Year: 1985
Major Events:
- Frank Miller returns to Daredevil
- Dr. Doom’s ward, Kristoff, steals his identity and throne, while Clea unseats Dormammu as ruler of the Dark Dimension
- Franklin Richards gets a superhero name: Tattletale
- Tony Stark returns to being Iron Man
- Mystique goes to work for the government
- Snake-based villains unite as the Serpent Society
- The skrull race lose their ability to shape shift
- Thing becomes a professional wrestler
- Don Blake is no longer tied to Thor
- Selene becomes the Black Queen of Hellfire Club
- Savage Land destroyed
- Two creative teams permanently trade series responsibilities, immediately turning Hulk (gaining John Byrne) into a must-read and Alpha Flight (gaining Bill Mantlo and Mike Mignola) into a must-not-read
- ROM and Marvel Team-Up are cancelled
- She-Hulk goes topless
Important Deaths: Jeanne DeWolff; Obidiah Stane; Terminus; Heather Glenn (by suicide).
Best New Series: Web of Spider-Man.
Top 20 New Characters: Mostly from the eXtended X-verse…
- Longshot
- Legion
- Firestar
- Boom-Boom
- Nathaniel Summers (Cable as a baby)
- Mojo
- Strong Guy
- Nebula
- Silver Sable
- Sharon Ventura (future Ms. Marvel)
- Alistair Smythe
- Scourge
- Sin-Eater
- Nimrod
- Flag Smasher
- Asp
- Armadillo
- Madcap
- Ollie Osnick
- Talisman, daughter of Shaman
Top 10 Stories:
- Amazing Spider-Man #267
- Thor #360-362
- Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110
- Fantastic Four #275
- Amazing Spider-Man #269-370
- Fantastic Four #278-279
- Thor #357-359
- Thor #356
- Nightcrawler’s miniseries
- Incredible Hulk #314-315