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Notable events of 1979 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
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Events
Year overall
- The "Demon in a Bottle" storyline, by David Michelinie, Bob Layton, and John Romita, Jr., runs through Iron Man (issues #120–128, March–November).
March
- IPC Magazines launches Tornado, a short-lived weekly British comic published for 22 issues.
May
- Frank Miller takes over from Gene Colan as regular penciler on Daredevil with issue #158.
- With issue #62, Captain Marvel is cancelled by Marvel.
June
- June 13: Alan Moore's first mainstream comic work appears in the Marvel UK title Hulk Comic #15, with the five-part "The Incredible Hulk" story featuring Dr Scarabeus (with penciller Paul Neary and inker
David Lloyd ).[1]
July
- World of Krypton – #1 of 3, by DC Comics. Three-issue limited series originally slated for Showcase #104-106 to coincide with the premiere of Superman: The Movie. The storyline was rescheduled for issues Showcase #110-112 when the film's release date was delayed; but ultimately, Showcase was cancelled after issue #104. Finally, the material was revised and released as a limited series. By Paul Kupperberg and Howard Chaykin.
August
- With issue #70, Marvel publishes the final issue of The Tomb of Dracula.
October
- Star*Reach, with issue #18, publishes its final issue.
First issues by title
Marvel Comics
Amazing Adventures vol. 3
- Release: October 11 by Marvel UK.
- Release: January. Writer: Bill Mantlo. Artist: Michael Golden.
- Release: July. Editor: Roger Stern.
- Release: December. Writer: Bill Mantlo. Artist: Al Milgrom.
- Release: February. Writer: Doug Moench. Artist: Herb Trimpe.
Tales to Astonish vol. 2
- Release: December. Reprinting edited versions of the 1968 Sub-Mariner title.[2]
Independent titles
- Release: June by Gold Key Comics. Writer: Gary Poole. Artist: Win Mortimer.
- Release: April by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd..
Initial appearances by character name
- Alpha Flight, in Uncanny X-Men #120 (Marvel Comics)
- Aurora, in Uncanny X-Men #120
- Northstar, in Uncanny X-Men #120
- Sasquatch, in Uncanny X-Men #120
- Shaman, in Uncanny X-Men #120
- Snowbird, in Uncanny X-Men #120
- Dire Wraith, in Rom #1 (Marvel Comics)
- Followers of the Light, in Shogun Warriors #1 (Marvel Comics)
- Night Raven, in Hulk Comic #1 (Marvel UK)
- Quasar, in Incredible Hulk #234 (Marvel Comics)
- Proteus, in Uncanny X-Men #125 (Marvel Comics)
- Shadow King, in Uncanny X-Men #117 (Marvel Comics)
Notes
- ^ Dr Scarabeus profile
- ^ a b During this period, Marvel published a number of reprint titles. In 2005, former Marvel editor Danny Fingeroth explained it this way: "Somehow in my mind is the idea that Marvel had promised the advertisers in their comics a certain minimum monthly circulation for their ads (which ran in all comics in a given month), and they needed to put out extra material to meet those commitments, so doing these reprints seemed the easiest way to do it."
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