1982 in comics

1982 in comics

Events

Year overall

Steve Gerber sues Marvel over rights to his character, Howard the Duck, and brings out his own "Destroyer Duck" from Eclipse Comics.

To stem the flow of creators defecting to such companies as Pacific, Eclipse and First, DC Comics begins offering royalties to artists and writers of regular newsstand comics that sell more than 100,000 copies; Marvel soon follows suit. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20051129094717/www.sdreader.com/php/cover.php?mode=article&showpg=2&id=20040819 "Two Men and their Comic Books," in "San Diego Reader", by Jay Allen Sanford, August 19, 2004] . Accessed via Web.Archive.org March 31, 2008]

January

February

March

April

May

June

*The Hernandez brothers (Jaime and Gilbert)'s "Love & Rockets" anthology begins publication from Fantagraphics.
*Marvel begins publishing the Hasbro-licenced series "", which would sell over 200,000 copies, and out-sell "Superman" and the "X-Men".

July

August

eptember

*Marvel's "Wolverine" four-issue mini-series debuts by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller begins.

October

November

*Jim Starlin's "Dreadstar", the first title published by Marvel's creator-owned imprint Epic Comics begins.

December

*DC publishes it's first tailored direct market offering: the first of 12 issues of "Camelot 3000", Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland's future-set tale of King Arthur. It is widely recognised as the first "maxi-series". [http://www.newcomicreviews.com/GHM/columns/A+/archives/071103.html]

Exhibitions and shows

Conventions

Awards

First issues by title

*"Camelot 3000"
*"Destroyer Duck"
*"Dreadstar"
*""
*"Love & Rockets"

References


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