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It's announced in an extra-thick ad insert that appears in comics with a Nov cover date. Marvel introduces a new fan club (after MMMS and FOOM) called WAM, Wild Agents of Marvel. Joe Madureira debuts in Marvel Comics Presents. DeMatteis returns to Marvel for a brief run on Moon Knight and what will be a long run on Spectacular Spider-Man. Scott Lobdell graduates from Marvel Comics Presents and gets his first regular writing job, replacing Fabian Nicieza on Alpha Flight. "Round Robin: The Sidekick's Revenge").ĭan Slott is briefly an assistant editor, and starts to get writing credits in Marvel Comics Presents. In many cases they come with guest stars sometimes many guest stars (e.g. "The Superia Strategem") and are numbered (e.g., part 1 of 6). In a sense, events are just story arcs in a single title, but they feel like crossovers. The other Spider-books are in writer limbo for much of the year waiting for a permanent replacement for Gerry Conway, who left last year.

Erik Larsen moves from Amazing Spider-Man to replace McFarlane on the adjectiveless series. Todd McFarlane leaves Spider-Man, and Marvel, setting the stage for the upcoming artist exodus to Image. Walt Simonson quits Fantastic Four, and is replaced by Tom DeFalco and Paul Ryan. Larry Hama's run on the Avengers ends abruptly, resulting in fill-ins for the rest of the year. Most of the top tier books are dealing with unstable creative teams. The X-book relaunches feed into a growing speculator market, and we are also seeing an increased number of gimmick covers.
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Alan Davis returns to Excalibur, now writing the series in addition to penciling. The cast of the X-Factor book is completely replaced, with a new focus and creative team (Peter David and Larry Stroman). The first three issues of that X-Men series are Chris Claremont's swan song he then departs from not just the X-Men but Marvel entirely, after over 20 years with the company. All the original X-Factor characters rejoin the X-Men, and a new (adjectiveless) X-Men book is launched to run alongside Uncanny. New Mutants becomes X-Force with a new #1. And after that, a major shuffling of the line occurs. First there is the Muir Island Saga, a crossover bringing the X-Men and X-Factor together. The biggest news, though, is in the X-books. The success of that will kick off a cosmic sub-franchise over the next few years. Infinity Gauntlet occurs this year, with a number of tie-ins and most major characters appearing in the main six issue miniseries. Deathlok gets an ongoing series this year after last year's mini-series. The expansion manifests as a few new series, like Darkhawk, Sleepwalker, and Wonder Man, but it's more apparent in the number of books that go to bi-weekly status and the number of one-shots and annuals.
