American Comic Book Chronicles - 1982

American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s

by Keith Dallas

1982

New Publishers, New Formats, New Talent, and Mutants

07/30/21

Introduction - optimism seemed to be in the air as 1981 came to a close

08/01/21

DC Comics: Where the Action Is! - Secrets of Haunted House, Ghosts, and The Unexpected get canceled; Captain Carrot; Wonder Woman; Night Force; Saga of Swamp Thing; Fury of Firestorm; Blackhawk; Arion, Lord of Atlantis; The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl; Atari Force

08/02/21

Timeline

08/03/21

A Better Tomorrow with the Legion of Super-Heroes - Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, and the Great Darkness Saga

08/04/21: Barr, Bolland and King Arthur on Baxter Paper - Camelot 3000

08/05/21

Doug Moench Quits Marvel Comics Jim Shooter - Moench claimed that Shooter ordered him to kill off Shang-Chi; Shooter claimed he just suggested it; Moench lost his cool and went to work for DC; the recent death of artist Gene Day might have had something to with Moench’s departure for Marvel’s rival

08/06/21

Marvel Comics: New Address, Same Success - the Marvel offices move 30 blocks downtown; the Death of Elektra

08/07/21

Direct Market Marvels - Starlord Special Edition, Marvel Fanfare, Death of Captain Marvel

08/08/21

An Epic Imprint - how and why the Epic line began

08/09/21

Marvel Super-Heroes (Un)Limited - Marvel Super-Heroes Contest of Champions

08/10/21

Marvel and DC Present… For the Final Time - Uncanny X-Men /New Teen Titans Crossover

08/11/21

NeXt Gen - Wolverine limited series and the New Mutants

08/12/21

A Real American Comic Book - movie adaptations, Team America, G.I. Joe

08/13/21

The Fight Over a Duck - Fantaco’s Chronicles series, Jack Kirby, Steve Gerber, Howard the Duck, Destroyer Duck

08/14/21

Old Faces in New Places - Don McGregor and Sabre, Mike Grell and Starslayer, Dave Stevens and the Rocketeer, Neal Adams and Ms. Mystic, Pacific Comics

08/15/21

The First and the Next / The Old and the New - First Comics, Red Circle, Comico, Love and Rockets

08/16/21

Down and Out - Harvey Comics, Warren Publishing, Charlton Comics, Irjax Distributing