MERRY MARVEL MARCHING ORDER 1976

IN THIS YEAR:

AMAZING ADVENTURES (VOL. II)    34-39
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN    152-163 / Annual 10
ASTONISHING TALES    33-36
AVENGERS (VOL. I)    143-154 / Annual 6
BLACK GOLIATH    1-5
CAPTAIN AMERICA (VOL. I)    193-204 / Annual 3
CAPTAIN MARVEL (VOL. I)    42-47
CHAMPIONS    2-9
DAREDEVIL (VOL. I)    129-140 / Annual 4
DEFENDERS (VOL. I)    31-42 / Annual 1
DOCTOR STRANGE (VOL. II)    12-20 / Annual 1
ETERNALS    1-6
FANTASTIC FOUR (VOL. I)    166-177 / Annual 11
GHOST RIDER (VOL. II)    16-21
HOWARD THE DUCK (VOL. I)    1-7
INCREDIBLE HULK (VOL. I)    195-206 / Annual 5
INHUMANS    3-8
INVADERS    4-11
IRON FIST    3-10
IRON MAN (VOL. I)    82-93 / Annual 3
JUNGLE ACTION    19-24
KA-ZAR (VOL. II)    14-19
MARVEL CHILLERS    2-7
MARVEL FEATURE (VOL. II)    7
MARVEL PREMIERE    28-33
MARVEL PRESENTS    3-8
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (VOL. I)    26-31
MARVEL TEAM-UP (VOL. I)    41-52 / Annual 1
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE    13-22 / Annual 1
MASTER OF KUNG FU    36-47 / Annual 1
NOVA (VOL. I)    1-4
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN    1-5
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST    29-38 / Annual 1
PLANET OF THE APES, Adventures on    11
RED SONJA (VOL. I)    1
SKULL THE SLAYER    8
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN    1
SON OF SATAN        2-7
STRANGE TALES (VOL. I)    188
SUPER VILLAIN TEAM-UP    4-9
THOR (VOL. I)    243-254 / Annual 5
TOMB OF DRACULA    40-51
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY    1
WARLOCK (VOL. I)    11-15
WEIRD WONDER TALES    19
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT    36-41
X-MEN (VOL. I)    97-102

    "A Death in the Family"
BY:    Don McGregor / P. Craig Russell,
PC:    Killraven, Grok, Hawk, ~
COM:    Death of Grok and Hawk. Title is a non-MU alternate future story.

    "Shattered by the Shocker"
BY:    Len Wein / Gil Kane, Ross Andru
PC:    Spider-Man, ~ Shocker.
COM:

    "Reflections in a Crimson Eye" "Some of Us Are Programmed to Die"
BY:    Doug Moench / Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard.
PC:    Deathlok I, ~
COM:

    "Right Between the Eons"
BY:    Steve Englehart / George perez
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket}, Vision, Scarlet Witch, ~
COM:

    "Madbomb Part 1" "Screamer in the Brain!
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:    Kirby story and art begins.

    "Shoot-Out at the OK Space Station"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jim Starlin,
PC:    Captain Marvel I, ~ Stranger.
COM:

    "Whom the Gods Would Join...."
BY:    Tony Isabella / Don Heck, John Tartaglione (Tartag).
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Venus, Zeus, Dionysius, ~ Pluto, Ares, Hippolyta, Huntsman, Mephisto, Satan, Nightmare, Menoetius.
COM:    Herc and Venus have been ordered by Zeus to marry Hippolyta and Ares, and Pluto has come to Earth to collect them. Herc doesn't take to the idea too well, but Pluto, because of the contract they had back in TH1 #223, is able to siphon off the prince of powers strength. The rest of the team rescues him and seals the portal off with ice to buy themselves some time while they figure out what to do next. Pluto whines to Zeus and reminds him of the pact with the other nether gods that hangs over his head, and the lord of Olympus sends his Huntsman to do the job. The Huntsman immediately takes Herc and Venus down, and when the others interfere, he calls upon the Titan form Hades to soften them up a bit. The others fight the electrified giant while GR guards the two unconscious Olympian. They best him by short circuiting him, but when they return to GR, Huntsman changes their appearance to look like Pluto, Ares and Hippolyta, and he blasts them. Huntsman then swoops in and easily scoops up his marks, and at story end, the rest of the team is trying to figure out how they're going to get to Olympus. Title goes monthly.

    "Man-Bull in a China-Town"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~ Man-Bull.
COM:

    "Nighthawk's Brain!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I}, Wally, Jack Norris, Aragorn, Wong, Bambi, Charles 'Whizzo' Lester, Frances Lester, ~ {Gorilla Man, Shrunken Bones, Chondu (as Nighthawk)}, Harry, Rocky, Elf with a Gun.
COM:    Headmen appearance. Mantok the demon first mentioned. Hawk is having wild dreams (including images of Trish Starr) while he is sleep flying, and he comes to in Central Park where he is kidnapped. Jack is trying to win Val over at Coney Island, but it isn't going well. In the Ozarks, Hulk wreck some hunters for killing a deer and adopt its fawn. Hawk wakes up in the clutches of the Headmen who plan to switch his and Chondu's brains, while in Las Vegas, the Lesters are killed by a gun toting Elf posing as a cabby. Everyone returns home, and Chondu, in Hawks body, attacks the team and runs. Strange easily counters his inept spell, and they give chase. Chondu uses more of the mind amplifying drug (from DEF #21) and makes another attempt, and Strange slaps him down again, harder this time. At story end, they are all startled to see that it is actually Kyle in the suit and not some imposter.

    "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be the Hulk!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / George Perez, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Thing}, Col. Sellers, Joe, Charlie, ~ Hulk.
COM:    FF flying off to New Mexico to test the final version of the Psi-Amplifier on the Hulk. Hulk damages their plane, and the Ff bring it down safely. Ff capture the Hulk, and Reed's machine changes him human. Sellers double crosses them, and Ben, acting more impulsive than usual, destroys the machine so the gamma energy flows back into Banner. At story end, Hulk and Ben ready to fight side by side. Signed cover by Rich Buckler and Dan Adkins.

    "Howard the Barbarian"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Frank Brunner
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, Spider-Man, ~
COM:

    "Warfare in Wonderland"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Herb Trimpe,
PC:    Hulk, ~ Abomination.
COM:

    "U-Man Must Be Stopped"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, ~ U-Man.
COM:    Origin of U-Man.

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, ~
COM:    Repeats letters column from #81.

    "Blood and Sacrifices"
BY:    Don McGregor / Rich Buckler, Klaus Jansen.
PC:    Black Panther, ~ Baron Macabre.
COM:    KKK appearance.

    "A Witch In Time"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, ~ Cotton Mather.
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    "I Created Braggadoom!"
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson
PC:    Thing, Power Man II, ~
COM:

    "Cages of Myth, Menagerie of Mirrors!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    "Nightmare of A Living Deadman!"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula ~
COM:

    "Marcosa in Death"
BY:    Doug Moench / Don Perlin
PC:    Werewolf, Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell, Topaz, ~ Marcosa.
COM:    Jack able to change to the werewolf a will.

    "The Longest Hundred Yards"
BY:    Len Wein / Gil Kane, Ross Andru
PC:    Spider-Man, ~
COM:

    "Claws"
BY:    Steve Englehart / George Perez
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket}, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat (Patsy Walker),
COM:    Patsy Walker becomes Hellcat. Origin of Hellcat.

    "Black Goliath"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Tuska
PC:    Black Goliath, ~
COM:    Origin of Black Goliath.

    "Madbomb Part 2" "The Trojan Horde"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "Assault on Olympus"
BY:    Tony Isabella, Bill Mantlo / George Tuska, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Venus, Zeus, Dionysius, ~ Pluto, Ares, Hippolyta, Huntsman.
COM:    The rest of the team is at Angel's Beach House trying to figure a way to get to Olympus to save Herc and Venus, and GR comes up with the portal covered with ice from last ish. In Olympus, Zeus bristling at the deal with Pluto made worse by the presence of his mutates in his realm, but he's held from doing anything. And, at the moment of the wedding, the team appears and they not only take down the bad guys, they hip Zeus to the fact that Pluto plans to use the union to overthrow his rule. Zeus explodes, but his niece asks instead of punishment he gives them all forgiveness, because living with what they did is punishment enough. Zeus agrees (which doesn't make the others happy) and Venus drops her human guise while the others are sent back to Earth at story end.. Letters column begins: "Cables of Champions". Cover by Rich Buckler and Dan Adkins.

    "Look Out Daredevil, here Comes the Death-Man"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "Musical Minds!" "Pt. 2: My Life and Times" "Pt. 3: Step into My Parlor...!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I}, Son of Satan, Jack Norris, Arthur Richmond, Penelope Richmond (part.), Mindy, JC Pennysworth, Trish Starr, Daredevil, ~ {Chondu (as Nighthawk), Gorilla Man, Shrunken Bones, Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubenstein)}, Death.
COM:    Origin of Nighthawk. Headsmen appearance. Ruby joins Headsmen. 1st appearance of the Crossroads of Reality (unnamed). Strange brings in Daimon, fearing that Hawk's recent actions might be due to possession, but it is discovered that Chondu's brain is in Hawk, who is recognized as Harvey Schlemerman by Jack. Nagan introduces their newest member, and when Morgan complains, she shows off her abilities. Strange finds Kyle at the Crossroads and the team goes to recover his brain. In part 2: Kyle relives his childhood as Hawk, how he was shuffled off to Westhaven Boarding School after the death of his mother, how he clashed with the students and eventually the teachers, how he eventually got into college anyway due to his father's money. How his girl was killed in a reckless car accident, how he was rejected by the army because of a heart murmur, how his father was killed and he took over the family business, ending with his joining the Defenders. In part 3: The team ends up in Westbury, CT., gaining entrance to the Headmen hideout in time to be knocked flat by their newest member.   Letter from Mary Jo Duffy.

    "Final Curtain"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~
COM:

    "Titans Two!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / George Perez, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Thing}, Col. Sellers, ~ Hulk.
COM:    Thing, for reasons he can't explain, has teamed up with the Hulk, escape from the military base and end up in St. Louis. The FF follow with the idea of tranquilizing the pair, but they start losing the fight until Ben comes to his senses. Unfortunately, his system chooses when he's toe-to-toe with the Hulk to change him human again. At story end, Hulk leaps off, and Reed wonders what Ben's transformation will mean to the team. Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "Blood in the Waters"
BY:   Bill Mantlo / George Tuska, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Ghost Rider IV, Sgt. Manuel Garcia, Nancy Phillips, Frank Phillips, Clare Phillips.
COM:    Johnny takes a brief sabbatical and goes t Baja, Mexico. His bike gets clipped by a stray bullet from a man who is shooting dolphins, and he intercedes on the behalf of a young woman. He learns that the man became unhinged after the death of his wife during a freak accident while they were training dolphins for the government. When he begins his rampage again, Johnny tries to stop him, and they both end up in the water facing a great white shark. When Hell-fire fails to work underwater, he figures them for goners, but the local dolphins not only dispatch the shark, they help the pair back to shore. At story end, Frank finally comes to his senses.

    "The Abomination Proclamation"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Herb Trimpe,
PC:    Hulk, ~ Abomination.
COM:

    "Panic in New York!"
BY:    Doug Moench / George Perez, Mike Esposito
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Lack Jaw, Crystal}, Quicksilver, {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Thing}, Falzon, ~ Shatterstar (Arides).
COM:    Fantastic Four appearance. A malfunctioning warning beacon below Attilan is causing earthquakes instead of the proper signal to the Kree Homeworld, so the Royal Family goes to NYC to seek the aid of the FF (seen only in Medusa's memory) and leave a ruffled Quicksilver and Crystal behind. On the Homeworld, against Falzon's advice, the Kree council sends Shatterstar to capture the Inhumans for the upcoming War of the Three Galaxies where the Kaptroids obviously failed. He attacks them in the city and takes them and Falzon (who followed in his on ship to stop him) out very easily. At story end, Shatterstar ready to kill both Falzon, as a traitor, and Black Bolt for being too dangerous. Jack Kirby cover. Letters from Ralph Macchio and Peter Gillis.

    "The Rage of the Red Ghost"
BY:    Len Wein / Herb Trimpe, Marie Severin.
PC:    Iron Man I, ~ Red Ghost.
COM:

    "Two Worlds in Frenzy"
BY:    Gerry Conway / John Buscema
PC:    Ka-Zar, Sabu, ~ Klaw.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas /
PC:    Moon Knight, {Werewolf, Man-Thing, Ghost Rider IV, Morbius}, ~ Conquer Lord.
COM:    Legion of Monsters appearance.

    " "
BY:    John Warner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk II}, ~
COM:    Guardians of the Galaxy appearance. Guardians stories begin.

    "Visions of Hate"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, Vision, ~ Cotton Mather.
COM:

    "Web of Dark Death!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

    "The Possession!"
BY:    JohnWarner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    Son of Satan, ~
COM:

    "A Duel of Titans!"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Sal Buscema
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula ~ Blade.
COM:

    "How Strange My Destiny" "Escape Into the Inner Prison" "The Strange Death of Adam Warlock"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jim Starlin
PC:    Warlock II, ~ Thanos.
COM:

    "My Brother, My Enemy!"
BY:    Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum, Sam Grainger
PC:    {Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee}, Jean Grey, Moira MacTaggert, Lilandra Neramani (unnamed and face unrevealed), Havok, Polaris, Reese, Clancy, ~ Eric the Red II (Davan Shakari), Dr. Steven Lang, White King (Edward Buckman) (1st part. face unseen).
COM:    1st appearance of the Shi'ar (unnamed). 1st mention of Starcore. Prof. X is having terrible nightmares of Lilandra escaping from the Shi'ar star fleet, and it is revealed that this is the real reason Moira was there. At the Rio Diablo, where Havok and Polaris have settled after leaving the team, Eric arrives and takes hypnotic control of both and pits them against their old team mates at Kennedy Airport, while Xavier prepares to leave for his vacation on a Starcore Lear jet. (Kurt uses his Image Inducer for the first time.)   They save the professor's flight, but cause a lot of damage on the runway, wrecking several other planes, and, when reinforcements arrive in the X-Men Hoverjet, Eric takes his charges and flies off. Wolverine berates Cyke for not firing after them and gets back handed, but before he can retaliate, he's stopped by Storm, all under the watchful eye of Lang, under the watchful eye of the Council of the Chosen at story end. Cover by Rich Buckler and Dave Cockrum.

    "The 24-Hour Man"
BY:    Don McGregor / Keith Giffen, P. Craig Russell, Jack Abel.
PC:    Killraven, ~
COM:    Title is a non-MU alternate future story. Keith Giffen's 1st published story.

    "The Sandman Always Strikes Twice"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, John Romita.
PC:      Spider-Man, ~ Sandman.
COM:

    "And All the King's Madmen Couldn't Put Deathlok Together Again--Or Could They?"
BY:    Doug Moench / Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard.
PC:    Deathlok I, ~
COM:

    "The Taking of the Avenger" "Target: Captain America" "The Small Hours"
BY:    Scott Edelman, Tony Isabella / Don Heck
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat, }, Captain America I, ~ Amphibion (Kingsley Rice).
COM:

    "Madbomb Part 3" "It's 1984!"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "Destroy! Destroy! Screams the Destroyer"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Al Milgrom
PC:    Captain Marvel I, ~ Drax the Destroyer.
COM:

    "Murder At Malibu!"
BY:    Chris Claremont / George Tuska, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Ivan Petrovitch, ~ Billy, Dr. Edward Lansing.
COM:    Champions are named for the first time. Herc and Widow, while discussing his ire over the decision (from last ish), are jumped on the beach and when they finally get their assailant down, they find he is a nearly mindless elderly man. They are attacked and kidnapped by the mercenaries of Dr. Lansing and brought to the San Marino State Hospital. Herc could easily escape on his own, but they threaten to kill Natasha if he tries. Lansing then explains what they are doing there, telling them about his super soldier research, and then prepares to brainwash the pair. Later, at the beach house, the others are worried about their absence until the pair bursts through the wall and try to kill them, under the sway of Lansing and his control box. Even with GR's added help, they don't stand much chance against Herc adn Lansing's Neural Disruptor, and things would have gone really bad if Widow, while fighting Ivan, shakes the conditioning and smashes the box. Without it, his mutates go wild and kill him on the beach. At story end, they all get serious about becoming a new team.

    "Watch Out for Bullseye"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, Jacob Conover, ~ Bullseye.
COM:

    "Webbed hands, Warm Heart!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I}, Bambi, Jack Norris (as Nighthawk), Cissy, Mitchell, George Teekle, June Teekle, ~ {Chondu (as Bambi), Gorilla Man, Shrunken Bones, Ruby Thursday}, Nebulon.
COM:    Ludberdites 1st appearance. Bambi is not pleased to be trapped in the Sanctum Sanctorum and its revealed that Chondu's mind had been taken from the body of Hawk and places in the fawn while Jack's mind replaced it. In Westbury CT, the Headmen are preparing to use Nagan's Encephalo-Transmogrifier on the Defender's to alter their thought patterns. In Central Park, two young people are kidnapped by the amphibian aliens, while back in CT, Jack is doing his best to come off as Chondu, and learns the individual intentions for the group, all leading to world domination. The aliens then kidnap Bambi, who has escaped, and bring him to an island where the Celestial Mind Control Machine sits. When the Defenders recover, even though they are less disposed to take on the bad guys, they refuse to leave without Kyle's brain. Hulk knocks the house down, and across the street, George is amused that is wasn't his house this time (Def #21). Ruby mires the rest of the team long enough for them to escape; Jack manages to rescue the brain, but, at story end, is captured by Nebulon. Gil Kane Cover.

    "Where have All the Powers Gone?"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Ben Grimm, Power Man II}, Alicia masters, , Hulk, Hal, ~ Wrecker III.
COM:    Luke Cage replaces the Ben temporarily on the team. Johnny asks for a leave of absence. Ben feeling the sting of not being the Thing. Reed hits him with his replacement (because of the Ff Inc charter), and he's not pleased. Team gets an alarm and goes to tackle the Wrecker; Ben joins in and gets his clock punched. Indicate that the Wrecker is being manipulated. Cage beats Wrecker with his own crowbar, and, at story end, Ben realizes how useless he is to the team as a human.

    "Cry Turnip!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Frank Brunner
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, ~
COM:

    "And Man-Thing makes Three"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Herb Trimpe,
PC:    Hulk, Man-Thing, ~ the Gardener.
COM:

    "Red Skull In the Sunset"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, ~ Red Skull, Fin.
COM:

    "Night of the Walking Bomb"
BY:    Len Wein, Roger Slifer / Herb Trimpe, John Tartaglione.
PC:    Iron Man I, ~
COM:

    "They Told Me a Myth I Wanted to Believe"
BY:    Don McGregor / Rich Buckler, Klaus Jansen.
PC:    Black Panther, ~
COM:    KKK appearance.

    " "
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Yong Montano
PC:    Tigra, ~
COM:    Origin of Tigra. 1st appearance of the Darkhold. Howard Chaykin/Bernie Wrightson cover.

    "A Past Gone Mad"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, ~
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson
PC:    Thing, Son of Satan, ~
COM:

    "Cat"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Mary Skrenes, Steve Gerber / Jim Mooney
PC:    Omega the Unknown, James-Michael Starling, Dr. Thomas Barrows, Ruth Hart, Amber Grant, ~
COM:    1st appearance of the Protar (unnamed). 1st appearance of Srenesk (unnamed).

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula ~ Blade, Doctor Sun.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Doug Moench / Don Perlin
PC:    Werewolf, Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell, Topaz, ~
COM:

    "Whodunit!"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, John Romita.
PC:    Spider-Man, ~
COM:

    "The Assassin Never Fails!" "The Better To Kill Them With!" "Nothing But Our Own Death"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Keith Pollard, Don Heck.
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat, }, Captain America I, Falcon, ~
COM:

    "White Fire, Atomic Death"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Tuska
PC:    Black Goliath, ~
COM:

    "Madbomb Part 4" "Kill-Derby"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "The Economy Is So Bad That...."
BY:    Tony Isabella / Don Heck, John Tartaglione (Tartag).
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Ivan Petrovitch, Emerson Bale, Amos Crawley, Richard Fenster, Rose, Anna, ~ Rampage I (Stuart Clarke), Edward Lansing.
COM:    Origin of Rampage. GR appears only in flashback. While Warren is getting the good news from his lawyer about his inheritance, Clarke gets the bad news from his that Clarke Futuristics is circling the drain because of the turn in the economy. Back on campus, Ivan is worried about Natasha involving herself with others again, and Fenster is fired along with the Widow and Herc because of the trouble with Pluto. Angel hires him as the new business manager of Champions Inc (first mention), and across town, Clarke makes the decision to use his battle armor to pay off the debts to his creditors. Bobby, planning to ditch the team soon maybe even the superhero gig altogether, happens on Rampage who is robbing a bank. He intervenes as Iceman but gets taken down like a novice and is only saved by the timely appearance of his teammates. They try to go toe to toe with him and get their butts handed to them, and Ivan, trying to protect Widow, gets injured. The fight comes to a halt when Rampage threatens to punch through Angel's skull at story end.

    "Bullseye Rules Supreme"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~ Bullseye.
COM:

    "I Think We're All Bozos in This Book!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I}, Jack Norris (as Nighthawk), Cissy, Mitchell, Bambi, George Teekle, June Teekle, Wong, ~ Nebulon/Mr. Nebul, Chondu (as Bambi), Sam.
COM:    1st appearance of Zaar. Jack has been kidnapped by Nebulon, and he explains his new plan to help the human race by controlling it, and sends him on to the island, where he is attacked by Chondu. In Westbury Ct. the Defenders escape from Ruby's trap, and the Hulk when he hears the taunts of the man across the way, he destroys the framing for his new house. While the team returns to the Sanctum to see if they can help Jack and Kyle, Mr. Nebul arrives in NYC promising salvation, and Hulk, not fooled by the disguise, takes his mad out on the little man. he bests the Hulk, winning over the crowd, and passes out invitations to a seminar in Celestial Mind Control.   As he begins to use the power, the people on the island begin to lose ground, killing some of the older prisoners. The rest of the team attends the seminar, and Nebul points out what bozos everyone is, and begins to use his machine which is now back stage. Nebulon takes out Hulk and Val pretty easily, but when he's about to face down Strange, Chondu uses his powers and teleports him away. At story end, Strange mainly worried about a potential team-up between the Headmen and Nebulon. Rich Buckler, Dan Adkins cover.

    "Planet Earth is No More"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~
COM:

    "Five Characters in Search of a Madman!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Power Man II}, Ben Grimm, Alicia Masters, Franklin Richards, Annabelle, Wilbur, Jerry, Harry, ~ Doctor Doom, Sandman, Blastaar.
COM:    Ben at Manny's Bar and Grille feeling very sorry for himself, gets into a barroom brawl over a girl, has memories of when he was the Thing, and is about to get trounced when Reed and Johnny step in. Something takes control of Luke and sends him on a rampage, accidentally sends a "strangely marked canister" through Doom's Time Platform, then takes off in the Fantasti-Car. At story end, Reed introduces Ben to the Thing Exo-Skeleton (1st cameo appearance).

    "Prelude to a Private Armageddon!"
BY:   Tony Isabella / Frank Robbins, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Ghost Rider IV, Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow}, Son of Satan, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Katy Milner/Roxanne Simpson, Dr Katherine Reynolds, Coot Collier, Karen Page, Stunt-Master, Matt Murdock, Phil Hancock, Cosgrove, Amy, ~ Challenger.
COM:    1st appearance of Cedars of Lebanon. After the events in CHM #4, Johnny returns to Delazny Studios only to find that shooting has been halted by a technicality, and Katy is in a sanatorium. He goes to visit her and finds she is possessed by demons, and, after clashing with her, calls in his friend Daimon. Waiting, Johnny thinks about the women in his life, and decides no one can replace Roxanne, and Karen decides to move on her feelings for him. Cosgrove discovers the handiwork of the villain that has been stalking Karen, and Son of Satan arrives at the hospital. He and GR easily drive out the demons, but the real trouble starts when Challenger arrives and challenges GR to save the girl. At story end, against Daimon's protests, he agrees to take on the infernal gauntlet.

    "The Shangri-La Syndrome"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Herb Trimpe,
PC:    Hulk, Man-Thing, ~
COM:

    "The Doom Called Shatterstar!"
BY:    Doug Moench / George Perez, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Lockjaw, Crystal}, Quicksilver, Falzon, Murius, Iridia, ~ Shatterstar, Maximus, Falcona, Aireo, Leonus.
COM:    With a well timed distraction from Lockjaw, Black Bolt and Karnak defeat Shatterstar with a weapon from his own ship; and Falzon reveals that he is the villain's father. Origin of Shatterstar (real name revealed) including the death of his mother. 1st appearance of the planet Malador. At story end, they return to Attilan to find that Maximus and the Evil Inhumans have carried out Shatterstar's work and captured all their brethren.. Signed cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia.

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jack Kirby
PC:    Moon Knight, {Whizzer I, Red Raven, Miss America, Thin Man, Blue Diamond, Patriot (Jeffrey Mace)}, ~ Jack Frost I, Conquer Lord.
COM:    Liberty Legion appearance and origin. Thin Man, Blue Diamond and Patriot join the team.

    "Death in the Year Before Yesterday"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Moondragon, ~
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    "Fight Without Pity"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:    Title goes monthly.

    "And Be A Villain"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Sal Buscema
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, ~ Shroud.
COM:

    "The Fury of the Firelord"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~ Firelord.
COM:

    "A Trollish Tale"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jim Starlin
PC:    Warlock II, Pip the Troll, ~
COM:

    "Merry Christmas, X-Men..."
BY:    Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum, Sam Grainger.
PC:    {Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Jean Grey}, Moira MacTaggert, Amanda Sefton (Jimaine Szardos), Elisabeth 'Betsy' Wilford, Dr. Peter Corbeau, Lilandra Neramani, Nick Fury, Valentina de la Fontaine, Matt Murdock, ~ Dr. Steven Lang, Sentinels A-3, A-1, and T-20.
COM:    1st full appearance of Sentinel Mark III. The X-Men enjoying the holiday in Rockefeller Square (also in attendance: Dave Cockrum, Chris Claremont, Bonnie Wilford, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Julius Schwartz, and Lois and Clark) and, after Kurt and Peter say goodbye to their new girlfriends, the team is attacked by Sentinels. They stave them off, but Jean, Banshee, and Wolverine are captured; and Cyke is left hanging from a radio mast. After Storm wrecks the last one, she rescues Cyke, and their first concern is for Prof. X. Supposedly on vacation with his friend Peter Corbeau on his boat the Deja Thoris, he is actually trying to corroborate the existence of the Shi'ar empire from his nightmares, and after that comes up bust he is captured by a Sentinel. In Armageddon Command Base (unnamed), Lang is studying his new guests, but they escape (Wolvie's claws revealed to be part of him) and break their way outside to an unpleasant surprise. Back on Earth, Corbeau makes his way to the X-mansion and puts two and two together and concludes, from their concern about solar flares, that Lang and his Sentinels are somewhere in space. Letter from Mary Jo Duffy. Signed cover by Dave Cockrum.

    "Red Dust Legacy"
BY:    Don McGregor / P. Craig Russell, Sonny Trinidad.
PC:    Killraven, ~
COM:    Title is a non-MU alternate future story.

    "On a Clear Day, You Can See the Mirage"
BY:    Len Wein / John Romita, Ross Andru
PC:    Spider-Man, Ned Leeds, Betty Leeds (Brant), ~ Mirage I (Desmond Charne).
COM:    Marriage of Ned Leeds and Betty Brant. Betty Brant becomes Betty Leeds. Origin of Mirage I.

    "And Once Removed from Never" "The Resurrection and the Death"
BY:    Doug Moench / Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard.
PC:    Deathlok I, ~
COM:

    "Crisis on Other-Earth!"
BY:    Tony Isabella /
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat, }Captain America I, ~ {Blue Eagle, Tom Thumb, Amphibion, Doctor Spectrum, Whizzer II, }
COM:    Squadron Supreme appearance.

    "Madbomb Part 5" "The Rocks are Burning!
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "Death Throws"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Al Milgrom
PC:    Captain Marvel I, ~ Drax the Destroyer.
COM:

    "Mind-Wave and His Fearsome Think-Tank"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~ Mind-Wave.
COM:

    "Bring Back My Body to Me, to Me...!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I}, Jack Norris (as Nighthawk), Taylor Charles, Mr. Kaslov, Aragorn, Red Guardian II (Dr. Tania Belinsky), Ross (unnamed), ~ {Gorilla Man, Shrunken Bones, Chondu (as Bambi), Nebulon, Old Pytor. ?.
COM:    Headmen appearance. RG saves a woman from an attack in Russia, but is considered a criminal in her own country. Strange contacts Belinsky to help restore Kyle, and he puts Jack's mind back in his own body. Hulk, Val, and jack go to look for Bambi, while the Headmen are introduced to Nebulon by Chondu in his new form and the alien takes a powder. Strange meets Tania at the airport and a mystery man is watching as everything is cleared though the state department. Hulk locates another deer at the zoo and has a run in with security, while the Headmen switch Chondu into his new body which they had pieced together and he's not happy with their improvements. Tania expresses an interest in defecting before the operation, and Chondu goes out looking for a replacement body. Val and Jack se him absconding with a steel worker and intercede, and the fight carries them into a restaurant. Val stops Chondu, but at story end, she is arrested for helping to wreck the place.   Cover by Gil Kane and Mike Esposito.

    "The Tomb of Dr. Strange"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~ Dracula.
COM:

    "A Sky-Full of Fear!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / George Perez, Joe Sinnott, David Hunt
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Power Man II, Ben Grimm/Exo-Thing}, Alicia Masters, Franklin Richards, Darryl Williams, ~ Puppet Master.
COM:    1st full appearance of the Thing Exo-Skeleton. Ben rejoins the team, replacing Luke. Puppet Master's first name revealed. Johnny sits out with sprained arm from last issue. Ben tries the Exo-suit for the first time; they dig the old Fantasti-Car off mothballs and go after Luke, who beyond his control, comes to break puppet master out of jail. After a brief fight, Puppet Master's power is lost over Luke, and he's returned to prison. At story end, Ben is contemplating marriage with Alicia. Ed Hannigan, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "Four Feathers of Death!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / John Buscema
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, ~
COM:

    "...And SHIELD Shall Follow!"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Stanton
PC:    Hulk, Doc Samson, ~
COM:    SHIELD appearance.

    "And Let the Battle Begin"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, {Whizzer I, Red Raven, Miss America, }~
COM:    Liberty Legion appearance.

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, ~ Blizzard I (Gregor Shapanka).
COM:    Jack Frost becomes the first Blizzard.

    "A Cross Burning Darkly"
BY:    Don McGregor / Rich Buckler, Klaus Jansen.
PC:    Black Panther, ~
COM:    KKK appearance.

    " "
BY:    John Warner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk II, Nikki}, ~
COM:    Guardians of the Galaxy appearance. Origin of Nikki, joins the team.

    "Future-Shock!"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Killraven, ~
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson
PC:    Thing, Morbius, ~
COM:    Title goes monthly.

    "The Murder Agency"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Mary Skrenes, Steve Gerber / Jim Mooney
PC:    Omega the Unknown, James-Michael Starling, ~ Hulk.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / Neal Adams
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

    "The Flame and the Hammer"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula ~ Hannibal King, Blade, Doctor Strange.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Doug Moench / Don Perlin
PC:    Werewolf, Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell, Topaz, ~
COM:

    "The Ghost that Haunted Octopus"
BY:    Len Wein / John Romita, Ross Andru.
PC:    Spider-Man, ~ Doctor Octopus.
COM:    Return of Doc Oc.

    "20,000 Leagues Under Justice"
BY:    Tony Isabella /
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat, }Captain America I, ~ {Cap'n Hawk (James Dore), Tom Thumb, Amphibion, Doctor Spectrum, Whizzer II, }
COM:    Squadron Supreme appearance. Scarlet Witch wears the Serpent Crown.

    "Dance to the Murder"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Tuska
PC:    Black Goliath, ~
COM:

    "Madbomb Part 6" "Captain America's Love Story"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "Mad Dogs and Businessmen"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Tuska, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules}, Ivan Petrovitch, Amos Crawley, Connors, Dunn, ~ Rampage I.
COM:   Rampage is threatening to kill an unconscious Angel if they don't back down, and they retreat only long and far enough to get him to drop their fallen comrade. The fight starts all over, and Ivan gets seriously hurt while Rampage makes a getaway by changing back into his civvies. Ivan is taken to the hospital, and the team wants revenge. As the police close in on Clarke (who had contemplated stopping his short lived career) thanks to a tip from Crawley, but he breaks free using his experimental Ionic Jet Pack. The team, who decide that Widow should be their leader, go after Rampage again, but with a battle plan in mind. Working as a team, they exhaust the power supply of his suit, and he decides to start acting the part of the super villain. When all hope is lost, he uses the damaged jet pack as a bomb to take them with him. They survive, but he's very badly injured after the blast, and at story end, good old Amos, who had been watching form the sidelines, is thinking about selling his boss' company and making a tidy profit himself.   Jack Kirby cover.

    "There's Trouble in NYC"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "A Garden of Earthly Demise!"
BY:    Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Red Guardian II}, Penelope Richmond, JC Pennysworth, Trish Starr, {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex}, Mr. Kaslov, Taylor Charles, Jack Norris, Aragorn, Officer Crum, Ross (named), Wong, Shirley (unnamed), ~ {Hyperion I, Dr Spectrum I, Whizzer II}, Gorilla Man, Nebulon/Mr. Nebul, Alex Gentry, Leopold Stryke, Plant Man, Felicia (unnamed).
COM:    Red Guardian joins the team. Guardians of the Galaxy and Squadron Sinister appearance. In a delirium, Hawk relives his past again, and then revives from the anesthetic able to see and hear from his own body again. Some goons come into the hospital to kidnap him and they get a nasty surprise from his attending physician. While across town, Val is booked for the damage done in a restaurant last ish, and the Hulk and Jack save Aragorn, who was wounded in the fight with Chondu. Strange has persuaded Tania's handler to allow her to stay, and has become concerned for the Celestial Mind Control movement which promises followers instant power. Gentry, Stryke, and Smithers try to get in on it, but the bozo stuff proves too weird for Sam and he strikes out on his own. In prison, Val clashes with the cell bully and gets violently ill due to her curse. Strange brings Tania home and then gets called away because Kyle has disappeared. he tries to contact the others for help, but they're busy getting Aragorn attended to. He clashes with Plant Man and gets an assist from RG, but it isn't enough when his powers fail, and the three are trapped in a plant bulb high above the city streets at story end.    Gil Kane cover.

    "Where There's Smoke"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~
COM:

    "Death is a Golden Gorilla!"
BY:    Roy Thomas, Carla Conway / George Perez, Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott, David Hunt
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Ben Grimm/ Exo-Thing}, Frankie Raye, Jerry, Joe,~ Gorr II.
COM:    Ben testing his Exo-suit against an LMD. Gorr lands in Central Park and begins to grow larger; Johnny goes to confront him, but Frankie is horrified by his flames. Gorr, now huge, attacks the Baxter Building, fights the team to a standstill, until Sue surrounds him with a force field. He shrinks and falls unconscious, and, at story end, when he is thoroughly restrained, the golden ape asks for their help against Galactus. Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "The Salvation Run!"
BY:   Tony Isabella / Frank Robbins, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Ghost Rider IV, Katy Milner, Son of Satan, Coot Collier, Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, Stunt-Master, ~ Challenger, Death's Head II (Phillip Sterling).
COM:    GR is running a gauntlet to save Katy and is faced with just about everybody from his past including: Crash and Roxanne Simpson, Orb, Snake-Dance, Friend, Miracle-Man, Aquarius I, Trapster, Thing, Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Spider-Man, and Black Widow. After getting the snot kicked out of him, he's on the verge of giving up, and his one question is 'Why?'. At story end, Stunt-Master beginning to have reservations, and it is revealed that he's been working for Death's Head, who has been trying to get at Karen Page.

    "An Intruder in the Mind"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Hulk, Silver Surfer, ~
COM:    200th anniversary issue.

    "Voice From Galaxy's End"
BY:    Doug Moench / Gil Kane, Vince Colletta
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Lockjaw, Crystal}, Quicksilver, Falzon, Iridia, Avius, ~ {Maximus, Aireo, Stallior, Leonus}, Shatterstar.
COM:    Evil Inhumans appearance. Death of Shatterstar/Arides. The Royal Family has been taken captive, and Black Bolt has been strung up over the main square of Attilan where he can watch, helpless, as his people are forced to build a giant Space Ark that would take half their number to the Kree Homeworld. Triton and Karnak escape with Lockjaw's help and join the resistance; Iridia relates how Maximus took control of Attilan in their absence. Shatterstar ends up killing himself with his own weapon while trying to kill Triton, and the others are freed and make short work of their captors. But, unaware that the tide has changed and seeing his people being loaded aboard the Ark, Black Bolt cries out in anguish at story end. Signed cover by Rich Buckler.

    " "
BY:    Chris Claremont / John Byrne
PC:    Iron Fist, ~
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jack Kirby
PC:    {Whizzer I, Red Raven, Miss America, Thin Man, Blue Diamond, Patriot}, ~
COM:    Liberty Legion appearance.

    " "
BY:    John Warner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk II, Nikki}, ~
COM:    Guardians of the Galaxy appearance.

    "Am I Now Or Have I Ever Been?"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Deathlok I, ~
COM:    Rich Buckler cover.

    " "
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson
PC:    Thing, Ka-Zar, Zabu, ~
COM:

    "Slain in Secrecy, and by Illusion!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

    "Cloud of Witness!"
BY:    JohnWarner / P. Craig Russell, Sonny Trinidad
PC:    Son of Satan, ~
COM:

    "Prisoner!"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Sal Buscema
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, ~
COM:

    "There Shall Come A Revolution"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula ~ Blade, Hannibal King.
COM:    Blade vs. Hannibal King.

    "Here Dwells the Star Thief!" "The Bizarre Brain of Barry Bauman"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jim Starlin
PC:    Warlock II, ~
COM:

    "Deathstar, Rising!"
BY:    Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum, Frank Chiaramonte (Chiara)
PC:    {Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Jean Grey}, Moira MacTaggert, Dr. Peter Corbeau, Robert Chalmers, Hilary, Col. Kutuzov, Dmitri, Flaherty, ~ Black Tom Cassidy (1st partial app), Juggernaut, Steven Lang, Sentinels R-7 and L-1.
COM:    Sentinel Mark III appearance. 1st appearance of X-Sentinels. Wolvering, Banshee, and Jean have escaped the Armageddon Command Base (named) into open space, and are recaptured by the Sentinels. Roger Grimsby and Geraldo Rivera report on the anti-mutant sentiment raging through the country, including the burning of Chalmers' house, and get an update on the launch of the Starcore shuttle. In the launch, Peter has a bad moment concerning his lost brother Mikhail (1st mention) but they make it successfully into space. While Starcore registers a massive solar flare, Flaherty gets a letter off to Sean and is killed by Tom. Lang sends the Sentinels out to prevent the shuttle from reaching the platform, and when the integrity of the ship is breached, Corbeau parks it in the side of the Command Base. After scragging the Sentinels inside, Cyclops sends the rest of the team after Wolvie and Banshee while he goes to save jean and the Professor, and take care of Lang himself. Jean stops him from killing Lang only to get shot from behind, and, when the rest of the team arrives, they find the old team of X-Men ready to kill them at story end.   Letter column becomes X-Mail. Signed cover by Dave Cockrum.

    "Arena Kill!"
BY:    Don McGregor / P. Craig Russell,
PC:    Killraven, Old Skull, ~
COM:    Origin of Old Skull. Title is a non-MU alternate future story.

    "Hammerhead is Out"
BY:    Len Wein / Gil Kane, Ross Andru.
PC:    Spider-Man, ~ Doctor Octopus, Hammerhead.
COM:    Hammerhead regains his physical form.

    "Confessions of a Demolished Man" "What to Do After the Apocalypse"
BY:    Doug Moench / Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard.
PC:    Deathlok I, ~
COM:    Title ends.

    "Gods and the Gang"
BY:    Tony Isabella /
PC:    {Beast, Iron Man I, Moondragon, Thor I, Wasp, Yellowjacket, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hellcat, }, ~
COM:

    "Madbomb Part 7" "The Man Who Sold the United States"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "The Bi-Centennial"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Al Milgrom
PC:    Captain Marvel I, Bun-Dall, ~ Kree Supreme Intelligence.
COM:

    "What Is Happening?"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Brown, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "Evil In Bloom!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Kyle Richmond, Red Guardian II, Luke Cage}, Jack Norris, Aragorn, Bert, Officer Crum, Shirley, ~ Plant Man, Nebulon/Mr. Nebul, Porcupine, Eel I, Felicia.
COM:    Hulk, trying to get the wounded Aragorn (from ish 35) tended to ends up clashing with the police, and Strange, Kyle and RG still trapped by the Plant Man. Strange's powers return, and they escape the bulb trap only to be hit with mutated giant spores which are supposed to take them into the ionosphere to their death. Cage, who had been called in as cavalry by Jack, takes Plant Man out, and Strange teleports he and RG out of danger. On the ground, no one knows what happened to Val, who is still in prison and clashing with one of her cell mates and unable to defend herself because of her curse. Plant Man returns from his brief solo career to the CMC Center to pick up with his old team mates, but when he sees them bozoing their alter egos, he tries to split and gets blasted by Nebulon. Back at the hospital, Kyle hires Luke to replace him on the team, and, at story end, the others are taken out easily by Porcupine's knock out gas. Gil Kane and Mike Esposito cover.

    "Beelzebub on Parade"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~
COM:

    "Day of the Gods"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten.
PC:    {Ikaris (Ike Harris)}, Dr. Daniel Damian, Margo Damian, ~ {Kro, Brother Tode, Vira (unnamed)}.
COM:    1st appearance of the Eternals/Polar Eternals. 1st appearance of the Deviants. Ike leads the Damians to the Chamber of the Gods in an Incan ruin in the Andes mountains. Kro is sent from Lemuria II to prevent the return of the space gods; Ike relates the origin of the Eternals, Deviants, and humans (First Host) and the ascendancy of the Eternal race, and activates the Cosmic Beacon. There is a short battle between Ikaris and Kro's men, during which they use a Shroud Gun on him. At story end, the space gods' ship arrives and Kro is prepared to fight to the last.

    "Cry, the Bedeviled Planet!"
BY:    Roy Thomas, Bill Mantlo / George Perez, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Ben Grimm/Exo-Thing}, High Evolutionary, Gorr II, Warlock II, Hulk, Jerry, Joe, ~ Galactus, Destroyer, Man-Beast.
COM:   Recap of the last issue where Gorr came o enlist the FF's help. Gorr escapes, and the FF follow him back to his ship; and he kidnaps them into space. Gorr gives a very brief history of Counter-Earth (only appearance of Warlock, Hulk, and Man-Meast) and the coming of the Destroyer (now Galactus' Herald). Ben fights the Destroyer, who was attacking High Evolutionary's artificial asteroid HQ. At story end, the Destroyer just stops moving and Galactus arrives.   Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "The Sleep of the Just"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Gene Colan
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, ~
COM:

    "The Sword and the Sorcerer"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Hulk, ~
COM:

    "The Blackout murders of Baron Blood "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, Montgomery Falsworth, ~ Baron Blood (John Falsworth).
COM:

    "Fear Wears Two Faces!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, ~
COM:

    "Death Riders on the Horizon"
BY:    Don McGregor / Rich Buckler, Klaus Jansen.
PC:    Black Panther, ~
COM:    KKK appearance.

    "I Have To Fight The Basilisk "
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Thing, ~ Basilisk I.
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson
PC:    Thing, Spider-Man, ~ Basilisk I.
COM:

    "The Clock of Shattered Time"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~ Shockwave.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Mary Skrenes, Steve Gerber / Jim Mooney
PC:    Omega the Unknown, James-Michael Starling, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

    "The Throne and the Fury"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, Lady Sif, Jane Foster, ~
COM:    Sif trades places with Jane.

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula ~ Blade.
COM:    Wedding of Dracula.

    " "
BY:    Doug Moench / Don Perlin
PC:    Werewolf, Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell, Topaz, ~
COM:

    "Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm with Doctor Octopus"
BY:    Len Wein / Gil Kane, Ross Andru
PC:    Spider-Man, ~ Doctor Octopus, Hammerhead, Tinkerer.
COM:

    "Avengers Assemble"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Perez
PC:    {Captain America I, Iron Man I, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Beast, Vision, Scarlet Witch}, ~
COM:    New Team. Partial reprint of AV1 #16 retitled.

    "Enter Stilt-Man, Exit Black Goliath"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Tuska, Rich Buckler.
PC:    Black Goliath, Reggie Clayborne, Jerry Claiborne, ~ Stilt-Man.
COM:   The Null-Life Bomb is stolen from Bill Foster. Story cont. in CHM #12. Jack Kirby cover.

    "Madbomb Part 8" "Dawn's Early Light"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:    200th anniversary issue. Madbomb story concludes.

    "The Man Who Created the Black Widow"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Geroge Tuska, Vince Colletta.
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Ivan Petrovitch, Richard Fenster, Emerson Bale, Alexi Bruskin (Commissar), ~ Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna), Griffin, Stuart Clarke/Rampage I, Titanium Man I, Yuri Petrovitch (Outcast).
COM:    1st appearance of Champions Building (unnamed). Herc and Bobby are attacked by a remote controlled missile in their new HQ and have a little trouble stopping it, and, in the LA hospital, after Clarke refuses council from Bale, Darkstar and Griffin break him out of custody. Angel and GR try to stop them, but get their butts whipped. Back at their HQ, while Bobby and Herc search the whole building, they are distracted by a young boy asking for their help, allowing Yuri, who had been snooping, the time to slip out. Ivan, meanwhile, finds a black pearl in missile from earlier, the calling card of Alexi, and she swings across the street to meet her old controller. Once he had established that he was a friend, he tries to warn her of the trouble coming their way, but before he can, he is blasted by Titanium Man at story end. Ralph Macchio letter.

    "A Hanging for a Hero!"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Buscema
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "Exile to Oblivion!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Red Guardian II, Power Man II}, Jack Norris, Shirley (named), Officer Crum, Stu, Sally, ~ Nebulon/Mr. Nebul, Eel I, Porcupine, Elf with a Gun, Felicia.
COM:    Strange, Luke, and RG, after being captured (last ish) are sent to what seems to be another world that is so hostile to other life that they are certain to be killed, and they encounter the first denizen, a huge white ape. Kyle checks out of the hospital when he finds the others have been taken, and Val is still clashing with one of her cell mates but finds a compatriot in Shirley. Luke defeats the ape but then they are beset by flesh eating insects. Hawk flies to the CMC Foundation and confronts Nebul to return his friends, and it's revealed that they were in a room right there on the premises all the time. Strange breaks them out, and the insects become inert, but they end up facing he bozo ranks and the two hired thugs, joined quickly by the ape again. At the Grand Canyon, Stu and Sally are the next to fall victim to the mysterious gun toting Elf, this time posing as an Indian chief. The team mops up the bad guys (minus Nebul) pretty quickly, even the ape (in the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak), and, while figuring what to do next, they decide to call the police in to deal with what they believe to be subdued riff-raff. At story end, as they are leaving, something is happening with the wrapped up ape.

    "Utopia Rising"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~
COM:

    "The Celestials!"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten.
PC:    {Ikaris, Ajak (Tecumotzin)}, Dr. Daniel Damian, Margo Damian, {Arishem the Judge}, ~ {Kro, Ranar}
COM:    1st appearance of the Celestials. Deviants appearance. The Celestials have returned to Earth as the Fourth Host, and Kro and his men Flee. Ikaris tells of the Deviants challenging the space gods for their right to be masters of this planet over the humans and being punished by sinking their home continent (Second Host) and the biblical flood. Ikaris revives Ajak from the Resurrection Crypt so that he could speak with the newly arrived space gods. At story end, Arishem lands on Earth.

    "Counter-Earth Must Die--at the Hand of Galactus!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Ben Grimm/Exo-Thing}, High Evolutionary, Torgo II, Gorr II, Gabriel, Firelord, Silver Surfer, Thor I, Dragon, ~ Galactus, Destroyer.
COM:    1st appearance of the Mekkans (as a race). Galactus arrives to consume Counter-Earth, almost kills Ben. Quick recap of Galactus' past, including his last three heralds (their only appearance) and how he summoned the Destroyer after its battle with Thor (TH1 #228). They try to talk Galactus out of it, and he offers to spare the planet if they can find him another that accepts its fate willingly. Ben and Reed end up on Mekka, and Torgo refuses the use of his planet and imprisons them with Elektro Clamps to keep them from spilling their location to Galactus. Gorr and Johnny sent to a world of Skrulls in Medieval attire, and they are captured as well. At story end, High Evolutionary decides that their only chance is to challenge Galactus to a fight to the death. Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "Resurrection"
BY:   Tony Isabella / Frank Robbins, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Ghost Rider IV, Katy Milner/Roxanne Simpson, Stunt-Master, Lemuel Driftwood, Karen Page, Crash Simpson, Coot Collier, Son of Satan, Wendy Pini, Richard, Pini, ~ Challenger, Death's Head II.
COM:    1st appearance of GR's Flaming Skull Cycle. GR is at the end of the gauntlet created by Challenger and is close enough to failing that his foe reveals his true demonic form, the truth behind his convoluted plan (including the fact that Friend was of infernal origin), and his true goal, Johnny's soul for Mephisto. GR fights back (regaining his ability to form objects with his Hell-fire), but it seems to be a losing proposition until her discovers the true nature of the beast, that his power is based solely on lies and deceit. On those grounds, GR takes him out with real power, and then comes to the conclusion that maybe Mephisto doesn't own his soul yet. Back at Cedars of Lebanon, Katy recovers and is revealed to be Roxanne. As she and Johnny embrace, Karen runs off heartbroken and is captured by the Stunt-Master, who, at story end, brings her to Death's Head. Story cont. into DD1 #138.

    "Havoc at the Heart of the Atom"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Hulk, Jarella, ~
COM:

    "A King of Ruins"
BY:    Doug Moench / Gil Kane, Frank Chiaramonte.
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Crystal}, Quicksilver, Falzon, ~ {Maximus, Stallior, Leonus, Falcona, Timberius, Aireo}, Shatterstar.
COM:    Evil Inhumans appearance. Black bolt's anguished cry lays waste to Attilan, and the Evil Inhumans exit amidst the confusion. Black Bolt requests to be allowed to step down as leader of his people, but they vehemently decline. So, he announces that he and the Royal Family are going to use the Space Ark to search for a more suitable home for them all far from the prying eyes of the Kree. Maximus makes a last ditch attempt to keep control of the Hidden Land, but he and his team are quickly dispatched (Black Bolt cold cocking his brother). At story end, Black Bolt wondering what they will find in space. Wendy Pini letter.

    "Death Match!"
BY:    Chris Claremont / John Byrne
PC:    Iron Fist, ~
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    "Brute Fury!"
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska, Vince Colletta.
PC:    Iron Man I, Daredevil, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Bill Mantlo / John Byrne
PC:    Tigra, Red Wolf, ~
COM:    Rich Buckler cover.

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jack Kirby
PC:    Woodgod, David Pace, Ellen Pace, ~
COM:    Origin of Woodgod.

    " "
BY:    John Warner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk II, Nikki}, ~ Planetary Man.
COM:    Guardians of the Galaxy appearance.

    "A Fine Night For Dying"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Iron Man I, Captain Jean DeWolff, ~ Wraith (Brian DeWolff).
COM:    John Romita cover.

    " "
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson, Jim Mooney
PC:    Thing, Spider-Man, ~ Scarecrow
COM:

    "A Flash of Purple Sparks"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

    "Who Is the Shroud?"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Sal Buscema
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, ~ Shroud.
COM:    Origin of Shroud.

    "If Asgard Should Perish"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula, ~ Blade.
COM:

    "Greater Love Hath No X-Man..."
BY:    Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum.
PC:    {Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Jean Grey}, Peter Corbeau, Col. Michael Rossi, ~ Dr. Steven Lang, Vanisher.
COM:    1st appearance of the Council of the Chosen. (1st part. app.). X-Sentinels appearance. The new X-Men are fighting what they think are the old X-Men (1st Fastball Special), and, because they're pulling their punches, are getting whipped until Logan, realizing Jean's scent is wrong (1st time his enhanced senses are used), discovers that she's a robot by opening her up with his claws. Lang, disbelieving that he could fail, relates how he started down the path, stealing money from the Council and the government, utilizing Trask's original plans, Kidnapping other mutants, and, as his story reaches its crescendo, Cyke bursts in and he tries to kill him with his one man gunship. It's controls lock, and he smashes into the main screen, dying in the resultant fireball. As the fire approaches the hypergolic fuel cells of the station (which will blow it to bits), the team is his with a dilemma. All the life boats have been taken by the personnel, their shuttle has a hole in it, there are no pressure suits, and the flight control computer is out. Someone has to pilot the ship in by hand while the others are in the safety of the life cell in the cargo bay. Jean volunteers, retrieving the knowledge to pilot the ship from Corbeau, knocks Cyke out, and orders the rest in the back. Protecting herself telekinetically, she brings the ship toward Earth, and as the story closes, the first radiation begins to leak through her mental shielding.   Dave Cockrum cover.

    "Death's Dark Dreamer"
BY:    Don McGregor / Keith Giffen, P. Craig Russell.
PC:    Killraven, ~
COM:    Title is a non-MU alternate future story.

    "My Killer, the Car"
BY:    Len Wein / Gil Kane, Ross Andru.
PC:    Spider-Man, ~ Tinkerer.
COM:    Return of the Spider-Mobile.

    "At Last: The Decision!"
BY:    Jim Shooter, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart / George Perez
PC:    {Captain America I, Iron Man I, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Beast, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man,},
COM:    Wonder Man added to line-up, w/ new costume.

    "The Night People"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, Abner Doolittle, ~
COM:

    "Only the One Can Win"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Al Milgrom
PC:    Captain Marvel I, ~ Supremor.
COM:

    "The Murder Maze Strikes Twice!"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Buscema
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "Riot in Cellblock 12!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Red Guardian II, Power Man II, Clea}, Wong, Aragorn, Jack Norriss, Officer Crum, Shirley, Police Commissioner Feingold, ~ Chondu, Felicia (named).
COM:    While Strange is trying to unravel the problems he's been having with his powers, Clea takes his place on the team, and they go out looking for Val, going separate ways to follow different leads. In prison, Val is introduced to the warden who turns out to be a pig, and she rebuffs his advances, he decides to make an example of her. Luke and RG in Times Square put a beat down on a bigot; while Val does the same to the warden in front of the other prisoners and gets sent to solitary. She doesn't stay long, and when she releases herself, she finds that Felicia has instigated a riot. Hawk back tracks and his investigation brings him to Feingold where he finds out she has been incarcerated. Val confronts Felicia again, this time simply to use the phone, and she attacks like a mad dog. Clea gets the team into the prison just in time to see Val defeat the moose without attacking her directly. At story end, the riot is routed, and Val promises to do everything she can to help her friend Shirley.

    "The Dragon Is Dead"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~
COM:

    "The Devil In New York"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten.
PC:    {Ikaris, Sersi (Miss Sersy), Ajak}, Dr. Daniel Damian, Margo Damian, {Arishem},~ {Kro, Brother Tode, Vira (unnamed), Shelmar (unnamed), Broop (unnamed), Ragar (unnamed), Sluice (unnamed)}.
COM:    Celestials and Deviants appearance. The Fourth Host has come to judge the human race and begins to seal off their base in the Andes in Peru for the next fifty years during the time of judgment. Ikaris and Margo escape in a plane, but Dr. Damian stays behind with Ajak to continue his studies. Kro chastised for his failure (last issue), but is given a second chance. In a Raider sub, he tries to shoot Ikaris from the sky, but the Eternal escapes to NYC where he seeks Sersi's aid. At story end, Kro follows them, changing to his 'devil' form. Ralph Macchio letter.

    "Starquest!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Ben Grimm/Exo-Thing}, High Evolutionary, Torgo II, Gorr II, Dragon, ~ Galactus, Destroyer, Dark Knight of Astralon.
COM:    Origin of the Mekkans. Galactus gong to consume counter-Earth unless a willing alternate can be found. Torgo looking to turn Reed and Ben into Mekkans. They escape; Reed admits he can no longer stretch his right arm, and they shut the power down on the robots. When Ben turns the power back on; Torgo sees his error, and the pair are allowed to leave but are unable. Sue ends up on a planet with no atmosphere. Johnny and Gorr captives of medieval Skrulls; Gorr unseats their champion. The Dragon escapes, and the Skrulls (revealed for the first time) kill it, and then depart the planet. A story end, Galactus and the High Evolutionary (who was supposed to retrieve the travelers) are squaring off. Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia cover.

    "I Want Mo-o-oney!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Gene Colan
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, ~
COM:

    "Assault on Psyklop"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Hulk, Jarella, ~ Psyklop
COM:

    "Union Jack Is Back"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, Union Jack I (Montgomery Falsworth), ~
COM:    Title goes monthly.

    " "
BY:    Chris Claremont / John Byrne
PC:    Iron Fist, ~
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    "Madness Is All In The Mind"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Iron Man I, Doctor Strange, Captain Jean DeWolff, ~ Wraith
COM:    Origin of the Wraith. John Romita cover.

    " "
BY:    Len Wein, Ron Slifer / Ron Wilson
PC:    Thing, Tigra, ~
COM:

    "Prelude: Golden Daggers (A Death Run)"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Nova I (Richard Rider), Charles Rider, Gloria Rider, Robert Rider, Ginger Jaye, Mike Burley, Rhomann Dey, ~
COM:    Origin of Nova I. 1st appearance of Hempstead. 1st appearance of Harry S. Truman High.

    " "
BY:    Mary Skrenes, Steve Gerber / Jim Mooney
PC:    Omega the Unknown, James-Michael Starling, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

" "
COM: Final issue. Feature reprinted from golden age RINGO KID WESTERN. Stories take place in the old west.

    "To Hel and Back"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula, ~ Blade, Hannibal King.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Doug Moench / Don Perlin
PC:    Werewolf, Buck Cowan, Lissa Russell, Topaz, ~
COM:

    "And the Nightcrawler Came Prowling, Prowling"
BY:    Len Wein / Gil Kane, Ross Andru
PC:    Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, ~ Punisher.
COM:

    "Nightmare in New Orleans!"
BY:
PC:    {Captain America I, Iron Man I, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Beast, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man,}, ~ Black Talon II.
COM:

    "Mad, Mad Dimension"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "Divide and Conquer!"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Bob Hall, Bruce Patterson.
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Richard Fenster, Emerson Bale, Ivan Petrovitch, Alexei Bruskin, Governor Jerry Brown, Pierre, ~ Crimson Dynamo IV (Yuri Petrovitch), Darkstar, Titanium Man I, Griffin, Rampage I.
COM:    Outcast becomes the new Crimson Dynamo. Rampage delivers, from his new partners to the team, photos of the capture of Widow and Alexei, and after taunting them for a bit, triggers the device meant to make contact with his employer, only to be blasted by a bomb planted in his armor. GR rushes the critically wounded jerk to the hospital and Ivan goes off to find Widow, while the others prepare for their inauguration ceremony. (Angel back in his old red and white with the halo togs.) While the other villains are beginning to argue among themselves, Yuri makes his debut as the new Dynamo and prepares them for getting his father next. Ivan has whipped up a tracking scope to locate Alexei and Bobby helps him out with ice transportation. As Herc and Angel prepare for the official inauguration of the team, they are attacked by Dynamo, Titanium Man and the Griffin in front of a live audience at story end.   Gil Kane and Al Milgrom cover.

    "Where Is Karen Page?"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Byrne, Jim Mooney.
PC:    Daredevil, Karen Page, Ghost Rider IV, Roxanne Simpson, Stunt-Master, Foggy Nelson, Heather Glenn, ~ Death's Head II, Smasher I.
COM:    Story cont. from GHR2 #19. Debbie is still missing. Story cont. in GHR2 # 20.

    "Love, Anarchy, and, Oh Yes....the Assassin!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Red Guardian II, Power Man II, Clea}, Jack Norris, Matt Murdock, Wong, Winthrop, ~ Mr. Nebul, Ruby Thursday, Mrs. Rosenzweig, Assassin, Elf with a Gun.
COM:    New costume for Val. Because of her role in quelling the riot (last ish) the charges are dropped against Val, and on their return to the Sanctorum, Clea presents her with a new costume to replace the one that was tattered by Chondu. Later, Strange is still pondering his fluctuation is his powers lately, and on a whim he can't explain, he makes the candidate for senator drop his pants on stage. While somewhere in the southwest Hulk breaks up a rally for reasons beyond his comprehension, the team gets a nasty-gram from the Committee for Free Emigration directed at RG. While RG chases down the punks who delivered the message, Jack expresses his concern for what's been going on with Nebulon and the Global Head party, and Hawk, sick of his belly aching, asks how much it would take to make him leave. He cuts a check for $300,000, and Jack leaves. RG catches up with the punks and ends up to her neck in hot water with the Committee, who wants to use her to free the Jews trapped in Russia due to their emigration policies. When she refuses, they sic Assassin on her, but she eventually beats him by tricking him to lunge at a heavy garage door with is head. When she returns, the team decides to go to their HQ in Queens so a repeat of the rock message isn't repeated at story end. Story cont. in DEF AN #1.

    "Lo, the Powers Changeth"
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~ Xander.
COM:

    "The Night of the Demons!"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten.
PC:    {Ikaris, Sersi, Ajak}, Margo Damian, Dr. Daniel Damian, Merlin I, {Arishem, Gammenon the Gatherer (unnamed)}, ~ {Kro,}
COM:    Celestials and Deviants appearance. 1st partial appearance of Olympia. Ikaris tries to stop Kro and his Deviant soldiers who are attacking NYC, but is stopped by a Brain Mine. Sersi tells Margo some of her past and defeats some soldiers with a Flame Gun and a Mutate by changing them all into lizards. She then decides she must seek help in Olympia; and Ikaris is sealed in a capsule and launched into the ocean. In Peru, Ajak and Dr. Damian get the bad news, but are more worried what will happen when mankind sees the Celestials.

    "When Giants Walk the Sky!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Ben Grimm/Exo-Thing/Thing}, High Evolutionary, Gorr II, Impossible Man, ~ Galactus.
COM:     1st appearance of Poppup and the Poppupians (as a race). Galactus and High Evolutionary facing off over the fate of Counter-Earth, HE gets blasted into the negative Zone. While Galactus sets up his machinery, Reed, Ben, Johnny, and Gorr brought back from the planets they were prospecting, and they try to stop him. Galactus punishes Ben with an eye blast that doesn't seem to do anything at the time. Impy shows up as Sue and offers his world to Galactus, and he leaves to consume it, but the energy absorbed from Poppup nearly kills him with terminal indigestion. To save him, HE evolves him into a form of pure energy. The fake Sue revealed to be Impy, and the real Sue is okay. The FF head back to Earth with Impy, and, at story end, Ben becomes the Thing again (from the eye blast) and shreds the Exo-suit.   Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "Two Against Death!"
BY:   Marv Wolfman / John Byrne, Don Perlin.
PC:    Ghost Rider IV, Daredevil, Stunt-Master, Karen Page, Roxanne Simpson, Heather Glenn, ~ Death's Head II/Death-Stalker, Smasher I.
COM:    Story cont. from DD1 #138. Stunt-Master convinces GR that he'd been hypnotized by Death's Head, and agrees to help him find the big cheese, while DD has already located Karen. The cavalry arrives just in time to save DD from certain death, and DH escapes rather than face both of them. Stunt-Master, after his shameful actions, decides to take off on his own for a while, and DD and Karen hash out some of their past baggage but remain friends. Johnny tries to break up with Rocky, saying he's not good enough for her, and she convinces him otherwise. Smasher kidnaps Karen, and when DD intervenes, the thug ends up getting the death touch meant for the hero. Death's Head revealed to be Death-Stalker, and he's not happy when he finds out that Karen doesn't have the info he wants. GR arrives, and when DS finds out his touch doesn't work on the stunt rider, he beats a hasty retreat, but not fast enough to save his cloak from a burst of Hell-fire. DS pledges to be back, and at story end, GR takes Karen back to the studio.

    "Vicious Circle"
BY:    Len Wein / Herb Trimpe, John severin
PC:    Hulk, Jarella, ~ Kronus.
COM:    Origin of the Hulk retold.

    "A Trip to the Doom!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Gil Kane, Don Perlin
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Lockjaw, Crystal}, Quicksilver, Falzon, Iridia, Skornn (unnamed), Flarn, ~ Shreel.
COM:    1st appearance of the planet Stent and the Stenth (both unnamed). The Royal Family has taken the Space Ark to search for a new home for the Inhumans amidst the stars, leaving an unhappy Crystal and Quicksilver in charge. They are shot down by an unknown hand on a purple dust covered planet and crash, and run afoul of Beetle-City deep in the throws of a civil rebellion from those living in the squalor sections of the giant mobile bug. The Royal Family helps the City Keepers contain the rebellion while Skornn has promised to repair their ship. The battle ends with the 'leg' that housed Shreel's section of the City being blown off by his own bomb and falling by the wayside, left to perish. At story end, without the leg, Beetle-City is just traveling in circles.

    "An Invader No More"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, ~ Baron Blood.
COM:    Origin of Baron Blood.

    " "
BY:    Chris Claremont / John Byrne
PC:    Iron Fist, ~
COM:    Iron Fist's origin retold. Gil Kane cover.

    "Breakout!"
BY:    Gerry Conway / George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Bill Mantlo / George Tuska
PC:    Tigra, ~
COM:    Final issue. Jack Kirby cover.

    " "
BY:     / John Buscema
PC:    {Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg}, ~
COM:    Warrior's Three appearance.

    "The Mystery of the Wraith!"
BY:    Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Iron Man I, Captain Jean DeWolff, ~ Wraith.
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema
PC:    Thing, {Whizzer I, Miss America, Red Raven,}, ~
COM:    Liberty Legion appearance. Story continued from MTO An. #1

    "Part 1 (Shang-Chi): The Death Seed!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    "The First Night Of...Condor!"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Nova I, ~ Powerhouse (Rieg Davan), Condor.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

"The Pincers of Power!" "Let There Be Victory!"
COM: Both features are reprinted Doctor Strange stories from ST1 #140-1. Final issue.

    " "
BY:    Tony Isabella / Sal Buscema
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, ~ Rajah.
COM:

    "A Dragon at the Gates"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula, ~ Blade, Zorro, Tom Sawyer, D'Artagnan, Frankenstein.
COM:

    "Like A Phoenix From the Ashes!"
BY:    Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum, Frank Chiaramonte.
PC:    {Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Jean Grey, Phoenix II}, Moira MacTaggert, Dr. Peter Corbeau, Dr. McKay, Eamon O'Donnell, ~ Black Tom Cassidy (Tom Samuel Eamon Cassidy), Juggernaut.
COM:    'Death' of Jean Grey/Marvel Girl. 1st full appearance of Black Tom. Jean, being torn apart by radiation, tries to land the Starcore shuttle at Kennedy Airport and overshoots into the river. The others from the life cell in the hold surface, and then they are joined by Phoenix who bursts from the water in her new green and yellow costume and then collapses from the strain. They get her ashore and slip away form the crash site, and the next day, Wolvie, who has uncustomarily bought flowers for a frail, ditches them when he encounters the whole rest of the team at the hospital. Its a toss up who is in worse shape, Prof. X (because of his continuing dreams) or Cyke, but they are all soon relieved when Phoenix is declared out of the woods. While Xavier and Scott see to her recuperation, Prof. X sends his team on vacation, and they decide to visit Cassidy Keep which Banshee has just inherited. An uncomfortable ride later to Balina in county Mayo, Ireland, they arrive at the castle, all under the watchful eye of Tom, who orders Eamon to usher them to their doom. On the way to dinner, Kurt plays with his Image Inducer (named), and the whole team is caught flatfooted by a huge trap door. At story end, Tom orders them placed in the dungeon in Cassidy Crag, and Storm loses it to her claustrophobia. Signed cover by Dave Cockrum.

    "Mourning Prey"
BY:    Don McGregor / P. Craig Russell,
PC:    Killraven, ~
COM:    Title is a non-MU alternate future story. Final issue.

    "Let the Punisher Fit the Crime"
BY:    Len Wein / Ross Andru
PC:    Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, ~ Punisher.
COM:

    "Home Is the Hero"
BY:
PC:    {Captain America I, Iron Man I, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Beast, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man,}, ~
COM:

    "Survival"
BY:    Tony Isabella / George Tuska
PC:    Black Goliath, ~
COM:    Series ends.

    "Alamo II"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Steve Englehart / Al Milgrom
PC:    Captain Marvel I, human Torch II, ~ Sentry Sinister.
COM:

    "A Night in the Life"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Sal Buscema
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "Intruder in the Sand!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Red Guardian II, Clea}, David Anthony, Trish Starr, Jack Norris, Aragorn, ~ Shazanna.
COM:    Strange and Kyle come out to the Dune People Commune concerning news about Trish. After leaving NYC, she had come there and streamlined their operation and afterward immersed herself in mysticism when her personality changed, ending with her running out into the desert. The heroes borrow a dune buggy to look for her and crash into a mystical barrier. Strange investigates and finds Trish trapped in another universe and after battling her jailors, brings her back home. Unfortunately, it proves a trick to get access to this dimension by Shazanna who comes through with an army of henchmen. She captures Strange and Hawk and with the girl places them in a holding cell fashioned from their bio-energies. Strange summons the other Defenders, and they mop up the henchmen while Strange, with Clea's help, defeats the death trap. He then uses a middle-level immobilization spell on the witch and then banishes her back to her own dimension, sealing the barrier after her. At story end, Trish is back with Kyle like nothing had ever parted them. Gil Kane cover.

    "Olympia!"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Mike Royer.
PC:    {Sersi, Zuras, Makkari, Thena (Azura), Domo}, Margo Damian, {Arishem,}, Inspector James Fisher, ~ {Kro}.
COM:    1st full appearance of Olympia. Celestials and Deviants appearance. Sersi calls Makkari for help just before being captured by the Deviants ransacking NYC. In Olympia, Makkari gets an audience in the Temple of Command, and tells Zuras (who just had his Auto-Boxer beaten by his daughter) what their enemies are up to, and Zuras sends him and Thena to vent their aggression on Kro and his army. Kro, in the mean time, has put Sersi and Margo on his Raider for safe keeping, jsut before the two Eternals arrive and start making sort work of his men. At story end, the military has spotted the Celestial base in Peru.

    "Improbable as It May Seem--the Impossible Man Is Back In Town!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / George Perez, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Thing}, Impossible Man, Gorr II, Billy, June, ~ Galactus, {Wizard, Sandman, Trapster, }
COM:      Frightful Four appearance. FF return to Earth with Impy, crash land in Central Park. Impy visits the Marvel Offices (appearances by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Marv Wolfman, John Verpoorten, Archie Goodwin, George Perez, John Romita, Len Wein, and Gerry Conway) and nearly destroys them until the FF convince the staff to produce a comic book of him. When Reed reads the article about the Frightful Four holding open auditions for a fourth member at the Baxter Building, the FF return home and, at story end, find the Frightful Four waiting for them. Signed cover by Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott.

    "The Secret House of Forbidden Cookies!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Gene Colan
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, ~
COM:

    "Do Not Forsake Me"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Stanton
PC:    Hulk, Jarella, ~
COM:    Death of Jarella.

"The Wrath of the Reaper"
COM: Feature reprints golden age CAPTAIN AMERICA #22.

    "Burn, Hero....Burn"
BY:    Gerry Conway / George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, ~ Melter.
COM:

    "Wind Eagle in Flight. "
BY:    Don McGregor / Rich Buckler, Klaus Jansen.
PC:    Black Panther, ~ Wind Eagle.
COM:    Final issue. Story continues in BP1 #1 Jan. '77.

    "The Battle of the Barbarians"
BY:    Bruce Jones / Frank Thorne
PC:    Red Sonja, Conan, ~
COM:    Red Sonja vs. Conan. Final issue. Story continues in RS1 Nov. '76.

    " "
BY:    John Warner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk II, Nikki}, ~
COM:    Guardians of the Galaxy appearance.

    "The Trial of the Wraith"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Iron Man I, Captain Jean DeWolff, ~ Wraith.
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema
PC:    Thing, Human Torch II, Doc Savage, ~
COM:

    "Part 2 (Clive Reston): The Spider Spell!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, Clive Reston,~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Nova I, ~ Diamondhead.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Mary Skrenes, Steve Gerber / Jim Mooney
PC:    Omega the Unknown, James-Michael Starling, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~ Chemistro II (Archibald Morton).
COM:

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Thorne
PC:    Red Sonja, ~
COM:    Origin of Red Sonja. Series is a non-timeline swords and sorcery story.

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Steve Gan
PC:    Skull the Slayer, ~
COM:    Final issue.

    "Chaos in the Kingdom of the Trolls"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Thor I, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula, ~ Blade, Silver Surfer.
COM:

    "Just a Series of Events"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Jim Starlin
PC:    Warlock II, ~ Thanos.
COM:    Final issue.

    "All the Kingpin's Men"
BY:    Len Wein / Dave Cockrum, Ross Andru.
PC:    Spider-Man, ~ Kingpin.
COM:

"When Strikes Attuma!"
BY:
PC: {Captain America I, Iron Man I, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Beast, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man,}, ~ Tyrak, Krang, Attuma.
COM:

    "The Unburied One"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "The Battle of Los Angeles!"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Bob Hall, Bob Layton.
PC:    {Angel, Iceman, Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider IV}, Ivan Petrovitch, Alexei Bruskin, Richard Fenster, Governor Jerry Brown, Pierre, Hawkeye, Daredevil, ~ Darkstar, Crimson Dynamo IV, Titanium Man I, Griffin.
COM:    During the inauguration of the team, Herc and Angel are attacked by Dynamo, Titanium Man, and the Griffin, and even when GR returns from running Rampage to the hospital, they get tromped and captured. Ivan and Bobby find the hideout in Venice and are attacked by the bad guys coming home with their captives, while inside, Widow, with Alexei's help, over powers Darkstar. At story end, Dynamo hits Ivan with a jaw dropper when he reveals that he's his son, thought to be dead all these years. Gil Kane cover.

    "Death Times Two"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "And In This Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil!"
BY:    Gerry Conway / Keith Giffen, Klaus Janson.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Power Man II}, Omar Karindu, Bundu, ~ {Egghead, Rhino, Solarr, Cobalt Man}.
COM:    1st appearance of Emissaries of Evil II. Val returns to her original costume. Rhino and Solarr attack the Sanctum looking for the Star of Capistan, and, when they find the Defenders don't have the giant ruby, they teleport back to Egghead's satellite over the North Pole with their Mento-Transmitters. Egghead punishes them for their failure, not taking into account that Strange may not have the jewel, and prepares to send a more persuasive agent. A servant of Omar finds them at the hospital where Hawk is being treated for illusionary burns, and Strange is invited back to the hotel of his old friend. He tells Strange that he's now the Brahmin of the Four Cult, and that their Star is out of control, but the warning comes too late. Outside the medical center, Cobalt Man reemerges (from where he was smashed in IH #174) and clashes with the Hulk again. The rest of the team joins him and soon they have him out for the count, but at story end, he begins to charge up like he's ready to explode. Jack Kirby cover.

    "Call Him: Xander the Merciless "
BY:    Steve Englehart / Gene Colan
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong, ~ Xander.
COM:

    "Gods and Men at City College!"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Mike Royer.
PC:    {Ikaris, Sersi,Thena, Makkari}, Margo Damian, Sam Holden, Insp. James Fisher, Hogan, {Stevenson, Tyler (unnamed), Parks (unnamed)}, Arnold Radisch, {Gammenon (named)}, ~ {Kro}.
COM:    SHIELD, Celestials, and Deviants appearance. Thena and Makkari still battling Kro and his Deviant army in NYC, uses an Anti-Gravity Spear, then strikes a truce with the warlord, who has already finished his work of relating his attack to the arrival of the Fourth Host. Sersi, Ikaris, and Margo are released, and the group decides to approach Prof. Holden at City College as the first step in uniting all the races. At story end, SHIELD is investigating the Celestial's encampment in Peru, and their first team mysteriously disappears.

    "Look Out for the Frightful Four!"
BY:    Roy Thomas, Bob Wayne, Mike Friedrich / George Perez, Joe Sinnott
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch II, Thing}, Tigra, Impossible Man, Thundra, Collins, Donald, ~ {Wizard, Trapster, Sandman, Brute}, Captain Ultra, Texas Twister (Drew Daniels), Osprey (Oscar Kincaid, Jr.).
COM:    Frightful Four appearance, Brute joins their team. Frightful Four capture the FF, hold open auditions for their fourth position in the Baxter Building. Thundra tries to free the FF but fails and is captured herself, but Tigra manages to slide past the opposition and frees Ben and Johnny before she's stopped. Brute shows up in the crowd, stats duking it out with Ben. Johnny and Tigra are captured again, and, at story end, Brute knocks Ben into the Negative Zone and gets inducted into the Frightful Four. Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "Deathplay!"
BY:   Gerry Conway / Gil Kane, Sam Grainger.
PC:    Ghost Rider IV, Karen Page, Coot Collier, Armstrong, Crash Simpson, Roxanne Simpson, Mona Simpson, Ms. Michael, Nomad I, Human Torch II, ~ Gladiator I, Eel I, Mephisto (as Satan).
COM:    Death of Eel I/Leopold Stryke. Enforcer first mentioned. GR finds Gladiator tearing up Delazny Studios looking for something left behind by the Eel and drives him off, but while explaining the mess to Coot, he gets leaned on by one of the studio guards. After hitting on Karen, he finds out that the Eel has been hired by the studio as a marine life advisor and pays him a visit at his seedy apartment, catching a glimpse of the prototype Disintegration Ray. Outside the two clash, and when GR recovers from his bad move, he finds the Eel has been killed by Gladiator and the prototype is missing. GR is mistakenly blamed for the killing and goes after the real murderer. He clashes with Gladiator and hands him over to the police, hopefully clearing his name, and, at story end, he prepares to deal with the real menace behind all this. Jack Kirby cover.

    "The Way the Cookie Crumbles!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Gene Colan
PC:    Howard the Duck, Beverly, ~
COM:

    "A Man-Brute Berserk"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Hulk, ~
COM:

    "Star-Search: Dust and Demons"
BY:    Doug Moench / Gil Kane, Don Perlin.
PC:    {Black Bolt, Medusa, Triton, Gorgon, Karnak, Lockjaw}, Falzon, Morgan Charles, Anne Marie Menzie, Warkon, Shribe, ~ Skornn.
COM:    When Skornn reneges on his agreement to repair the Inhuman's Space Ark, Black Bolt and medusa fly out to bring Falzon and Lockjaw back and are captured by the Demon Rebels of Spider-City. 100 humans on Earth are being mind controlled by the Kree for an unknown reason (see #10). Spider-City attacks Beetle-City and both are rendered immobile at the end of the battle. At story end, the victors are preparing for the coming of the merciless Kree.

    "Night of the Blue Bullet "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins
PC:    {Captain America I, Bucky I, Human Torch I, Toro, Sub-Mariner}, Jacqueline Crichton, ~ Blue Bullet.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Howard Chaykin
PC:    Monark Starstalker, Solomon Kane,   ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    John Warner / Sonny Trinidad
PC:    {Vance Astro, Charlie-27, Yondu, Martinex, Starhawk II, Nikki}, ~
COM:    Guardians of the Galaxy appearance. Feature reprints story from SS1 #2 plus 4 pages of new art.

    "Danger: Demon on a Rampage!"
BY:    Gerry Conway / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, Captain America I, ~ Batroc.
COM:    Gil Kane cover.

    " "
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema
PC:    Thing, Human Torch II, Thor I, ~
COM:

    "Part 3 (Leiko Wu): Phantom Sand"
BY:    Doug Moench / Paul Gulacy
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, Leiko Wu, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Marv Wolfman / John Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Nova I, ~
COM:

    "The hell of Holocaust"
BY:    Doug Moench / Alfredo Alcala
PC:    Taylor, Brent, Nova, ~
COM:    Feature concludes the adaptation of the Beneath the Planet of the Apes movie, concluding with the destruction of the Earth. Final issue.

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) ~
COM:

    "Twice Stings the Tarantula!"
BY:    Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema / Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito.
PC:    Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson, Glory Grant, Mayor, Ogilve, ~ Tarantula, Edward Lansky (Lightmaster).
COM:    Spidey is covering a speech by the vice chancellor at ESU abut the school budget when Tarantula and his men show up to kidnap the speaker. T fakes an injury and cheap shots Spidey, and they get away, leaving Peter holding the bag.   Glory patches him up, and they with MJ go to city hall to look for work. Peter recognizes the car involved in the kidnapping and goes into action, taking out T's men and preventing him from killing the Mayor as planned. The end of the fight carries them through a window, and T hauls the mayor with them, forcing Spidey to chose between the two. At story end, Spidey of course saves the mayor, and T gets away.

    "Pawns of Attuma!"
BY:    Tony Isabella / Sal Buscema
PC:    Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, ~ Attuma.
COM:

    "The Wildest Party!"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Gene Colan, Tom Palmer
PC:    Dracula, ~ Blade, Hannibal King, Janus.
COM:    Blade vs. Hannibal King.

    "Beast-Killer!"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby, Mike Royer
PC:     The One Who Hunts Alone, Woodrow Decker, Mason, Bill, ~
COM:    This series is a non-MU expansion based upon the concepts of the movie by Stanley Kubrick where an individual is taken to the next step in evolution by the mysterious black Monolith. It isn't until issue #8 (Jul. 77), with the introduction of Machine Man (X-51), that the series enters the timeline.

    "I Am Dr. Druid!" "I Challenged....Groot! The Monster from Planet X!" "The Hypnotist!"
BY: Stan Lee / Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko.
PC:    Doctor Druid (Anthony Druid), Lama,
COM:    Feature reprints "I Am the Fantastic Dr. Droom" from AA1 #1 with minor changes to the story including the main character's name. Origin of Dr. Druid. Druid is called to Tibet to treat the Lama. Tested against Gorlion. Revealed that he has the power of the Ancient Britons. Accepts the gift of Wisdom, and becomes Doctor Druid at story end. 2nd feature is a reprinted non-Mu strange suspense story from TtA1 #13 by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. The 3rd feature is a reprinted non-MU strange suspense story from ASTONISHING #47 (3/56) by Bernie Krigstein. New cover by Jack Kirby.

    "Who Will Stop the Juggernaut?"
BY:    Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum, Sam Grainger
PC:    {Professor X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, Phoenix II}, Lilandra Neramani, David Munroe, N'Dare Munroe, Achmed El GiBar, Misty Knight, ~ Black Tom Cassidy, Juggernaut.
COM:    Origin of Storm. 1st full appearance of N'Dare. At Cassidy Keep, Juggernaut is wiping the floor with the X-Men while Storm is having a massive claustrophobia attack and has a flashback to her childhood, when her parents died, how she became a thief in Cairo, and ended up in Kenya where the Prof. found her. Prof. gets telepathic images of his team's plight, and her orders Scott to go to them, and his star pupil refuses to leave Phoenix. The matter almost blows up, but is interrupted by another vision of Lilandra. Back in Ireland, the team is getting slaughtered, and the unconscious Nightcrawler (who has disappeared in shadow for the 1st time) is rescued by the Leprechauns of Cassidy Keep. Storm tries to overcome her fears but it isn't enough, and by story end, they whole rest of the team is captured. Signed cover by Dave Cockrum.

    "Step Into My Parlor, Said the Spider to the Fly"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Gil Kane.
PC:    Spider-Man, Human Fly (Richard Deacon), ~
COM:    Origin of the Human Fly.

    "No Final Victory" "Interlude" "Confrontation" "Climax" "Night Vision"
BY:    / George Perez
PC:    ~ Nuklo.
COM:

    "The Thing From the Black-Hole Star"
BY:    Jack Kirby / Jack Kirby
PC:    Captain America I, Falcon, Red Wing, ~
COM:

    "The Name of the Game Is Death" "And Who Shall Save the Panthers?"
BY:    Marv Wolfman / Bob Hall, Klaus Janson
PC:    Daredevil, ~
COM:

    "World Gone Sane?" "Chap. 1: 50 Million Bozeaux Cant' Be Wrong!" "Chap. 2: 1 Little 2 Little 500 Million Little Indians!" "Chap. 3: Jack Norriss, Secret Agent!" "Chap. 4: All the Presidents Menaces!"
BY:    Steve Gerber / Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson.
PC:    {Dr. Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie III, Nighthawk I, Red Guardian II}, Jack Norris, Aragorn, Gerald Ford, Pfenner, ~ {Gorilla Man/Dr. Ruhart Gnaan, Shrunken Bones, Chondu, Ruby Thursday}, Nebulon/Mr. Nebul, Plant Man, Eel I, Porcupine, Marie, Melissa.
COM:    Story cont. from DEF #40. Ludberdites appearance. In the prologue, Jack informs the team that he had taken the money (#40) to act on his own to go under cover against the Headmen because the team had all been affected by Gorilla Man's Encephalo-Transmogrifier, and Strange send the team to the different hot spots while he goes to deal with the President. In Chap. 1:  Hawk and RG are sent to Paris to deal with the Bozeaux movement taking over there, and they save the public relations officer for Compagnie De Lux. They capture Marie, and RG poses as her and infiltrates their operation. After finding out that Nagan is the head of De Lux, Hawk returns to pick up RG to find the Chateau De Bozeaux gone and gets evaporated by Morgan himself. In Chap. 2: Luke and Val in New Dehli to stop the assassins only to discover that they are working for Nagan and that no one is being disintegrated but shrunk before being added to their collection themselves. In Chap. 3: In California, Norris infiltrates Ruby's operation, and, even though he forces her to expose herself in her true form, he is taken captive. In Chap. 4: Strange appeals to the President not to make Nebul and envoy to the UN, and in an alternate plane he and Nebulon duke it out with the alien coming out on top. Ford, confused by what he saw, is about to go through with the ceremony anyway when he's halted by Strange, but then the whole procession disappears in a cloud of smoke. It is revealed that all this time the Headmen have been miniaturizing the heads of state and placing them in a special 'ant farm', and now consider themselves to the the masters of the world. Strange contacts Hulk, who, after dealing with Ruby, tears the place apart, releasing everyone from their miniature state. The team battles the Headmen, while Strange hips Nebulon to what humans are really like, and realizing his error leaves at story end. Jim Starlin cover.

    "And There Will Be Worlds Anew" "A Planet in Turmoil" "A City Born in Tears"
BY:    Steve Englehart / P. Craig Russell.
PC:    Doctor Strange, Clea, Wong,
COM:

    "And Then the Invaders!" "Nine Against Destiny!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / John Buscema, Sam Grainger
PC:    {Mr. Fantastic, Invisible girl, Human Torch II, Thing}, Watcher, Luke Cage, {Captain America-Alt , Bucky-Alt, Sub-Mariner-Alt, Human Torch-Alt, Toro-Alt}, Gen. Fitzhugh, ~ Baron Zemo-Alt, Siegfried.
COM:    1st appearance of Alternate Invaders. Story takes place just after FF1 #170. Reed testing the team with his Baby Buzz Bombs, gets interrupted by a band of Nazi soldiers invading their HQ. Revealed that the cylinder that was sent through Doom's Time Platform (issue #169) contained Vibranium, which created an alternate reality from the new outcome of WWII where the Germans win; Watcher tells Reed they must fix the error. FF go sideways to the alternate 1942 and encounter the Invaders, after a brief misunderstanding, they team-up. In part 2: Both teams storm Castle Cherebelle, and wreck the new weapons development lab located there run by Zemo. The team returns home, but Ben suspects something amiss, and, at story end, contemplates going back to 1942 by himself (the results of which are continued into MTO An #1). Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott cover.

    "And Six Shall Crush the Hulk"
BY:    Len Wein / Sal Buscema, Joe Sinnott
PC:    Hulk, ~ Xemnu, Groot, Diablo, Blip, Taboo, Goom.
COM:

    " "
BY:    Gerry Conway / George Tuska
PC:    Iron Man I, Man-Thing, ~
COM:

    "The Lords of Light and Darkness" "The nest" "Day of the Demons" "Into---Hellpit!" "A Gathering of Gods"
BY:    Bill Mantlo / Sal Buscema,
PC:    Spider-Man, {Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus,}, ~
COM:    X-Men appearance. Dave Cockrum cover.

    "Their Name is Legion!"
BY:    Roy Thomas / Sal Buscema
PC:    Thing, {Whizzer I, Miss America, Red Raven,}, ~
COM:    Liberty Legion appearance. Story continues into MTO #20.

    "The Fortress of Sahra Sharm!"
BY:    Doug Moench / Keith Pollard
PC:    Shang-Chi, Sir Nayland Smith, Black Jack Tarr, ~
COM:

    " "
BY:    Archie Goodwin / George Tuska
PC:    Power Man II (Luke Cage) , Punisher, ~
COM:

    "The War of the Gods" "Dawn of the Gods" "The Thunder God" "When Gods Collide" "The Spoils of War"
BY:    Stan Lee / John Buscema, Jack Kirby
PC:    Thor I, Apollo, Hephaestus, Odin, ~
COM:    Origin of Odin. 1st modern appearance of Hephaestus.