Forty years ago today - June 1982.

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Let us see what 1982 can fling at us...

My recollections of this are a bit fuzzy.

As far as I can recall, Conan bonks some kind of forest witch and then discovers he now has to beat up a load of woodland animals, in order to rescue her from someone or something.

When Tony Stark discovers one of his employees has amnesia, he arranges for him to visit a psychiatrist.

Only for it to turn out the employee is really Diablo!

And, now, thanks to the shrink having restored his memories, he's soon back to his old ways of causing trouble and mayhem for all and sundry.

Needless to say, it's Iron Man's job to stop him.

And, needless to say, he does.

For some reason, Black Tom sends his bezzie mate Juggernaut to abduct Madame Web.

This leads to Spider-Man getting involved.

But how can even the web-slinger stop such a brute?

The answer is he can't.

And now the question is how can the blindfolded clairvoyant survive the battle?

With the demise of Bullseye, the Boomerang decides he's just the man to replace him as the Kingpin's on-call assassin.

So, Kingie sends him after Spider-Man to prove his worth.

But little does the aerodynamic antagonist know the crime boss has sent him there in the expectation the wall-crawler will flatten him.

It's the return of Rogue who's still in full-on super-villain mode when Carol Danvers and various X-Men sneak into the Pentagon to delete its files about the team.

Needless to say, the lot of them are only there for just five minutes before a mammoth fight breaks out.

It's another one whose details are fuzzy in my mind.

I think Cap encounters a childhood friend who enlists his aid to rescue a friend who's been kidnapped by bad guys.

This seems to lead to a killer cyborg trying to destroy Cap.

I suspect the cyborg may have the mind of Cap's friend's friend but don't quote me on that.

It's a clash of philosophies when Daredevil, the Punisher and a young boy all individually set off to stop a drug dealer who's responsible for the death of a schoolgirl.

Despite the impression the cover may give, no men without fear were killed during the making of this comic.

It's an odd one when Thor inadvertently releases an unusual set of Asgardians from an ancient Viking artefact and then tries to get them to integrate with a society they're clearly unsuitable for integrating with.

Galactus returns to Earth to sort out his rebellious herald Terrax but it's too long since the planet-gobbler last ate and, when the Avengers show up to fight him, the weakened giant hovers on the brink of death itself.

Now what do our heroes do? Do they leave him to die?

Or do they save him, knowing that will cause the deaths of endless worlds?

There's trouble in Canada when the Wendigo once more rears his ugly head.

The good news is Sasquatch is on hand to fight him.

And so is the Hulk!

But the even better news is the Hulk now has Bruce Banner's mind!

But is that really the good news it seems to be?

The Avengers are still trying to thwart Moondragon's bid to mind-control an entire planet.

But can even they and the power of Drax stop her?