Even though it started in 1979 the bulk of the Marvel Micronauts took place in the 80's. That book for being a licensed property was so much a part of the Marvel with crossovers with the X-Men, Fantastic Four, SHIELD, Man Thing, Doctor Strange, and many others.
The live action G.I. Joe movies really should have taken a cue from Marvel's G.I. Joe. Marvel could have produced shallow comics that were little more than marketing tools for toys. Instead, the Marvel went with a more serious, deeper take on the concept. I still enjoy that run!
Isn’t that the run where Wanda goes “bad” and he completely erases Visions character? If so I thought it was a benchmark on bad runs. A run that literally takes decades for other writers to try to fix.
Alpha flight was good. Marvel needs runs like that to balance out the more standard stuff.
Wasn't G.I. Joe even outselling X-Men at marvel for a period of time?
Transformers was also shockingly more dark than the animated cartoon series for a child. (Issue 4 ended with 98% of the heroes dead, and their leader Optimus Prime's head severed from his body and held captive. A later issue had a woman left paralyzed from a Decepticon attack.)
I haven't read them myself, but I have heard good things about "Elfquest" (an indie comic that was reprinted by Marvel in the 80's), "the Nam" (about the Vietnam War), and "Groo the Wanderer" (A barbarian comic parody).
I liked "The New Mutants" and "Solo Avengers/ Avengers Spotlight" at the time.
"The White Queen welcomes you, TO DIE!"
X-men vs Avengers (1987) was one of my favorite read, so was Mephisto vs.
Rom A quality book, and something a little different from Marvel's usual super-hero fare at the time.
Captain Britain The Moore/Davis Jasper's Warp run tends to soke up the praise, but the Delano/Davis run that followed it was still strong, developing Betsy, Meggan, and putting a twist in Jamie's character.
And though it has been mentioned, the Miller/Sienkiewicz Elektra Assassin was pretty amazing, imo.
Moon Knight (Meonch/Seinkewicz): It's the run that everybody keeps aspiring to and never really reaches.
ROM - despite a few very significant and very enjoyable crossovers it was mostly totally self-contained with its own amazing mythos of Spaceknights at war with the shape-changing Dire Wraiths. (until the end when all the heroes got involved)
Crystar, the Crystal warrior
Machine Man (mini) -Barry Windsor Smith, 'nuff said. Okay, also Iron Man 2020...
Alien Legion (it was under Epic, which was part of Marvel)
Cloak & Dagger
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I was going to say Cloak & Dagger, but I forgot. The Moench/Sienkiewicz Moon Knight is the reason the character still gets given chances.
Stern's Dr. Strange became the definitive version for me.
Micronauts: The New Voyages, especially the first few issues really impressed me when I first read them.
The Strange Tales series with Dr. Strange and Cloak & Dagger.
The Sienkiewicz run on New Mutants, but I think it's no longer underrated.
And I really liked New Defenders.
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I forgot about Machine Man. That mini was awesome. Really most of the mini series Marvel did in the 80's were good. Another one that is just fantastic is Longshot. Ann Nocenti writing and the legend Art Adams doing the art made this 6 issue mini a must have.
Claremont's New Mutants
Ann Nocenti's Daredevil
Stern's Dr. Strange