Kirby leaves the FF this year. This is basically it for the Silver Age in any meaningful sense. There really isn't a lot of quality in the art at Marvel at this time. Romita is good when he does full pencils on Spider-Man. John Buscema is good but doesn't do anything regularly until he takes over on the FF. His brother Sal is serviceable on the Avengers but not great. Gene Colan is still out there, but inconsistent (The secret ingredient is Tom Palmer inks). Everywhere else it's pretty bad. There's a tendency to try and emulate Steranko's style but most artists don't have his talent and it just comes off looking messy.

This year is the first that i've seen awards announced, indicating a growth/sophistication of the fan base. Marvel sweeps: Roy Thomas gets best writer (it should really still be Stan for Spider-Man), Neal Adams gets best penciler, Tom Palmer gets best artist. Fantastic Four is the best adventure title. Silver Surfer #5 (Al Harper) gets best full length story. Spider-Man is best hero and Dr. Doom is best villain. Stan Lee lost best editor to DC's Dick Giordano by one vote.

For a few months comics had pages that split space between story and ads. Comic panels on the top, ads on the bottom. Very annoying. I don't think this went over well and it went away fairly quickly (as best as i can tell).

Not a lot of major events this year:

• The Black Widow upgrades her costume.
• Dr. Doom gets his own series in Astonishing Tales, shared with Ka-Zar.
• Death of Captain Stacy

Avengers #72  
Amazing Spider-Man #80  
Silver Surfer #12  
Hulk #124  
Amazing Spider-Man #81  
Fantastic Four #95  
Avengers #73-74  
Silver Surfer #13  
Sub-Mariner #22  
Hulk #125  
Captain America #121-126  
Amazing Spider-Man #82  
Fantastic Four #96  
Silver Surfer #14  
Daredevil #62  
Avengers #75-76 1st Arkon. Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver rejoin. Wasp & Yellowjacket leave. 
Fantastic Four #97  
Amazing Spider-Man #83  
Silver Surfer #15-18  
Hulk #126  
Fantastic Four #98  
Hulk #127  
Amazing Spider-Man #84  
Hulk #128  
Fantastic Four #99  
Amazing Spider-Man #85  
Fantastic Four #100  
Hulk #129  
Amazing Spider-Man #86 Black Widow gets her classic 70s costume. 
Avengers #79  
Amazing Spider-Man #87  
Astonishing Tales #1-3  
Hulk #130-134 1st Jim Wilson 
Amazing Adventures #1 (Black Widow)  
Fantastic Four #102-104  
Amazing Spider-Man #88-90 Death of Captain Stacy 
Avengers #82  
Sub-Mariner #31  
Amazing Spider-Man #91-92  
Avengers #83  
Sub-Mariner #32 1st Llyra