Year: 1993
Major Events:
- Marvel seems to realize that it is going down in flames, and puts out a flood of books featuring characters that nobody could possibly have thought would carry a series–like USAgent, the Soviet Super Soldiers, Meteor Man, and Nightwatch. Oh, and The Invaders (yet again) written by Roy Thomas (yet again).
- They also cancel a ton of underwhelming comics like She-Hulk, Luke Cage, and Nomad.
- Justice, of New Warriors, goes to prison for murdering his own father
- Infinity Crusade, Maximum Carnage, Thor: Blood and Thunder
- Alan Davis leaves Excalibur and John Byrne quits She-Hulk and Namor.
- The mysterious Tolliver–Deadpool’s boss–is revealed to be Cable’s son from the future
- 3oth Anniversary Celebrations: The X-books did Fatal Attractions, which brought back Magneto, and Avengers did Bloodties, which tried to generate sales by tying in with the X-books
Important Deaths: Vermin, Tombstone, Mastermind, Tower, Steel Vengeance, Doctor Faustus, Illyana Rasputin, Mockingbird, Reed Richards (again). Nearly all of these characters return in the future.
Best New Series: Cable. Runner up: Hellstorm.
Top 10 New Characters: This was a bad year for new characters; most of the debuts were extremely similar to–or downright rip-offs of–existing characters.
- Revanche
- Vengeance (the Ghost Rider copy)
- Graydon Creed (Sabretooth’s son)
- Maxam
- Siege (Deathlok copy)
- Air Force (a gang of bird-themed villains)
- Hindsight Lad
- Deathcry
- X-Cutioner
- Kyllian
Top 10 Comics:
- X-Factor #87 (the therapy issue)
- Hulk: Future Imperfect
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear miniseries
- New Warriors #36
- Incredible Hulk #412
- Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection one-shot
- Marvel Comics Presents #131 (Ant-Man story only)
- Warlock and Infinity Watch #12-13
- Punisher: Suicide Run
- Terror #8 (Christmas issue)