- When the Fantastic Four return from exploring the Negative Zone, their costumes change colors.
- Susan finds out that she is pregnant. The Skrull homeworld is consumed by Galactus.
- The remaining Skrulls put Reed Richards on trial for saving Galactus’ life the year before. Eternity appears and exonerates Reed by establishing that Galactus is a necessary force in the universe.
| Fantastic Four (251-)256
257
261, 262 |
- Mephisto briefly separates Johnny Blaze and the demon Zarathos (Ghost Rider's dual personas).
- Zarathos regains memories of his past history from before bonding with Blaze.
- Johnny Blaze is reunited with Roxanne Simpson and freed from becoming the Ghost Rider when Zarathos abandons his body to fight his ancient enemy Centurious in the Soul Crystal.
| Ghost Rider 76
77
(74)80, 81 |
- Thor and the Lady Sif liberate Jane Foster from the elder god Kamo Tharnn, after which she marries Dr. Keith Kinkaid.
- Thor encounters Beta Ray Bill, protector of the hibernating Korbinites. Bill gains Thor’s power when he proves worthy of lifting Mjolnir. Meanwhile, Loki makes the Enchantresses' sister Lorelei an ally.
| Thor 334-336
337-343 |
- Jack Monroe, the ‘50s Bucky, becomes the new Nomad - and Captain America’s new partner.
- Captain America helps Deathlok regain his sanity and return to the future.
- AIM reactivates the Cosmic Cube and it begins transforming into a sentient life-form. The Shaper of Worlds, reveals itself to be an evolved Skrull Cosmic Cube, and takes guardianship of the "young" Cube.
| Captain America 281-283
286 -288
Annual 7 |
- Jim Rhodes becomes Iron Man when Tony Stark is driven back into alcoholism by Obadiah Stane and Indries Moomji.
- Stark International becomes Stane International.
- When Rhodes helps free the Eternals from the Deviants, Thena decides the Eternals must leave Earth.
| Iron Man 166-170
173
Annual 6 |
- Scott Summers meets (and soon marries) Madelyne Pryor, who looks exactly like his deceased lover, Jean Grey (Phoenix).
- The mutant Callisto and her band of mutant Morlocks (living in secret tunnels underneath NYC) fight the X-Men. Storm gains leadership of the Morlocks but lets Callisto lead in her absence.
- Rogue joins the X-Men when Xavier agrees to help her with her mental problems. Binary quits and joins the Starjammers.
- While battling Viper and the Silver Samurai in Japan, Wolverine's wedding to Mariko is aborted, while Storm unexpectedly adopts a "mohawk and leather" appearance.
| Uncanny X-Men
168 (175)
169-170 (171)
171
173
|
- Magneto reveals that he is the true father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch and decides to abandon his schemes against mankind for the sake of his grand-daughter, Luna.
- The new Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) joins the Avengers.
- Hank Pym is redeemed after being framed by Egghead, who is killed by Hawkeye.
- Iron Man (now Jim Rhodes) resigns from the Avengers. Eros of Titan (Starfox) joins the team.
- The Vision gets additional powers after being augmented by technology from Titan.
- Hawkeye marries Mockingbird.
| Vision and the Scarlet Witch 4
Avengers 227
227-230
231
238
Hawkeye 1-4 |
- Alpha Flight is disbanded by the Canadian government, but Vindicator (now Guardian) continues the team independently and adds new members Puck and Marrina.
- Marrina joins Namor the Sub-Mariner in order to search for her origins.
- When Xavier's New Mutants battle Viper and the Silver Samurai, Karma mysteriously disappears.
- In Nova Roma, the New Mutants encounter the psychic vampire Selene, and befriend the elemental mutant, Magma.
| Alpha Flight 1
4
New Mutants 6 (7)
8-11 |
- Bruce Banner's new associate Kate Waynesboro is turned into Ms. Modok by AIM in order to help the Hulk fight Modok and the Abomination.
| The Incredible Hulk (287-)290 |
- When Dracula attempts to acquire the Darkhold, Doctor Strange, Blade and Hannibal King use the Darkhold and the Montesi Formula to eradicate all vampires from the Earth.
| Doctor Strange 58-62 |
- Baron Karza regains control of Homeworld, and kills Slug, Prince Pharoid and Prince Argon. The Micronauts escape and search for new allies. Devil transforms into a new Fireflyte.
| Micronauts 49, 50 |
- Shang-Chi reunites with his mother only to find out she blames him for Fu Manchu's death.
- In atonement for killing his own father, Shang-Chi retires to China to live as a fisherman.
| Master of Kung Fu 123
125 |
- In order to defend his world Crystallium, Crystar merges with the Prisma-Crystal to become a crystal warrior.
- In order to be with ROM, Brandy Clark transfers her consciousness into the body of the fallen Spaceknight Starshine.
| Crystar 1
ROM 38-40 |
- The alien Overmind collective consciousness briefly joins the Defenders.
- The Son of Satan, Daimon Hellstrom, and Hellcat (Patsy Walker) leave the Defenders in order to start a new life together.
- The Defenders encounter the mysterious weather-controlling girl, Cloud, a member of the Secret Empire.
- The original Defenders (Dr. Strange, the Sub-Mariner, the Silver Surfer and the Hulk) are forced to disband for the sake of Earth's future timeline, while a "New Defenders" team forms around the Beast, Valkyrie, Iceman, Angel, Gargoyle and Moondragon. Patsy Walker weds Daimon Hellstrom.
| Defenders 112-117
(117-)122
123
124, 125
|
- Morgan le Fay separates Spider-Woman's life-essence from her physical body, leaving it "dead" (temporarily).
| Spider-Woman 50 |
- Despite Belasco's return, Ka-Zar and Shanna the She- Devil get married.
| Ka-Zar the Savage 29 |
- Spider-Man encounters the Hobgoblin after someone stumbles onto an old Green Goblin hideout.
| Amazing Spider-Man 238, 239 |
