (1982)

INCREDIBLE HULK #274-279 (1982-1983): Hulk gets amnesty

Incredible Hulk Annual #11 (1982)

IRON MAN #154 (1982): Unicorn dies

IRON MAN #155 (1982)

IRON MAN #156 (1982)

IRON MAN #157 (1982)

Iron Man #158 (1982)

Iron Man #159 (1982)

Iron Man #160 (1982)

IRON MAN #161 (1982): Denny O’Neil and Luke McDonnell

Iron Man #162-163 (1982): 1st Obadiah Stane, Indreis Moomji

Iron Man #164-167 (1982-1983)

Iron Man Annual #5 (1982)

KA-ZAR #13-15 (1982)

Ka-Zar the Savage #16-17 (1982)

Ka-Zar the Savage #18-27 (1982-1983): Ka-Zar in NYC

MAP OF ASGARD

MARK GRUENWALD BECOMES AN EDITOR (1982)

MARVEL AGE #5 (1982)

MARVEL FANFARE #1-4 (1982)

MARVEL FANFARE #5 (1982)

Marvel Graphic Novel #1 (1982): Death of Captain Marvel

Marvel Graphic Novel #4: New Mutants (1982)

MARVEL GUIDE TO COLLECTING COMICS (1982)

MARVEL HOUSE AD (1982)

MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #1-3 (1982): 1st Blitzkrieg, Peregrine, Defensor, Shamrock, Collective Man, Talisman

Marvel Team-Up #113 (1982): Quasar

MARVEL TEAM-UP #114 (1982): Falcon

MARVEL TEAM-UP #115-116 (1982): Thor and Valkyrie

Marvel Team-Up #117-118 (1982): 1st Professor Power

Marvel Team-Up #119 (1982): Gargoyle

Marvel Team-Up #120 (1982): Dominic Fortune

MARVEL TEAM-UP #121 (1982): 1st Frog Man

Marvel Team-Up #122 (1982)

Marvel Team-Up #123 (1982): Daredevil

Marvel Team-Up #124 (1982): Beast

Marvel Team-Up Annual #5 (1982)

Marvel Two-In-One #83-84 (1982): Alpha Flight

Marvel Two-In-One #85 (1982): Bill Foster cured

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #86 (1982): Sandman

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #87 (1982): Ant Man

Marvel Two-In-One #89 (1982): Human Torch

Marvel Two-In-One #90 (1982): Spider-Man

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #91 (1982)

Marvel Two-In-One #92-93 (1982): Jocasta dies

Marvel Two-In-One #94 (1982): Power Man and Iron Fist

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #7 (1982): 1st Champion

MASTER OF KUNG FU #116-125 (1982-1983)

Micronauts #37 (1982): Nightcrawler

Micronauts #38 (1982)

Micronauts #39 (1982)

Micronauts #40 (1982): Fantastic Four

MICRONAUTS #41 (1982): Dr. Doom

MICRONAUTS #42-44 (1982)

MICRONAUTS #45 (1982)

MICRONAUTS HOUSE AD (1982)

MOON KNIGHT #15 (1982)

MOON KNIGHT #16 (1982)

MOON KNIGHT #17-20 (1982)

MOON KNIGHT #21 (1982): Brother Voodoo

MOON KNIGHT #22-23 (1982)

Moon Knight #24 (1982)

MOON KNIGHT #25 (1982): 1st Black Spectre

MOON KNIGHT #26 (1982)

OBIT FOR WALLY WOOD (1982)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #62 (1982)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #63 (1982)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #64 (1982): 1st Cloak and Dagger

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #65 (1982)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #66 (1982)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #67 (1982)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #68 (1982)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #71 (1982)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #72 (1982)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #73 (1982)

Power Man & Iron Fist #80 (1982)

Power Man & Iron Fist #81-82 (1982)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #78 (1982)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #79 (1982)

Power Man and Iron Fist #83 (1982)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #84 (1982): Jo Duffy’s last issue

Mary Jo Duffy’s last issue, last panel. And it sums up everything about her long run that made her great. Warmth and friendship was the theme of this comic.

Power Man and Iron Fist #85 (1982)

Power Man and Iron Fist #86 (1982)

Power Man and Iron Fist #87 (1982)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #88 (1982)

ROM #26-27 (1982)

ROM #28-29 (1982): Mole Man

ROM #30 (1982)

ROM #31-32 (1982): Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

ROM #33-35 (1982)

ROM #36-37 (1982)

ROM Annual #1 (1982)

Silver Surfer #1 (1982)

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #69-70 (1982): Silvermane’s brain in robot body

SPIDER-MAN HOUSE AD (1982)

Spider-Woman #42-43 (1982)

SPIDER-WOMAN #44 (1982)

Spider-Woman #45 (1982): Impossible Man

Spider-Woman #46 (1982): Last Claremont issue

Spider-Woman #47 (1982): 1st Daddy Longlegs

SPIDER-WOMAN HOUSE AD (1982)

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #56

SPIDEY SUPER STORIES #57 (1982): Final issue

Team America #1-2 (1982)

THE DEFENDERS #105 and #111 (1982)

Thor #315-317 (1982)

THOR #318-319 (1982)

THOR #320-322 (1982)

THOR #323 (1982)

THOR #324 (1982)

THOR #325 (1982): Darkoth dies

THOR #326 (1982)

UNCANNY X-MEN #153 (1982): Kitty’s Fairy Tale

VISION AND SCARLET WITCH #1-2 (1982): Death of Whizzer

WHAT IF #32 (1982): What if the Avengers had Become the Pawns of Korvac

WHAT IF #33 (1982)

WHAT IF #34 (1982): The All Humor Issue for April Fool’s Day

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