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
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.