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Grade: A-

Better than just about everything else on the stands that year.

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #186-190 (1992)

FANTASTIC FOUR #2 (1962): 1st Skrulls

Amazing Spider-Man #31-33 (1966): 1st Gwen; Harry; Miles Warren

FANTASTIC FOUR #52-53 (1966): 1st Black Panther, Klaw

FANTASTIC FOUR #56 (1966)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #59-61 (1967)

THOR #145-146 (1967)

DAREDEVIL #42-46 (1968): 1st Jester

THOR #147-153 (1968): 1st Wrecker, Hela

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #76-77 (1969)

AVENGERS #59-60: 1st YellowJacket; Jan marries Hank (1968-1969)

SUB-MARINER #14 (1969)

X-MEN #57-58 (1969): 1st Havok

ASTONISHING TALES #1-2 (1970): Ka-Zar Solo Story; 1st Garokk the Petrified Man

DAREDEVIL #63-64 (1970)

AVENGERS #88 and HULK #140 (1971): 1st Jarella

Adventure into Fear with Morbius the Living Vampire #24 (1974)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #136-137 (1974): The Green Goblin lives again!

Incredible Hulk #180-182 (1974): 1st Wolverine

Man-Thing #5-6 (1974): 7th best Gerber story

WARLOCK #9-15 (1975)

UNCANNY X-MEN #98 (1976): 1st Amanda Sefton; new Sentinels

DEFENDERS #44-46 (1977): Dr. Strange quits; Elf w/a Gun dies

Iron Fist #11-12 (1977)

AVENGERS #185-187 (1979): Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s new origin; 1st Bova

Marvel Team-Up #79 (1979): Red Sonja; 1st Kulan Gath in 616

UNCANNY X-MEN #120-121 (1979): 1st Alpha Flight

MARVEL TEAM-UP #100 (1980): 1st Karma, 1st Black Panther/Storm romance

MOON KNIGHT #1 (1980)

AVENGERS #210-211 (1981): The Old Order Changeth!

DAREDEVIL #177 (1981)

Iron Man #148 (1981)

UNCANNY X-MEN #150 (1981): I, Magneto!

DAREDEVIL #186 (1982)

DOCTOR STRANGE #49-54 (1981-1982)

Fantastic Four #245 (1982): Franklin’s powers manifest

Fantastic Four #246-247 (1982): 1st Kristoff; Doom Restored as Ruler of Latveria

PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #64 (1982): 1st Cloak and Dagger

Spider-Woman #46 (1982): Last Claremont issue

THE DEFENDERS #105 and #111 (1982)

X-MEN TEEN TITANS (1982)

HAWKEYE #1-4 (1983): 1st Oddball, Bombshell; Hawkeye and Mockingbird wed

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

UNCANNY X-MEN #160-167 (1982-1983): 1st Binary, S’ym, Lockheed

UNCANNY X-MEN #169-170 (1983): 1st Morlocks

FALCON #1-4 (1983-1984)

FANTASTIC FOUR #268 (1984)

Machine Man (1984-1985): 1st Iron Man 2020

Thor #344 (1984)

Daredevil #219 (1985): Frank Miller returns

DAREDEVIL #225 (1985)

Fantastic Four #280-284 (1985): Secret Wars II; Sue becomes Malice/Invisible Woman

MARVEL FANFARE #20-21 (1985): Doc Strange, Thing, Hulk and the Charles Vess Norse Portfolio

Marvel Graphic Novel #18: Sensational She-Hulk (1985)

Power Man and Iron Fist #115-116 (1985): Stanley’s War

Power Pack #16-17 (1985): Franklin becomes Tattletale

Uncanny X-Men #197 (1985)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #277 (1986)

MARVEL FANFARE #27 (1986)

UNCANNY X-MEN #199-201 (1985-1986): 1st Cable, Freedom Force

AVENGERS #281-285 (1987): Assault on Olympus (PLUS: Who can lift Thor’s hammer?)

Hulk/Thing: The Big Change (1987)

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

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

AVENGERS #295-297: Dr. Druid Dies and the team breaks up (1988)

IRON MAN #229 (1988): Gremlin dies

IRON MAN #230-231 (1988): The End of Iron Wars; 1st Firepower

IRON MAN #232 (1988): Barry Windsor Smith

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

Daredevil #265 (1989): Inferno

Daredevil #268 (1989)

INCREDIBLE HULK #362 (1989): 1st Phil Sterns; vs Werewolf By Night

Ghost Rider #1-3 (1990): 1st Ketch Ghost Rider, 1st Deathwatch, Death Ninja, and Blackout

GHOST RIDER #7 (1990): Kills Scarecrow

Silver Surfer #40-43 (1990)

SILVER SURFER #44-45 (1990): Summary of Infinity Gems’ Powers

SILVER SURFER #49-50 (1991)

X-FACTOR #71-73 (1991): Peter David reboot

INCREDIBLE HULK #397-400 (1992)

Iron Man #284-291 (1992): Tony is dead; 1st War Machine

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #99-100

PUNISHER INVADES THE ‘NAM (1992, 1994)

SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #36 (1992)

FANTASTIC FOUR #350-354 (1991): Real Thing and Doom return

Wolverine: Inner Fury (1992)

SECRET SIX #1-9 (2008)

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