My Marvelous Year – The 1990’s

Marvel comics in the 1990s! 

Click any year below to see more about the hero of the year winners, and to find all the comics we read for each individual year. Or you can check out previous decades’ comics in the 1960’s, 1970’s, or 1980’s!

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1990

Hero of the Year: Silver Surfer

Villain of the Year: Thanos

Issue of the Year: Thanos Quest #1 (with a nod to #2)

Writer of the Year: Jim Starlin

Artist of the Year: Ron Lim

1991

Hero of the Year: Wolverine

Villain of the Year: Thanos

Issue of the Year: Infinity Gauntlet #4

Writer of the Year: Jim Starlin

Artist of the Year: Barry Windsor-Smith

1992

Hero of the Year: Hulk

Villain of the Year: Carnage

Issue of the Year: Future Imperfect #1 & #2

Writer of the Year: Peter David

Artist of the Year: George Perez

1993

Hero of the Year: Hulk

Villain of the Year: Carnage

Issue of the Year: Spectacular Spider-Man #200

Writer of the Year: Peter David

Artist of the Year: John Romita Jr.

1994

Hero of the Year: Ben Reilly (Scarlet Spider)

Villain of the Year: French-American accents in comics

Issue of the Year: Marvels #3 (but really the whole thing)

Writer of the Year: Kurt Busiek

Artist of the Year: Alex Ross

1995

Hero of the Year: X-Men

Villain of the Year: Apocalypse

Issue of the Year: Amazing Spider-Man #400

Writer of the Year: Peter David

Artist of the Year: Tim Sale

1996

Hero of the Year: X-Men

Villain of the Year: Onslaught

Issue of the Year: Onslaught: Marvel Universe #1

Writer of the Year: Peter David

Artist of the Year: Joe Madureira

1997

Hero of the Year: Deadpool

Villain of the Year: Doctor Doom

Issue of the Year: Deadpool #11

Writer of the Year: Kurt Busiek

Artist of the Year: Leinil Francis Yu

1998

Hero of the Year: Inhumans

Villain of the Year: Ajax

Issue of the Year: Avengers #1

Writer of the Year: Paul Jenkins

Artist of the Year: George Perez

1999

Hero of the Year: Inhumans

Villain of the Year: Ultron

Issue of the Year: Earth X (whole thing)

Writer of the Year:  Kurt Busiek

Artist of the Year: Jae Lee