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:
- Beta Ray Bill
- Hobgoblin
- Callisto
- Nomad (Jack Monroe)
- Puck
- Shadow King
- MODAM
- Masque
- Magma of the New Mutants
- Selene
Top 20 Stories:
- Thor #337
- Amazing Spider-Man #238, 239, 242-245
- Daredevil #187-191
- Amazing Spider-Man #248 (“The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man”)
- Power Man and Iron Fist #90
- Fantastic Four #258
- Fantastic Four #249-250
- Marvel Two-In-One #96.
- Iron Man #164-170
- Uncanny X-Men #160-167
- Avengers #227-230.
- Uncanny X-Men #161-162
- Fantastic Four #258
- Hulk #286-290.
- Amazing Spider-Man #246.
- Alpha Flight #1
- Fantastic Four #261-262.
- Fantastic Four #251-256.
- Falcon #1-4
- Power Man and Iron Fist #97-100