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  • Murdock and Marvel: 2016
    Episode 90 - Murdock and Marvel: 2016

    TBD

    The Year in Comics 

    Comics in Other Media

    Comic Sales

    Top Comics News

    Notable Passings

    Marvel

    Eisner Awards

    The Year in Daredevil 

    Appearances: Daredevil v5 #1-12, Daredevil/Punisher: Seventh Circle #1-3, True Believers: Daredevil – Practice to Deceive #1, Daredevil Annual #1, Secret Wars Too #1, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #5, Mockingbird #5, Accused #1, Captain America: Steve Rogers #5, Civil War II #5 

    Writer: Charles Soule (#1-12) 

    Pencils: Ron Garney (#1-3, #5, #10-12), Garney and Goran Sudzuka (#4), Matteo Buffagni (#6-7), Sudzuka (#8-9) 

    Inks: Ron Garney (#1-3, #5, #10-12), Garney and Goran Sudzuka (#4), Matteo Buffagni (#6-7), Sudzuka (#8-9) 

    • The year kicks off with a whole new status quo. Matt’s back in New York, he’s somehow regained his secret identity—don’t ask him how, he’s very cagey about it—and he’s traded the bright red suit for a slicker, darker black one. On top of that, he’s now working as a prosecutor for the DA’s office. So Daredevil by night, ADA by day… because nothing says “healthy work-life balance” like doubling down on stress. 
    • And for reasons only Matt understands, he decides this is the perfect time to take on a protégé. Enter Blindspot—a kid genius with an invisibility suit, an undocumented immigrant background, and all the ambition (and naïveté) Matt had at his age. Matt trains him, pushes him, and absolutely refuses to admit to anyone that he might be in way over his head as a mentor. 
    • The first big arc is the Tenfingers saga, centered around a cult leader in Chinatown who—yes—literally has ten fingers on each hand. He’s stolen power from The Hand, his followers think he’s some kind of holy savior, and Blindspot’s mother is deep in the cult, which drags the kid into the conflict whether he wants it or not. The whole thing spirals into a massive church showdown that ends with The Hand (and then a giant beast on behalf of the hand) showing up to wipe Tenfingers off the map. Blindspot is injured, but he gets a harsh lesson in what Daredevil’s world really looks like. 
    • Following that we get a two-issue story “Elektric Connections” with the return of Elektra. First she shows up in Matt’s courtroom during trial, then asks to meet Daredevil. When she does, she attacks him. Blindspot jumps in to try to save Daredevil, but Elektra breaks his arm. Elektra’s convinced she has a daughter who’s gone missing and that Daredevil is involved. Turns out it was a trick and after finally convincing her the “evidence” she was given wasn’t real, she approaches the man who gave it to her. He breaks the planted memories with the phrase “The tangled web we weave!”. Elektra is relieved she won’t be corrupting a child but very angry at the person who deceived her.  
    • Then we get the “Blind Man’s Bluff” story arc that feature’s a team up with Spider-Man. Matt is posing as a Frenchman, playing Texas Hold ’em in a tournament and intends to rob someone at a Casino in Macau, which is as fun a story as it sounds. This will be our spotlight story for the week.  
    • The year ends with the start of a terrifying “Dark Art” story that starts with the discovery of a full wall mural made from human blood. We are going to hold off until 2017 to discuss the entire story, but if you watched season one of Daredevil Born Again, you might have an idea of just who Daredevil and Blindspot are dealing with. 

      • This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil Volume 5, Issue 8 August 2016 and Issue 9 September 2016 “Blind Man’s Bluff Part 1 and 2” 

      Recap

      Why We Picked This Story

      Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions

      The Takeaway

      The Marvel Reboot.

      Questions or comments

      We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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      THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

      Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

      The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

      Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

      Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

      DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

      https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

      https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

      1 hr 18 min
    • Murdock and Marvel: 2015 Part 2
      Episode 89 - Murdock and Marvel: 2015 Part 2

      2015 was a turning point for the American comic industry in a number of ways, and seems to be a satisfying place to wrap up our look at over 50 years of American comic books.  This year is in many ways a fulcrum that links the insular comics world that I grew up in with the fast-moving media-entwined and politically-charged environment of recent times.   

      This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2015.

       

      The Year in Daredevil 

      Appearances: Daredevil v4 #10-18, She-Hulk #10, Superior Iron Man #1-2, Marvel Free Previews Scret Wars #1, Deadpool #45, Night Nurse #1, Secret Wars Journal #5, All-New, All-Different Point One #1 

      Writer: Mark Waid (#10-18) 

      Pencils: Chris Samnee (#10-18) 

      Inks: Chris Samnee (#10-18) 

      • We kick off the year with the big Purple Man arc that rolled over from 2014. Kilgrave is having a full-on existential crisis—he wants genuine affection for once—so he rounds up his five kids, each of whom has a piece of his mind-control powers. But teaming them up backfires spectacularly: the kids turn on him and literally toss him into the street… where he gets smoked by a train. Classic family bonding. 
      • With dad out of the picture, the kids go wild—stealing a cop car, causing mayhem—until Daredevil shows up to contain them. But these kids aren’t like Kilgrave alone; together they’re a psychic wrecking ball and Matt ends up curled under a bridge in a full panic response. Kilgrave, very much alive, shows up to beat him senseless… until one magic word—“fear”—snaps Matt back into fight mode. Still, Kilgrave and the kids slip away. 
      • After regrouping with Kirsten, Daredevil tracks the whole purple family to a mall arcade (which is honestly a perfect place for a mind-control clan). With some strategic help from police, Matt gets the kids separated so their powers weaken, and everyone—including Kilgrave—gets taken into custody. And the issue closes with a surprisingly tender moment of Matt finally letting Kirsten in—on every level. 
      • Meanwhile, there’s a running side plot: Kirsten’s father offers Matt eight million dollars for a Daredevil autobiography. So throughout the year we see Matt and his ghostwriter Foggy chipping away at the book. 
      • Next up: the Stunt-Master saga. A new, young, daredevil wannabe is stealing the identity of the original Stunt-Master and pulling off death-defying stunts all over San Francisco. The original, George Smith, wants to sue and goes to Matt—but legally, he doesn’t really have a case. When the new Stunt-Master publicly challenges Daredevil to join his next big stunt on the Golden Gate Bridge, Matt refuses… until he hears that Smith has apparently committed suicide. 
      • Daredevil accepts the challenge and instantly realizes something is off. He discovers that the rider at the stunt is actually Smith himself—and that the “new” Stunt-Master’s whole trick is murdering stand-ins to survive his stunts. Matt gives chase in a wild car/motorcycle sequence, only for Kirsten to be the one who cracks the final twist: Smith faked the suicide and played everyone. His goal wasn’t fame—it was immortality as the world’s greatest “death cheater.” 
      • Then we get a really fun twist: Kirsten gets her own arch-nemesis. Matt’s worried that their relationship is putting her in danger… and then she’s kidnapped. Except it’s not one of Matt’s villains—it’s the Lilac Killer, a serial killer Kirsten has been investigating. She’s thrilled, shouting, “I have my own arch-foe!” while Daredevil rescues her. It’s great. 
      • In Issue #14, the Matt/Daredevil identity line really starts blurring. Matt’s now showing up in court in a full red suit with a giant DD belt buckle, handing out Daredevil business cards—subtlety is dead. He’s asked to investigate a “bird-man predator,” which sends him into a team-up with Jubula Pride, the Owl’s daughter. They eventually discover the Owl himself has been kidnapped and wired into a massive surveillance system run by the Shroud, who is spiraling emotionally and spying on everyone through any electronic device. 
      • Daredevil and Jubula try taking the Shroud down but get overwhelmed. When they go to the deputy mayor for help, things get worse—Jubula gets mistaken for a child kidnapper because of events going all the way back to Issue #1. So now the cops are after both of them, and Jubula drops the bomb: there’s only one person who can help… Wilson Fisk. 
      • Then we get an out-of-order Issue 15.1—a couple of standalone stories from Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, and Marc Guggenheim—but we’ll save that one for this week’s spotlight. 
      • Back to the main story: Matt meets with Kingpin and asks for protection for himself and his friends from the Shroud. Fisk loves every second of this and demands payment. Matt gives him the wildest offer possible: “I offer you the death of Matt Murdock. Interested?”  Meanwhile, Foggy and Kirsten are ambushed and kidnapped by Ikari—the hyper-sensed assassin from Volume 3—now working for Fisk. And Kingpin has also secretly captured Julia Carpenter, the woman the Shroud is obsessed with. 
      • Jubula tracks Julia to the airport and tries to hand her over to the Shroud as a bargaining chip for her father, but Daredevil crashes the meeting, Julia refuses to go, and everything explodes. Matt returns to Fisk to negotiate but finds Ikari holding Foggy, Kirsten, and Julia hostage. Fisk wants to ditch their original terms and just watch Ikari kill Daredevil. The fight spills across San Francisco until the Shroud intervenes and kills Ikari—realizing Fisk has Julia. He proposes a truce with Matt to save the people they love. 
      • In the big finale, Daredevil disguises himself as Ikari to infiltrate Fisk’s stronghold. The ruse works… for about 30 seconds. Foggy starts fighting a guard, chaos erupts, and Fisk realizes Ikari is dead. But just then the Shroud broadcasts Fisk’s secret business dealings to the world—mirroring what he once did to Matt—and police storm the building. In the chaos, Daredevil gets the hostages free and escapes. 
      • The dust settles: Julia Carpenter takes down the Shroud with a poisoned kiss. The deputy mayor rescinds the arrest warrant and helps clean up Matt’s legal fallout. And Foggy and Matt share a grounded heart-to-heart about what it means for Matt to be “living in the light”. 

        • This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil Volume 4, Issue 15.1 July 2015

        Recap

        Why We Picked This Story

        Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions

        The Takeaway

        Its always dangerous when your hero is happy.

        Questions or comments

        We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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        THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

        Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

        The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

        Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

        Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

        DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

        https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

        https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

        1 hr 22 min
      • Murdock and Marvel: 2015 Part 1
        Episode 88 - Murdock and Marvel: 2015 Part 1

        2015 was a turning point for the American comic industry in a number of ways, and seems to be a satisfying place to wrap up our look at over 50 years of American comic books.  This year is in many ways a fulcrum that links the insular comics world that I grew up in with the fast-moving media-entwined and politically-charged environment of recent times. 

        The Year in Comics 

        Comics in Other Media

        DC Comics

        Other Publishers

        Sales & Industry Information

        Beginnings & Endings

        Eisner Awards

        Dan's Favorite

        The Year in Marvel

        TOTAL SERIES: 539

        TOTAL NEW SERIES: 383 
        TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 426
        SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 0 (Star Wars would reach 75). Only ASM and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl will make 50 otherwise
        THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Secret Wars (230), Black Vortex
        BEST SELLING COMICS: Star Wars #1

        Events & Happenings

        New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

        New Characters

        Series Ending

        Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

        • Passings: Herb Trimpe
        • ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jed MacKay

          • Dan's Favorite

           

          Next week: 2015 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

           

          Questions or comments

          We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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          THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

          Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

          The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

          Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

          Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

          DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

          https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

          https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

          1 hr 27 min
        • Murdock and Marvel: 2014 Part 2
          Episode 87 - Murdock and Marvel: 2014 Part 2

          2014 saw some sales figures that had not been achieved in decades, and pop culture was filled with comic book related movies and merchandise.  Marvel was dominant again, and along with DC again climbed back to nearly 70% of the total market share in comic shops. 

          This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2013.

           

          The Year in Daredevil 

          Appearances: Daredevil v3 #33-36, Daredevil #1.5, Daredevil v4 #1-9, Daredevil: Dark Knights #6-8, Daredevil: Road Warrior Infinite Comic #1-4 (or #0.1), Fantastic Four #2 and 5-6, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #200, Origin Sin #2-3 and #3.1, She-Hulk #4 and #8-9, Black Widow #7, Hulk #4, Captain America #25 

          Writer: Mark Waid and Chris Samnee (#33), Waid (#34-36 and #1-9) 

          Pencils: Jason Copeland (#33), Javier Rodriguez (#34 and #6-7), Chris Samnee (#35-36, #1-5 and #8-9), 

          Inks: Jason Copeland (#33), Alvaro Lopez (#34 and #6-7), Chris Samnee (#35-36, #1-5 and #8-9) 

          • The year picks up right where we left off in 2012 — Matt Murdock was in Kentucky looking for info on the Darkhold, a ancient mystical book tied to the Sons of the Serpent. He was looking to track down Jack Russell, a.k.a. Werewolf by Night, hoping for answers. But before finding him, Daredevil ends up in the middle of an angry mob attacking some so-called “monsters.” He tries to stop it, gets shot, and the “monsters” — led by Russell — end up saving him. Even using some sort of restoration spell on him. 
          • Once he’s patched up, Daredevil learns about missing Darkhold pages connected to a sorcerer named Lucien Sinclair. After a few magical trials, Matt takes Sinclair down, destroys his house, and handed Sinclair over to Russell — but keeps the pages for himself before heading back to New York. 
          • Back home, Matt and Kirsten McDuffie go bold — they take to the rooftops and broadcast a live message calling out the Sons of the Serpent. The Jester, who kicked this story off with a fake TV broadcast, is strung up on the side of a building which suggests Dardevil may be walking into a trap. Despite that, Daredevil wipes the floor with them and saves Kirsten from being gunned down by a helicopter for good measure. 
          • Meanwhile, Foggy’s cancer takes a bad turn. Two Serpent members step in with an experimental drug that temporarily saves him — but they want Daredevil’s help in exchange. One has a son on death row for a fire that killed twelve people, and they’re hoping Matt can help clear his name. Matt investigates the crime scene with Elektra’s help, fights Mamba and Constrictor, and then surprises everyone in court by admitting under oath that he’s Daredevil. 
          • That confession sets off total chaos. The Sons of the Serpent storm the courtroom, a mistrial is called, and Daredevil fights them off. He exposes their infiltration of the Justice Department, but the fallout costs him his law license in New York. Kirsten steps in and says, “Let’s get out of here,” and the two of them pack up for San Francisco. 
          • In April, we get a Daredevil 1.5 issue with 3 stories that are celebrating Daredevil’s 50th Anniversary and looking at possible futures for Matt Murdock. In “The King in Red” Daredevil takes on Jubula Pride (the Owl’s Daughter) after the rest of New York is blinded. He takes down Jubula and breaks the machine causing their sight to return. There’s a story from Brian Michael Bendis with art by Alex Maleev the form of a letter to a child from Stana Morgan – a woman who married Matt Murdock/Daredevil and was likely killed by Bullseye. Finally, in “The Last Will and Testament of Mike Murdock” has Matt and Foggy watching a video tape of Mike Murdock from back in the day. Written and Penciled by Karl & Kurt Kesel, Inked by Tom Palmer. 
          • In Daredevil Road Warrior – a 4-part limited series released digitally in February and March (and later reprinted as Daredevil #0.1) in which we get the trip from New York to San Francisco for Kirsten and Matt Murdock which was far from ordinary and included several stops and plenty of fighting. 
          • In May, we got the start of Volume 4 of Daredevil – with the same creative team that ended volume 3. Matt Murdock and Kirsten McDuffie are in San Francisco and started their own law office and Daredevil is fitting right in by saving little girls from kidnappings and/or bombs.   
          • Over the next few issues, Daredevil goes up against SF’s new kingpin of crime – The Owl – with the help of another blind vigilante The Shroud. At times it seems like Shroud and Daredevil are working together, other times they are fighting it out. It’s complicated, I guess. They take down the Owl but Max/Shroud is still looking for Julia Carpenter whom he’s in love with. Meanwhile Foggy, in a wheelchair and fake beard, comes to Matt’s and Kirsten’s new law office.  
          • In issue 5, we get a funeral for Foggy Nelson (though he’s not actually dead) after he confessed to wanting to “go out like a superhero” and then jumped into a big green machine Leapfrog used to attack San Francisco and was equipped with a bomb.  His jump allows the machine to explode safely while allowing Foggy to die a hero. 
          • In issues 6-7, we get a two-part story as part of the Original Sin crossover event.  Daredevil is back in New York and has a vision of his father hitting his mother while he was a baby. He seeks out his mother for answers and finds out she’s been arrested and is being sent to Wakanda. He investigates and uncovering a potentially illegal plot involving a US General and Wakandan officials, he confronts Queen Shuri about it and secures her release. Finally able to ask about the vision, he learns she left due to postpartum depression. The story ends with a heartfelt reconciliation between Maggie and her son. 
          • The year wraps up by setting up the next big arc — Kilgrave, the Purple Man, and his superpowered children — which spills into 2015. Which we’ll need to wait until then to discuss. 
          • Lastly, we’ll talk about the Daredevil: Dark Knights limited series. This 8-book collection contains three stories – the first story “Angels Unaware” is write and penciled by Lee Weeks and is about Daredevil braving a snowstorm to get a heart from a crashed helicopter meant for a young girl. The second story, titled “A man named Buggit” written and penciled by David Lapham in which Daredevil follows a 10-inch man who has stolen evidence needed to save a client. The final story is titled “In the Name of the King” and shows a team-up of Daredevil and Misty Knight in the Caribbean written by Jimmy Palmiotti and penciled by Thony Silas. Honestly the less said about the last story the better. 

            • This Week's Spotlight: No Spotlight This Week! Sorry.

            Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions

            The Takeaway

            From ICv2: Data substantiates the emerging gender parity within geek culture.

            Questions or comments

            We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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            THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

            Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

            The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

            Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

            Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

            DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

            https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

            https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

            1 hr 25 min
          • Murdock and Marvel: 2014 Part 1
            Episode 86 - Murdock and Marvel: 2014 Part 1

            2014 saw some sales figures that had not been achieved in decades, and pop culture was filled with comic book related movies and merchandise.  Marvel was dominant again, and along with DC again climbed back to nearly 70% of the total market share in comic shops. 

            The Year in Comics 

            Comics in Other Media

            DC Comics

            Other Publishers

            Sales & Industry Information

            Beginnings & Endings

            Eisner Awards

            Dan's Favorite

            The Year in Marvel

            TOTAL SERIES: 489

            TOTAL NEW SERIES: 354 
            TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 337
            SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 1 (Amazing Spider-Man 700.1)
            THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Original Sin (67), Death of Wolverine (23), Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (56), Spider-Verse (32), Trial of Jean Grey (6) and Inhumanity
            BEST SELLING COMICS: 

            • Amazing Spider-Man V3 #1
            • Rocket Racoon #1
            • Death of Wolverine #1

              • Events & Happenings

              New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

              New Characters

              Series Ending

              Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

              • Passings: Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg
              • ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Charles Soule

                • Dan's Favorite

                 

                Next week: 2014 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

                 

                Questions or comments

                We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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                THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

                Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

                The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

                Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

                Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

                DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

                https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

                https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

                1 hr 23 min
              • Murdock and Marvel: 2013 Part 2
                Episode 85 - Murdock and Marvel: 2013 Part 2

                It was a pretty monumental year in comics, in the opinion of your humble co-host.  2013 is probably the best year for new comics of the 21st century to date, with a ton of variety and quality.  And people noticed! 

                This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2013.

                 

                The Year in Daredevil 

                Appearances: Daredevil v3 #20-32, Daredevil: End of Days #2-8, Daredevil: Dark Knights #1-5, Avengers #34, New Avengers #33-34, Secret Avengers #34-35, Uncanny Avengers #2, Dark Avengers #187-188, Winter Soldier #13, Deadpool #11, Indestructible Hulk #9-10, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1, What if? AVX #1-4 

                Writer: Mark Waid (#20-31) Waid and Samnee (#32) 

                Pencils: Chris Samnee (#20-27 and #30-32), Javier Rodriguez (#28-29) 

                Inks: Chris Samnee (#20-27 and #31-32), Alvaro Lopez (#28), Javier Rodriguez (#29-30) 

                • The year kicks off right where 2012 left off — Daredevil’s been captured by a villain called Coyote, who has similar powers to the Spot and has literally separated Matt’s head from his body. Still alive, Matt learns Coyote’s been using his portals to smuggle weapons, drugs, and even people for cartels, with his main operation being human trafficking. Daredevil eventually escapes, shuts down Coyote’s control machine, and discovers that the real Spot is another victim of all this. The story ends with both villains vanishing before Matt can find out who’s behind it. 
                  • Next, Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius in Peter Parker’s body) shows up at Kirsten McDuffie’s request, worried Matt’s losing his grip. The two heroes clash briefly before teaming up to stop an upgraded (with Doc Ock tech) Stilt-Man. Afterward, Spider-Man tells Matt about Kirsten’s concerns, leading Matt to reconnect with Foggy, who reveals he may have cancer. 
                    • As Foggy’s diagnosis — Ewing’s Sarcoma — is confirmed, Matt continues investigating the group hunting him. Nelson & Murdock gets attacked, Kirsten breaks things off, and Matt’s approached by a mysterious man in an orange jumpsuit offering to take him to his enemies. 
                      • Turns out those enemies are led by Bullseye, who’s still alive but kept on life support. He’s been trying to recreate the accident that gave Daredevil his powers, creating a single enhanced warrior — Ikari — who nearly kills Matt in battle. The final showdown with Ikari and Lady Bullseye on Bullseye’s behalf ends with a building collapsing and Bullseye drowning in radioactive material that leaves him blinded and badly burned. 
                        • Next, Matt reconnects with his childhood bully Nate Hackett, now wrongfully accused due to former ties with the Sons of the Serpent. Matt helps him fight back in court, uncovering a Serpent plot and stopping a courthouse bombing in the process. 
                          • Late in the year we also get a fun one-shot where Daredevil teams up with the Silver Surfer to stop an alien named Ru’ach, who pretends to seek asylum on Earth but is really out to destroy it. During the story, Daredevil does get to ride the surfboard. 
                            • The year closes with The Jester inciting riots by doxxing jurors after a high-profile trial. Daredevil intervenes, only to discover the Sons of the Serpent are pulling the strings. With Foggy’s help Matt traces their roots to the Darkhold, an ancient spell book, and travels to Kentucky to meet Darkhold expert Jack Russell — a.k.a. Werewolf by Night when Dr. Strange isn’t able to provide much assistance. But before he can get answers, he’s shot while trying to save two so-called “monsters” from an angry mob. Not complete, this story will continue as we move into 2014.  
                              • The other big story that ran the first half of the year was called Daredevil End of Days. This 8-part limited series by some of my favorite Daredevil creators is absolutely amazing and deserves full attention from this week’s spotlight.    

                                • This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil End of Days #1 December 2012 “Part 1” through Daredevil End of Days #8 August 2013 “Part 8”

                                Recap

                                Why We Picked This Story

                                Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions

                                The Takeaway

                                Sometimes comics are pretty awesome.

                                Questions or comments

                                We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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                                THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

                                Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

                                The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

                                Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

                                Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

                                DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

                                https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

                                https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

                                1 hr 28 min
                              • Murdock and Marvel: 2013 Part 1
                                Episode 84 - Murdock and Marvel: 2013 Part 1

                                It was a pretty monumental year in comics, in the opinion of your humble co-host.  2013 is probably the best year for new comics of the 21st century to date, with a ton of variety and quality.  And people noticed! 

                                The Year in Comics 

                                Comics in Other Media

                                DC Comics

                                Other Publishers

                                Sales & Industry Information

                                Beginnings & Endings

                                Eisner Awards

                                Dan's Favorite

                                The Year in Marvel

                                TOTAL SERIES: 450

                                TOTAL NEW SERIES: 328 
                                TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 316
                                SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 2
                                THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Age of Ultron (19 issues) and Infinity (54 issues)
                                BEST SELLING COMICS: 

                                • Guardians of the Galaxy #1
                                • Superior Spider-Man #1
                                • Infinity #1
                                • X-Men #1
                                • Age of Ultron #1
                                • Uncanny X-Men #1

                                  • Events & Happenings

                                  New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

                                  New Characters

                                  Series Ending

                                  Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

                                  • ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Al Ewing

                                    • Dan's Favorite

                                     

                                    Next week: 2013 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

                                     

                                    Questions or comments

                                    We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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                                    THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

                                    Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

                                    The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

                                    Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

                                    Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

                                    DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

                                    https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

                                    https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

                                    1 hr 18 min
                                  • Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 2
                                    Episode 83 - Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 2

                                    2012 was a year when the big news in comics all happened outside of shops, with movie theaters and social media dominating the industry.

                                    This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2012.

                                     

                                    The Year in Daredevil 

                                    Appearances: Daredevil v3 #6-19, Daredevil: End of Days #1 Fantastic Four #600, New Avengers #19-24 and #30-31, Amazing Spider-Man #677, Punisher #7 and 10, Avengers #24, Avengers vs X-Men #1-4 and #7-9, Avenging Spider-Man #6, Hulk #50, AVX Vs #2, Daredevil Annual #1, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4, Secret Avengers #33 

                                    Writer: Mark Waid (#6-19) 

                                    Pencils: Marcos Martin (#6), Paolo Rivera (#7 and #9-10), Kano (#8), Khoi Pham (#10.1 and 13), Marco Checchetto (#11), Chris Samnee (#12, #14-16, and #18-19), Mike Allred (#17) 

                                    Inks: Marcos Martin (#6), Joe Rivera (#7 and #9-10), Kano (#8), Khoi Pham (#10.1), Marco Checchetto (#11), Chris Smanee (#12, #14-16 and #18-19), Tom Palmer (#13), Mike Allred (#17) 

                                    • 2012 Begins with the last couple books of the Omege Drive, MegaCrime Organizations and the Mutually Assured Destruction that allowed Daredevil and friends to get out of a sticky situation but also left a target on Daredevil’s back.  
                                    • In February, we get an award winning 1-shot where after Matt Murdock attends a holiday party, he volunteers to take some blind kids on a ski trip. The bus ends up getting into a crash and Daredevil tries to lead the kids out of the cold – but it ends up being the kids that save Murdock and themselves. 
                                    • In March, we get a two-part story that starts in Amazing Spider-Man #677 called “The Devil and the Details”. In it, we see Peter Parker lamenting his recent breakup with Carlie Cooper, trying to be cool with Black Cat (which goes horrible) and then seeking out Matt Murdock & Daredevil when Black Cat is arrested. She says she’s been frames for a break-in at Horizon Labs.   
                                    • After Black Cat breaks out of police custody, the three locate the inventor of stolen Holographic projector. He’s been poisoned and has little time to live. Spider-Man rushes him to a hospital while Black Cat and Daredevil secure the projector from members of Black Spectre and basically removing them as a threat. As a “reward” for helping, Black Cat and Daredevil passionately kiss with Spider-Man looking on and saying one of the best lines ever “I think this is my super villain origin.” They go back to Matt’s place but before anything happens – he’s called away to the graveyard of his father where some weird things are going on. Specifically, that his and other graves have been emptied. 
                                    • This leads us into the next story that involves heading underground and a confrontation with Mole Man. Mole Man is stealing coffins to try to find the love of his life Lorna whom he loved as Dr Harvey Elder and wants to be with. Daredevil ultimately “saves” the body of Lorna (and some diamonds) and returns to the surface. Upon going home, he reads a note from Black Cat admitting she was hired to steal the Omega Drive from him – but doesn’t and warns him to watch his back 
                                    • After a 10.1 book that acts as a lead-up, we get a 3-part crossover where Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Punisher team up in order to protect the Omega Drive from the Megacrime organizations with each book getting part of the story titled “The Omega Effect.” This will be our spotlight story this week. 
                                    • Next, we get a 1-shot story showing Matt Murdock and Kirsten McDuffie on a date – which goes well until a Black Spectre agent threatens the pair about the Omega Dive.
                                    • That leads to a giant battle in the middle of Time Square between himself (with the Omega Drive) and the 4 megacrime organizations while the events are broadcast throughout the city. The fight ends with a Black Spectre Agent securing the drive and leaving. Later, Daredevil kicks down the door of Avengers Mansion, where members of the New Avengers - Wolverine, Mockingbird, Spider-Man, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage - are changing out of Black Spectre uniforms and we learn the fight in Time Square was staged and the drive is destroyed.   
                                    • Turns out there are repercussions for losing Latveria a lot of laundered money and Daredevil is next abducted and being held at Castle Doom in Latveria by the Minister of Bank Chancellor Exchequer Beltran. After a failed escape attempt, Daredevil is eventually rescued by the Avengers but not before some nanobots are injected into Daredevil causing his senses to all but disappear.  
                                    • Back in America, Hank Pym shrinks to micro size and enters Murdock’s brain to fight the nanobots with the guidance of Dr Strange.  Despite some weird readings, Pym successfully destroy all the nanobots and Murdock’s senses start to return. Later, Murdock returns to Nelson & Murdock law offices where he’s confronted by Foggy Nelson saying he’s found Matt’s secret – showing him Jack Murdock’s remains and boxing gloves in Matt’s desk. A stunned Matt tries to tell Foggy he didn’t rob his own father’s grave, that he’s been set up, but Foggy will hear none of it. Foggy tells Matt that they’re through until Matt gets the help he needs. 
                                    • After a flashback story involving Stilt-man, we see Nelson and Murdock still at odds over the remains. Foggy’s worries about Matt’s mental state are increased because Matt calls him and says Milla Donovan is in apartment unaware of anything bad ever happening to her. Nelson agrees to go to the hospital where Milla was committed if Daredevil will look into a case involving a drug lord Hierra dying and an innocent nurse accused of murder.  
                                    • The year ends with Foggy telling Matt that he must have hallucinated Milla because he can see her inside her room at the hospital. Daredevil going after one of the drug lords bosses only to suspect Jardeim Salazar himself seemly falls down an elevator shaft trying to escape him. That leads to Daredevil dropping in on the only other Hierra’s bosses as he tries to consolidate power – Anthony Tortino. Daredevil tries to warn the men about their common enemy, but things quickly turn south. Daredevil believes it’s The Spot who’s doing all this and jumps into a circular black portal after Tortino but is knocked out. He awakens to his hands being cuffed behind a post. Daredevil shouts in rage that Spot is a dead man, but the black hands that abducted him pick his detached head and the tormentor introduces himself as Coyote. 

                                      • This Week's Spotlight: Avenging Spider-Man #6 June 2012 “The Omega Effect Part 1”, Punisher vol 9 #10 June 2012 “The Omega Effect Part 2” and Daredevil vol 3 #11 June 2012 “The Omega Effect Part 3” 

                                      Recap

                                      Why We Picked This Story

                                      Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions

                                      The Takeaway

                                      It is getting harder to separate comics from culture, to the detriment of the industry and its readers.

                                      Questions or comments

                                      We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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                                      THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

                                      Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

                                      The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

                                      Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

                                      Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

                                      DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

                                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

                                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

                                      https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

                                      https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

                                      1 hr 20 min
                                    • Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 1
                                      Episode 82 - Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 1

                                      2012 was a year when the big news in comics all happened outside of shops, with movie theaters and social media dominating the industry.

                                      The Year in Comics 

                                      Comics in Other Media

                                      • The Punisher: Dirty Laundry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAoBsIZ-M3A

                                        • DC Comics

                                        Other Publishers

                                        Sales & Industry Information

                                        Beginnings & Endings

                                        Eisner Awards

                                        Dan's Favorite

                                        The Year in Marvel

                                        TOTAL SERIES: 613

                                        TOTAL NEW SERIES: 450 
                                        TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 491
                                        SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 2
                                        THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Avengers vs. X-Men (71 books), Minimum Carnage (6)
                                        BEST SELLING COMICS: 

                                        • Uncanny Avengers #1 at 305,000. 
                                        • Also a lot of AvX

                                          • Events & Happenings

                                          New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

                                          New Characters

                                          Series Ending

                                          Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

                                          • ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Francesco Francavilla

                                            • Dan's Favorite

                                             

                                            Next week: 2012 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

                                             

                                            Questions or comments

                                            We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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                                            THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

                                            Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

                                            The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

                                            Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

                                            Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

                                            DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

                                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

                                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

                                            https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

                                            https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

                                            1 hr 13 min
                                          • Murdock and Marvel: 2011 Part 2
                                            Episode 81 - Murdock and Marvel: 2011 Part 2

                                            It was a quiet year in the comics world, but there were a lot of developments going on behind the scenes, and up on the screen.  Oh, and we did get ONE new character worth talking about… 

                                            This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2011.

                                             

                                            The Year in Daredevil 

                                            Appearances: Daredevil v2 #512, Daredevil v3 #1-5, Daredevil Reborn #1-4, Shadowland #5, Ultimate Avengers #15-18, Ultimate Spider-Man #150, Bullseye: Perfect Game #2, What if? 200 #1, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #15, Avengers #17, Vengeance #2, Captain America Corps #4-5, New Avengers #16, FF #11, Season One Guide #1 and the Spider-Man Chapter One graphic novel. 

                                            Writer: Andy Diggle (Reborn #1-4), Mark Waid (#1-5) 

                                            Pencils: David Gianfelice (Reborn #1-4), Paolo Rivera and Marcos Martin (#1), Paolo Rivera (#2-3), Marco Martin (#4-5) 

                                            Inks: David Gianfelice (Reborn #1-4), Marcos Martin and Joe Rivera (#1), Joe Rivera (#2-3), Marcos Martin (#4-5) 

                                            • 2011 begins with the final few issues of the Shadowland crossover event we talked about a couple weeks ago. In it, Murdock is the leader of the Hand and tries to use them for good in NYC but he’s corrupted by Snakeroot and “the Beast” and threatens to take down all of humanity before Iron Fist, Luke Cage and friends can stop him. Elektra smuggles Murdock’s lifeless body from the scene but who know he survives because Ben Urich gets a recording from Murdock saying he’s sorry for what happened and needs to get away to find the right path again. 
                                            • In March, we learn what happened to Murdock in a 4-part limited series entitles Daredevil Reborn. In it, we learn he’s been wandering the country by foot and by bus and has found his way to New Mexico and proves to be the only story we get outside New York. We’ll cover it as this week’s spotlight story. 
                                            • In September, we get issue #1 of Daredevil volume 3, a double sized issue from a new creative team. In this book we actually get 3 stories – “Here Comes…Daredevil” a 1-page recap of Daredevil history, “Man without Fear” in which Daredevil saves a mob bosses daughter from being abducted by the Spot during her wedding day but then Matt gets removed as lawyer from a case he’s working on because he’s Daredevil. Finally, in “Sometimes, in my dreams… I can See” Matt goes to his father’s grave site with Foggy. 
                                            • As volume 2 continues, Daredevil has a talk with Captain America, Steve Rogers, about what he did in New York during Shadowland and convinces him it won’t happen again. Next Daredevil investigates why no one else was willing to work on the Jobrani case he was removed from. Turns out other lawyers who considered it were being threatened and supposedly Jobrani is hearing voices. After a run-in with the Klaw – who was the one causing Jobrani to hear voices, Murdock decides the best way he can help people is coaching them to represent themselves in court. After working with Jobrani, he wins his court case and Matt decides this is the new way forward for Nelson & Murdock. 
                                            • Meeting with new potential clients under their new business model, Murdock meats with Austin Cao, a blind man who was working as a linguist for Midas Investments before he was abruptly fired. While that initially doesn’t look like much of a case, some men try to murder Austin and Matt while they are talking which causes Matt to take the case as Daredevil. Matt dispatches the mercenaries and he hides Austin at his apartment.  
                                            • There he learns Austin overheard parts of a plot by Midas to broker a deal between Hydra, A.I.M., Black Spector, Zodiac and possibly other crime organizations. Daredevil confronts Austin’s old boss Mr. Randall who tells him he was only trying to protect Austin by firing him. More Midas mercenaries attack Randall who realizes what he’s done, and Daredevil must fight them off including Bruiser, an up-and-coming mercenary with powers trying to make a name for himself.  
                                            • This story ends in early 2012 with a face-off between Daredevil and the 5 megacrime organizations using the threat of mutually assured destruction. He tells them they’re going to let him and his friends go, because in order for one of them to take the Omega drive, they’ll have to kill the other four agents and inevitably start a gang war. The agents lower their weapons and Daredevil walks out with Randall and Austin. He tells the terrorists that if their bosses want the Omega drive, they know where to find him. 

                                              • This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil Reborn #1 from March 2011 “Reborn, Chapter One” through Daredevil Reborn #4 July 2011 “Reborn, Chapter Four” 

                                              Recap

                                              Why We Picked This Story

                                              Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions

                                              The Takeaway

                                              It's time for a reset at Marvel! New characters, new directions, etc. 

                                              Questions or comments

                                              We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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                                              THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES 

                                              Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/. 

                                              The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts. 

                                              Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data. 

                                              Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

                                              DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

                                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

                                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

                                              https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

                                              https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/ 

                                              1 hr 25 min

                                            About Comics Over Time

                                            From the publisher's feed

                                            Each week Dan, Duane and Siena bring you a look at comics new and old! Since 2021 we have been discussing comics, TV and film. For 2024 Duane and Dan are focusing on Marvel history that centers on Daredevil, and Siena and Dan are keeping up with current happenings in the Marvel Comics Universe. Our previous seasons are also available here: Phases of the Moon Knight covered the Moon Knight character in comics and TV, and our MCU Review saw us comparing the Phase 1 thru Phase 4 Marvel Cinematic Universe films with the comics that inspired them.