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Year: 1983

Major Events: If 1982 was Marvel’s best year, 1983 should be in the top 5.

  • Walt Simonson’s Thor
  • The Avengers go to David Letterman
  • Scott Summers marries Madelyne Pryor, Ka-Zar weds Shanna, and Wolverine is stood up at the altar by Mariko
  • Black Cat gets her bad luck powers
  • Doug Moench leaves Moon Knight after writing the character for nearly a decade (and Bill Sienkiewicz leaves, too)
  • Rogue joins the X-Men
  • Professor X is a jerk
  • James Rhodes becomes Iron Man as Tony Stark loses his corporation
  • Assistant Editors’ Month!!!
  • The trials of Reed Richards and Hank Pym
  • The Defenders rebooted as an ex-X-Men-centric team
  • Bullseye returns, and so does Elektra
  • Thing gets goes solo–replaced by She-Hulk on the FF;
  • Rogue and Captain Marvel join the X-Men.

Important Deaths: Spider-Woman; Dracula (killed by Dr. Strange); Kyle Richmond; Morgan LaFay; Egghead (killed by Hawkeye); Captain America and Professor X (not!).

Best New Series: New Mutants, Alpha Flight

Top 10 New Characters:

  1. Beta Ray Bill
  2. Hobgoblin
  3. Callisto
  4. Nomad (Jack Monroe)
  5. Puck
  6. Shadow King
  7. MODAM
  8. Masque
  9. Magma of the New Mutants
  10. Selene 

Top 20 Stories:

  1. Thor #337 
  2. Amazing Spider-Man #238, 239, 242-245
  3. Daredevil #187-191
  4. Amazing Spider-Man #248 (“The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man”)
  5. Power Man and Iron Fist #90
  6. Fantastic Four #258
  7. Fantastic Four #249-250
  8. Marvel Two-In-One #96.   
  9. Iron Man #164-170
  10. Uncanny X-Men #160-167
  11. Avengers #227-230.   
  12. Uncanny X-Men #161-162
  13. Fantastic Four #258
  14. Hulk #286-290.  
  15. Amazing Spider-Man #246. 
  16. Alpha Flight #1
  17. Fantastic Four #261-262. 
  18. Fantastic Four #251-256. 
  19. Falcon #1-4
  20. Power Man and Iron Fist #97-100

SPIDER-MAN: CHRISTMAS IN DALLAS (1983)

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

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

Iron Man #164-167 (1982-1983)

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

ALPHA FLIGHT #1 (1983): 1st Marina, Puck, Tundra

Alpha Flight #2-4 (1983): 1st Master of the World

ALPHA FLIGHT #5 (1983): Puck Solo Story

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238-239 (1983): 1st Hobgoblin

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #244-245 (1983): Hobgoblin

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #246 (1983)

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #17 (1983)

ASSISTANT EDITORS’ MONTH BULLETIN (1983)

AVENGERS #227 (1983): Captain Marvel joins

Avengers #228-230 (1983): Trial of Hank Pym; Hawkeye kills Egghead

Avengers #231-232 (1983)

AVENGERS #235-237: Spider-Man Auditions for the Team! (1983)

AVENGERS #238 (1983): Spider-Woman returns

AVENGERS ANNUAL #12 (1983)

BIZARRE ADVENTURES #34 (1983): Howard the Duck’s Christmas

Captain America #275-279 (1982-1983): Helmut Zemo becomes Baron Zemo

Captain America #280 (1983)

Captain America #281-283 (1983): 1st Nomad

Captain America #284 (1983)

Captain America #285 (1983): Captain America dies

CAPTAIN AMERICA #286-289 (1983-1984): Deathlok; 1st Sister Pleasure

Captain America Annual #7 (1983): Cosmic Cube origin

CLOAK AND DAGGER #1-4 (1983)

DAREDEVIL #187-191 (1982-1983): Elektra returns; Miller’s run ends

DAREDEVIL #192 (1983)

DAREDEVIL #193 (1983)

DAREDEVIL #194 (1983)

DAREDEVIL #195 (1983)

Daredevil #196 (1983): Wolverine; 1st Dark Wind

DAREDEVIL #197-200 (1983)

DAREDEVIL #201 (1983): Black Widow

DAZZLER #23-24 (1983)

DAZZLER #25 (1983)

Dazzler #26-28 (1983): 1st Mortis

DEFENDERS #116 (1983): All romance issue

Defenders #117 (1983)

Defenders #118 (1983)

Defenders #119 (1983)

Defenders #120-125 (1983): New Defenders

DEFENDERS #126 (1983)

DOCTOR STRANGE #57-62 (1983): Strange kills Dracula

Fantastic Four #249-250 (1982-1983)

FANTASTIC FOUR #251-256 and AVENGERS #233-234 (1983): Negative Zone

Fantastic Four #257 (1983): Is Galactus related to Death?

FANTASTIC FOUR #258 (1983): Doom returns to Latveria

FANTASTIC FOUR #259-260 (1983): Dr. Doom dies(?)

Four annual #17 (1983)

GHOST RIDER #76-81 (1983): Series Ends; Johnny and Zarathos are split

INCREDIBLE HULK #280-284 (1983)

Incredible Hulk #285 (1983)

INCREDIBLE HULK #286-290 (1983): 1st MODAM

IRON MAN #168 (1983): Machine Man

IRON MAN #169-170 (1983)

Iron Man #171 (1983)

IRON MAN #172 (1983): Stane takes Stark

IRON MAN #173-176 (1983)

IRON MAN #177 (1983)

JACK OF HEARTS HOUSE AD (1983)

MAP OF MARVEL’S MANHATTAN

MARVEL AGE #12 (1983): MARVEL BULLPEN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

MARVEL AGE #7 (1983): MARVEL BULLPEN

MARVEL AGE #9 (1983): 1st KARL KESEL

MARVEL FANFARE # 6 (1983)

MARVEL FANFARE #10 (1983): The Brent Anderson Portfolio

MARVEL FANFARE #7 (1983): Hulk vs. Unus and Blob; Daredevil

MARVEL FANFARE #8: The Bill Sienkiewicz Portfolio Issue (1983)

MARVEL FANFARE #9 (1983): Man-Thing

Marvel Graphic Novel #5: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (1983)

MARVEL TEAM UP #126 (1983: Luke Cage/Son of Satan, Hulk/Spider-Man

MARVEL TEAM UP #135 (1983): Kitty Pryde

Marvel Team-Up #125 (1983): Spidey and Tigra; Dr. Strange and Scarlet Witch

Marvel Team-Up #127 (1983): Uatu the Watcher

Marvel Team-Up #128 (1983): Captain America

Marvel Team-Up #129-130 (1983): Vision and Scarlet Witch

MARVEL TEAM-UP #131 (1983)

MARVEL TEAM-UP #132-133 (1983): Fantastic Four

MARVEL TEAM-UP #134 (1983): Jack of Hearts

Marvel Team-Up #136 (1983): Wonder Man

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #6 (1983)

Marvel Two-In-One #100 (1983): Ben Grimm

Marvel Two-In-One #95 (1983): The Living Mummy

Marvel Two-In-One #96 (1983): Visiting Hours

Marvel Two-In-One #97 (1983): Satire of Swamp Thing

Marvel Two-In-One #98 (1983): Franklin Richards

Marvel Two-In-One #99 (1983): ROM

MICRONAUTS #46-50 (1982-1983)

MICRONAUTS #51-52 (1983)

MICRONAUTS #53-54 (1983)

MICRONAUTS #55 (1983)

MOON KNIGHT #27 (1983)

MOON KNIGHT #28 (1983)

MOON KNIGHT #29-30 (1983): Werewolf; Sienkiewicz’s last issue

MOON KNIGHT #31-33 (1983): Doug Moench leaves

MOON KNIGHT #34 (1983)

NEW MUTANTS #1-3 (1983)

NEW MUTANTS #4 (1983)

NEW MUTANTS #5-7 (1983): 1st Shadow King (unseen)

OLYMPIANS

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #74 (1983)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #75-76 (1983): The Owl Octopus War

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #77 (1983)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #78-79 (1983)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #80 (1983)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #81-82 (1983)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #83 (1983)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #84 (1983)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #85 (1983): Black Cat gets powers

PETER PORKER HOUSE AD (1983)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #89 (1983)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #90 (1983)

Power Man and Iron Fist #92 (1983): 1st Eel 2

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #93-94 (1983): New Chemistro

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #95-96 (1983)

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #97-100 (1983)

ROM #38-39 (1983)

ROM #40-41 (1983): Dr. Strange

ROM #42-46 (1983)

ROM #47-49 (1983)

SAGA OF CRYSTAR THE CRYSTAL WARRIOR #1-4 (1983)

SPIDER WOMAN #49 (1983): 1st Poltergeist

Spider-Woman #48 (1983)

SPIDER-WOMAN #50 (1983): Series ends; Spider-Woman, Morgan Le Fay die

Team America #10-12 (1983)

Team America #3-8 (1982-1983)

TEAM AMERICA #9 (1983)

TEXAS RANGERS (1983)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #237 (1983)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #240-241 (1983)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #242-243 (1983)

THE DEFENDERS #115 (1983): Kyle Richmond dead

THE MARVEL BULLPEN (1983)

THE NEW DEFENDERS HOUSE AD (1983)

THE RANKS OF THE KREE (1983)

THE SALEM SEVEN (1983)

Thing #1 (1983)

Thing #2 (1983)

THING #3-4 (1983)

THING #5-6 (1983)

THING HOUSE AD (1983)

THOR #327 (1983)

THOR #328 (1983)

Thor #329 (1983)

THOR #330-331 (1983): 1st Crusader

Thor #332-333 (1983): Dracula

Thor #334-335 (1983)

THOR #336 (1983)

Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas #1 (1983)

VISION AND SCARLET WITCH #3 (1983)

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #4 (1983)

WHAT IF #37 (1983)

WHAT IF? #38 (1983)

WHAT IF? #40 (1983)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #247-248 (1983-1984): The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man

DAZZLER #29-30 (1983-1984)

FALCON #1-4 (1983-1984)

FANTASTIC FOUR #261-262 (1983-1984): Trial of Reed Richards

KA-ZAR #28-31 (1983-1984): Ka-Zar and Shanna marry

MAGIK #1-4 (1983-1984)

MARVEL FANFARE #10-13 (1983-1984): Black Widow; 1st Wrangler, Black Lotus, Iron Maiden, Kono Sanada

NEW MUTANTS #8-12 (1983-1984): 1st Magma, Selene

THOR #337-340 (1983-1984): Walt Simonson; 1st Beta Ray Bill, Lorelei

US 1 #1-12 (1983-1984)

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