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Year: 1987

 

Major Events:

  • Kraven’s Last Hunt
  • Peter and Mary Jane wed
  • Johnny Storm and “Alicia Masters” also get married–she is later retconned into a skrull
  • Crystal and Quicksilver divorce
  • Fall of the Mutants
  • Many New Universe series launch
  • Steve Englehart takes over Fantastic Four and turns Sharon Ventura into a rocky Thing
  • Peter David begins his legendary 12-year run on Hulk
  • True identity of Hobgoblin revealed (again) (retcon)
  • Michelinie and Layton return to Iron Man and the series gets a bit better
  • Louise Simonson takes over X-Factor and the series gets better
  • Jim Lee takes over Alpha Flight and the series doesn’t get any better
  • Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz take over Thor and the series gets worse (which to be fair was inevitable given that they took over for Walt Simonson)
  • Jim Shooter leaves Marvel and the whole company starts going to shit (
  • Marvel is bought by New World Pictures, and begins a gradual slide in overall publishing line quality that will persist through the ’90s)
  • Armor Wars
  • Captain Marvel becomes the leader of the Avengers
  • Super Patriot becomes Captain America after Steve Rogers quits

Important Deaths: Arnim Zola, Cypher, Spymaster, and the Zodiac Gang actually die, while Purple Man, Thunderbolt Ross, Snowbird, and all the X-Men merely “die,” and, finally, many Avengers die-and-are-reborn in a single story.

Best New Series:  Punisher, Silver Surfer, and Elektra: Assassin (maxi-series)

Top 10 New Characters:

  1. Apocalypse’s 4 Horsemen
  2. Mister Sinister
  3. Microchip (Punisher’s wingman)
  4. Excalibur (team)
  5. Ghost (Iron Man villain)
  6. Battlestar (aka “Black Bucky”)
  7. Rictor
  8. Kara Killgrave aka Purple Girl
  9. D-Man
  10. Rintrah

Top 10 Stories:

  1. Kraven’s Last Hunt (across all 3 Spider-books)
  2. Avengers #280 (Jarvis’ solo story)
  3. Thor #379-380
  4. Avengers #273-277 (Under Siege)
  5. X-Factor #21-26 (Fall of the Mutants)
  6. Daredevil #239-240
  7. Hulk and Thing: The Big Change
  8. Avengers #281-285 (Assault on Olympus)
  9. Silver Surfer #3-4
  10. Classic X-Men #6

 

 

D.P.7 (New Universe) (1986-1989)

CLOAK AND DAGGER #11 (1986): Series ends

DAKOTA NORTH #1-5 (1986-1987)

INCREDIBLE HULK #325-327 (1986-1987): Rick becomes Hulk; Ross becomes Zzzax

IRON MAN #209-214 (1986-1987): 1st Seekers, Dominic Fortune Jr

JUSTICE #1-32 (New Universe) (1986-1989)

Kickers, Inc. #1-12 (New Universe) (1986-1987)

MARK HAZZARD: MERC #1-12 (New Universe) (1986-1987)

NIGHTMASK #1-12 (1986-1987)

PSI-FORCE (New Universe) (1986-1989)

Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #1-13 (1986-1987)

THE MUTANT MASSACRE: DAREDEVIL #238, NEW MUTANTS #46, POWER PACK #27, THOR #373-374, UNCANNY X-MEN #210-213, X-FACTOR #9-11 (1986-1987)

Web of Spider-Man #20-22 (1986-1987)

 West Coast Avengers #25 (1987): Firebird quits

ALPHA FLIGHT #41-42 (1986-1987): 1st Kara Killgrave

Alpha Flight #43-44 (1987): Snowbird dies

Alpha Flight #45-46 (1987)

Alpha Flight #47 (1987)

Alpha Flight #48-49 (1987): 1st Goblyn

Alpha Flight #50 (1987): Aurora, Puck, Northstar quit

Alpha Flight #51 (1987): 1st Jim Lee art

Alpha Flight #52-53 (1987)

ALPHA FLIGHT ANNUAL #2 (1987)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #283-288 (1986-1987): Gang War; 1st Mongoose

The Hobgoblin is revealed to be Flash Thompson! No!

Of course not.

Amazing Spider-Man #289; Web of Spider-Man #29-30 (1987): The Big Hobgoblin/Rose Reveals

Amazing Spider-Man #290-292, Annual #21, and Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7 (1987): The Spidey Wedding!

Amazing Spider-Man #293-294, Web of Spider-Man #31-32, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131-132 (1987): Kraven’s Last Hunt

AVENGERS #265 (1986)

AVENGERS #273-277 (1986-1987): Under Siege; Arnim Zola dies

AVENGERS #278-279 (1987): Wasp quits; Dr. Druid joins; ; Cap Marvel is new leader

Avengers #280 (1987): Jarvis solo story

BULLPEN BULLETINS (1987): Jim Shooter Says Creators Shouldn’t Sue Publishers

BULLPEN BULLETINS (1987): Larry Hama Profile

BULLPEN BULLETINS: SHOOTER STEPS DOWN (1987)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #325 (1987): 1st Vagabond

Captain America #326 (1987)

Captain America #327 (1987): 1st Battlestar

Captain America #328-331 (1987): 1st D-Man; 1st Night Shift

CAPTAIN AMERICA #332 (1987): Steve Rogers quits

CAPTAIN AMERICA #333 (1987): Super Patriot is Cap

Captain America #334 (1987): 1st Battlestar Bucky

Captain America #335 (1987)

Captain America #336 (1987)

CHUCK NORRIS AND THE KARATE KOMMANDOS #1 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #10-13 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #14 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #15-16 (1987): Starjammers origin

CLASSIC X-MEN #5 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #6 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #7 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #8 (1987)

CLASSIC X-MEN #9 (1987): Magneto’s origin, daughter dies

Comet Man #1-6 (1987)

DAREDEVIL #239-240 (1987)

Daredevil #241 (1987): Christmas Issue

DAREDEVIL #242 (1987)

Daredevil #243-244 (1987)

DAREDEVIL #245 (1987)

Daredevil #246 (1987)

DAREDEVIL #247 (1987): K Giffen art

Daredevil #248-249 (1987): 1st Bushwacker

Doctor Strange #79-81 (1986-1987): 1st Rintrah; series ends

ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN #6-8 (1987)

Excalibur Special Edition (1987): 1st Excalibur

FALL OF THE MUTANTS ARTICLE IN MARVEL AGE

Fallen Angels #1-8 (1987): Devil Dinosaur in 616

FANTASTIC FOUR #297-298 (1986-1987): Johnny proposes to “Alicia”

FANTASTIC FOUR #299 (1987): Baxter Bldg becomes “Freedom Plaza”

Fantastic Four #300 (1987): The Wedding of Johnny and “Alicia”

Fantastic Four #301 (1987)

Fantastic Four #302 (1987)

FANTASTIC FOUR #303 (1987): Secret Wars tie-in

FANTASTIC FOUR #304 (1987): Thing becomes boss

Fantastic Four #305 (1987): Crystal Joins team, divorces Quicksilver

Fantastic Four #306-307 (1987): Ms. Marvel joins

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #20 (1987)

Fantastic Four vs. X-Men #1-4 (1987)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, PETER AND MARY JANE PARKER!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB LAYTON! (september 25)

Happy Birthday Peter David \

HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!

HEMBECK’S HULKED OUT CHRISTMAS (1987)

HOUSE AD FOR MUTANT REGISTRATION ACT (1987)

HOUSE AD FOR STEVE ENGLEHART’S FANTASTIC FOUR (1987)

HOUSE AD FOR STEVE ENGLEHART’S FANTASTIC FOUR (1987)

Hulk/Thing: The Big Change (1987)

INCREDIBLE HULK #328 (1987): 1st Peter David

Incredible Hulk #329-330 (1987): Thunderbolt Ross dies

INCREDIBLE HULK #333 (1987)

Incredible Hulk #334 (1987): 1st Half-Life

Incredible Hulk #335 (1987)

Incredible Hulk #336-337 (1987)

Incredible Hulk #338 (1987): 1st Mercy

IRON MAN #215-216 (1987): Michelinie and Layton return

Iron Man #217 (1987)

Iron Man #218 (1987)

Iron Man #219-221 (1987): 1st Ghost; Spymaster dies

Iron Man #222 (1987)

Iron Man #223-224 (1987): 1st Blizzard 2

IRON MAN ANNUAL #9 (1987)

JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 (1987)

JUSTICE LEAGUE #2-4 (1987)

JUSTICE LEAGUE #5 (1987): THE GREATEST PUNCH IN COMIC BOOK HISTORY

Everyone remembers the time Batman slugged Guy Gardner, but there was another time Batman hit a Green Lantern. Know it?

Justice League #6-7 (Oct. 1987): 1st Justice League International

Marvel Age #49 (1987): I WANT MY BILL SIENKIEWICZ!

MARVEL AGE #50 (1987)

MARVEL BOUGHT BY NEW WORLD PICTURES (1987)

MARVEL FANFARE #30 (1987)

MARVEL FANFARE #31-32 (1987)

MARVEL FANFARE #33 (1987): X-Men/Questprobe

Marvel Graphic Novel #27: Avengers: Emperor Doom (1987): Purple Man “dies”

MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: I, Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1987)

Mephisto vs. The Avengers #4 (1987)

Mephisto vs. The Fantastic Four #1 (1987)

Mephisto vs. X-Factor #2 (1987)

Mephisto vs. X-Men #3 (1987): Longshot has no soul

New Mutants #47-50 (1987)

New Mutants #51-54 (1987): Karma quits

New Mutants #55 (1987): Louise Simonson run begins

NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #3 (1987)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #122 (1987)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #123 (1987)

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #124 (1987)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #125-126 (1987)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #127 (1987)

Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #128-129 (1987): Spidey and Cat break up

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #130 (1987)

Power Pack #28 (1987)

Power Pack #29 (1987)

Power Pack #30-32 (1987)

Power Pack #33 (1987)

Punisher #1-2 (1987)

Punisher #3 (1987)

Punisher #4-5 (1987-1988): 1st Microchip

PUNISHER HOUSE AD (1987)

Silver Surfer #1 (1987): Surfer freed from Earth

Silver Surfer #2 (1987): Shalla Bal dumps Surfer

Silver Surfer #3-4 (1987): Ego is an Elder; 1st Astronomer, Obliterator

Silver Surfer #6 (1987): The real history of Galactus

Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1 (1987): Ned Leeds Dies

Strange Tales #1-4 (1987): 1st Predator Demon

Strange Tales #5-7 (1987): Return of Defenders

STRANGE TALES HOUSE AD (1987)

SUBCRIPTION AD (1987)

THE REAL ORIGIN OF THE WOLFPACK (1987)

THOR #375-376 (1987): vs Absorbing Man

Thor #377-378 (1987): Armored Thor

Thor #379-380 (1987): Fin Fang Foom, full-page panels

THOR #380-381 (1987): Simonson leaves

Thor #383 (1987): DeFalco/Frenz run begins; Secret Wars tie-in

THOR #384 (1987): 1st Dargo Ktor Thor

Thor #385 (1987): vs Hulk

Uncanny X-Men #223 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #23 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #24 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #25 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #26-27 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #28 (1987)

Web of Spider-Man #33, Amazing Spider-Man #295, Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man #133 (1987)

WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 (1987)

West Coast Avengers #16 (1987)

WEST COAST AVENGERS #17-24 (1987): Moon Knight, Hank Pym join; Mockingbird raped

WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #2/AVENGERS ANNUAL #16 (1987): Lots of them die

X-Factor #12 (1987): Boom Boom joins; 1st Famine

X-Factor #13-14 (1987)

X-Factor #15 (1987): Angel loses his wings, suicide; 1st horsemen of Apocalypse

X-Factor #16 (1987)

X-Factor #17 (1987): 1st Rictor; Caliban joins

X-Factor #18 (1987)

X-FACTOR #19 (1987)

X-Factor #20 (1987)

X-FACTOR ANNUAL #2 (1987)

X-Men vs. the Avengers #1-4 (1987)

Avengers #286-290 (1987-1988): Heavy Metal

Fantastic Four #308-310 (1987-1988): Sharon becomes Thing; Thing mutates

Iron Man #225-228 (1987-1988): Armor Wars Begins!

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #8 (1987): 1st BwahHaHaHaHa

New Mutants #56-61 (1987-1988): Fall of the Mutants; Cypher dies

Solo Avengers #1-2 (1987-1988): Hawkeye origin retcon

Strange Tales Vol. 2 #8-11 (1987-1988): 1st Night, Day, Mr. Jip; Dr. Strange gets an eyepatch

Thor #386-389 (1987-1988): 1st Thor Replicoid

WEST COAST AVENGERS #26-29 (1987-1988): Zodiac gang dies

X-Factor #21-26 (1987): Fall of the Mutants

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL: It’s been 35 years…

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