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Since this period sees five Editors in Chief within a two year span (The end of Roy Thomas' run, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway, and the beginning of Archie Goodwin's run), i'm calling it the EIC Upheaval period rather than trying to break it up into individual categories for each of the middle three. Len Wein is announced as the "Executive Editor" in the March Bullpen Bulletin. Marv Wolfman is announced as his replacement in the November issues. This year sees continual doldrums throughout the line, although there are more and more bright spots, including the beginning of Chris Claremont's X-Men. Jungle Action, Master of Kung Fu, Iron Fist, and Steve Gerber's Defenders are all also good books. Marvel's expansion into the horror genre, initially a burst of revitalization, is now quickly collapsing. Man-Wolf, Morbius, Man-Thing and the majority of the black and white magazines are cancelled and even Werewolf By Night and Tomb of Dracula were considered for the chopping block. Marvel's short-lived experiment with the Giant-Size books is also ended, with many of the books already having devolved into 100% reprints. The main titles (Avengers, FF, Spider-Man, Hulk) are all pretty poor, however, and there is a lot of evidence of lateness in the form of fill-ins, reprints, and unstable creative teams. Marv Wolfman actually attempted to address the problem by having Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema work on a title called Marvel Fill-In which would feature team-up stories that could be slipped into any title that was behind deadline. | Notable events:
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New characters: Warhawk, Moses Magnum, Elf With A Gun, Storm, Nightcrawler, Thunderbird, Colossus, Starhawk, Deathlok, Glorian, Mordred the Mystic, Misty Knight |
Jungle Action #13-15
Master of Kung Fu #24
Ka-Zar #7
Haunt of Horror #5 (Gabriel the Devil Hunter)
Haunt of Horror #5 (Satana)
Giant-Size Werewolf By Night #3
Giant-Size Spider-Man #3
Marvel Team-Up #29
Marvel Two-In-One #6-7
Defenders #20
Defenders #21
Fantastic Four #151-153
Marvel Team-Up #30
Fantastic Four #154
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3
Giant-Size Man-Thing #2
Giant-Size Defenders #3
Daredevil #119
Master of Kung Fu #25
Man-Thing #9-10
Amazing Spider-Man #141-142
Man-Thing #11
Man-Thing #12
Marvel Team-Up #31
Marvel Spotlight #20-22
Marvel Premiere #20-231st Misty Knight & Warhawk
Power Man #23
Fantastic Four #155-157
Supernatural Thrillers #11-15
Master of Kung Fu #26
Giant-Size Spider-Man #4
Ghost Rider #11
Hulk #184-186
Iron Man #73
Marvel Two-In-One #8
Man-Thing #13-14
Ka-Zar #8
Hulk #189
Giant-Size Man-Thing #3
Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3
Marvel Team-Up #32
Hulk #190-191
Man-Thing #15
Hulk #192
Werewolf By Night #27-30
Tales of the Zombie #10
Tomb of Dracula #30
Master of Kung Fu #27
Hulk #193
Thor #232-236
Marvel Two-In-One #9
Iron Man #78
Amazing Spider-Man #143
Giant-Size Werewolf By Night #4
Giant-Size Werewolf By Night #5
Giant-Size Defenders #4
Power Man #24-251st Black Goliath
Fear #27-31
Daredevil #120-123
Vampire Tales #10-11
Iron Man #74-75,77,80-81
Amazing Spider-Man #144-146
Marvel Team-Up #33
Marvel Team-Up #34-35
Giant-Size Spider-Man #5
Master of Kung Fu #28
Man-Thing #16
Giant-Size Man-Thing #4
Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 (Howard the Duck)
Man-Thing #17-18
Defenders #22-25
Giant-Size X-Men #1New X-Men team. 1st Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Thunderbird.
Giant-Size X-Men #3
Classic X-Men #1 (2nd story)
Monsters Unleashed #11 (Gabriel the Devil Hunter)
Marvel Preview #2
Iron Man #79
Master of Kung Fu #29-31
Marvel Spotlight #23
Ka-Zar #9
Jungle Action #16
Ghost Rider #12-13
Captain America #191
Avengers #137-138J: Beast, Moondragon. Yellowjacket & Wasp return.
Man-Thing #19-22
Giant-Size Defenders #5
Defenders #26-29
Marvel Premiere #24-25
Avengers #139-140
Astonishing Tales #31
Amazing Spider-Man #147-1501st Spider-clone
Giant-Size Fantastic Four #41st Madrox the Multiple Man
Uncanny X-Men #94-95
Marvel Two-In-One #10
Giant-Size Man-Thing #5 (Howard the Duck)
Fantastic Four #158-159
Dead of Night #11
Power Man #26
Daredevil #124-1251st Blake Tower
Ka-Zar #10-11
Skull the Slayer #1-8
Jungle Action #17
Marvel Premiere #45-46
Daredevil #126-127
Master of Kung Fu #32
Tomb of Dracula #31-35
Marvel Preview #3
Werewolf By Night #31
Werewolf By Night #32-331st Moon Knight
Marvel Chillers #1
Marvel Team-Up #36-37
Master of Kung Fu #33-35
Marvel Team-Up #38
Marvel Chillers #3
Fantastic Four #160-163
Inhumans #1-2
Power Man #27
Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #2
Super-Villain Team-Up #1-4D: Betty Dean
Marvel Presents #1-2
Doctor Strange #10-13Earth destroyed, replaced with exact replica
Werewolf By Night #34-37
Tomb of Dracula #36-40
Jungle Action #18
Captain America #192
Marvel Two-In-One #11
Inhumans #3-6
Iron Fist #1-41st Steel Serpent
Marvel Chillers #4
Avengers #141-144,147-149
Amazing Spider-Man #151-152
Marvel Two-In-One #12
Marvel Team-Up #39-40
Thor #237-239
Fantastic Four #164-1651st Frankie Raye (Nova)
Captain Marvel #41
Ka-Zar #12-13
Defenders #30
Marvel Preview #7 (Satana)
Marvel Chillers #2
Marvel Spotlight #24
Uncanny X-Men #96
Marvel Premiere #27
Son of Satan #1
Hulk #194
Daredevil #128
Marvel Spotlight #27
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