Marvel 1981 Week Bonus--Never Say Never Again

Man, the 1980s were a simpler, more innocent time. Take, for example this letter from Avengers #213 (1981):

Gee, Tim Stokely, how silly you were. Of course Spider-Man is too much of a loner to join a team, and obviously he's far too busy with his own adventures to join even one (let alone TWO) Avengers teams.

Why, I'm reminded of the time Captain America "guaranteed" that the Avengers would never accept Wolverine as a member (in Captain America Annual #8 (1986)):

See? It could NEVER happen.

Or, take the cover to Avengers #221 (1982), as the Avengers had a new recruitment drive (only ten issues after the last one, but who's counting, Jim Shooter?):

Yes,it's ridiculous to contemplate that most of the people on this cover could ever be Avengers. I mean, Spider-Woman? Doctor Strange? Daredevil? Invisible Girl? Luke Freakin' Cage? At least they could have given us some realistic choices...

Oh, poor, sweet, naive 1980s. How I miss you....