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April 11, 2025 Daredevil Born Again Episode 8
Episode 60 - Daredevil Born Again Episode 8
Welcome to a special edition of the Comics Over Time podcast. We'll be discussing Daredevil Born Again episode 8 that was released on Disney+ on April 8th.
Initial Thoughts
1:00 Recap and Blurbs
Episode 8: Isle of Joy (9.2 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: At his inaugural Black and White Ball, Mayor Fisk tightens his grip on New York City.
Dan’s Non-Wikipedia, Non-AI Recap
Discussion Topics
Double Agent BB Urich
Empathize with Dex?
Fisk and Vanessa
Use of Color - Blue, Red and White
What good men do
Big Question:
Is Daredevil a good guy this week?
Next Week:
Daredevil Born Again Episode 9 - Season Finale
Releases on Disney+ on April 15th
Podcast Release on Friday, April 18th

Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
1 hr 1 min
April 04, 2025 Daredevil Born Again Episode 7
Episode 59 - Daredevil Born Again Episode 7
Welcome to a special edition of the Comics Over Time podcast. We'll be discussing Daredevil Born Again episode 7 that was released on Disney+ on April 1st.
Initial Thoughts
1:00 Recap and Blurbs
Episode 7: With Interest (8.2 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: Daredevil is back and races Fisk to stop Muse from killing again.
Dan’s Non-Wikipedia, Non-AI Recap
Discussion Topics
So many lies. "All feels fake."
Fight Choreography
The "Thin Dark Line"
Did Vanessa betray Luca or try to betray Wilson?
The Powers Act next?
David Mack art
Big Question:
Are we already done with Muse? And if so, what was the point?
Next Week:
Daredevil Born Again Episode 8
Releases on Disney+ on April 8th
Podcast Release on Friday, April 11th

Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
1 hr 5 min
March 28, 2025 Daredevil Born Again Episodes 5 and 6
Episode 58 - Daredevil Born Again Episodes 5 and 6
Welcome to a special edition of the Comics Over Time podcast. We'll be discussing Daredevil Born Again episodes 5 and 6 that were released on Disney+ on March 25th.
Initial Thoughts
1:00 Recap and Blurbs
Episode 5: With Interest (8.3 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: A day in the life of Matt Murdock gets intense, forcing him to team up with a familiar face.
Episode 2: Excessive Force (9.0 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: When a serial killer terrorizes the streets of New York, the city needs a savior.
Dan’s Non-Wikipedia, Non-AI Recap
Discussion Topics
Yusuf and a Bank Heist
Bottle Episode
Matt Murdock, lawyer who does everything
D'Onofrio is on his game
Returning to their nature
Next Week:
Daredevil Born Again Episode 7
Releases on Disney+ on April 1st
Podcast Release on Friday, April 4th

Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
1 hr
March 21, 2025 Daredevil Born Again Episode 4
Episode 57 - Daredevil Born Again Episode 4
Welcome to a special edition of the Comics Over Time podcast. We'll be discussing Daredevil Born Again episode 4 that was released on Disney+ on March 18th.
Initial Thoughts
1:00 Recap and Blurbs
Episode 4: Sic Semper Systema (8.6 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk’s darker halves fight to be unleashed.
Dan’s Non-Wikipedia, Non-AI Recap
Discussion Topics
David Feige
Bodega Holdup
Daniel Blake
Say His Name
Matt Murdock, Lawyer and Lover
Adam
Big Question:
What would Jack Kirby have thought about this?

Next Week:
Daredevil Born Again Episode 5 (and maybe 6)
Releases on Disney+ on March 25th
Podcast Release on Friday, March 28th

Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
58 min
March 14, 2025 Daredevil Born Again Episode 3
Episode 56 - Daredevil Born Again Episode 3
Welcome to a special edition of the Comics Over Time podcast. We'll be discussing Daredevil Born Again episodes 3 that were released on Disney+ on March11th.
Initial Thoughts
1:00 Recap and Blurbs
Episode 3: The Hollow of His Hand (8.8 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: The trial of Hector Ayala begins. Fisk’s old business associates seek to claim his vacant mantle.
Dan’s Non-Wikipedia, Non-AI Recap
Discussion Topics
Matt the Lawyer
The Big Swing
The Police Punisher Cult
The White Tiger, Vigilantism and Community Power
The Corruption of Vanessa Marianna-Fisk
Punisherment
Big Question:
What were the changes? Did Episode One Even Matter?

Next Week:
Daredevil Born Again Episode 4
Releases on Disney+ on March 18th
Podcast Release on Friday, March 21th

Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
1 hr 15 min
March 07, 2025 Daredevil Born Again Episodes 1 and 2
Episode 55 - Daredevil Born Again Episodes 1 and 2
Welcome to a special edition of the Comics Over Time podcast. We'll be discussing Daredevil Born Again episodes 1 and 2 that were released on Disney+ on March 4th.
Initial Thoughts
Daredevil Recap from IGN: https://youtu.be/afubQp0VeKc?si=YwvKjyTyFHx0Lhau
1:00 Recap and Blurbs
Episode 1: Heaven’s Half Hour (8.8 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: Matt Murdock gives up the mask. Wilson Fisk has his sights set to new heights.
Episode 2: Optics (8.7 rating on IMDB)
The Disney+ blurp: Matt Murdock gets a new client who’s more than he claims to be. Fisk learns the power of optics.
Discussion Topics
Disjointed From Season 3
New Support System
Fights look Different
A Line was Cross - Violence
Music Choices
Devil's Reign - Mayor Kingpin
Disney+ with Ads
White Tiger Story and Memoriam
Daredevil even out of Costume
Next Week:
Daredevil Born Again Episode 3
Releases on Disney+ on March 11th
Podcast Release on Friday, March 14th

Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
1 hr 3 min
March 05, 2025Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 2
Episode 54 - Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 2
The year 2001 has a dark shadow over it, and there are elements of this year that are pretty rough, because as the year closed comic books were trying to make sense of and deal with 9/11 just like the rest of America. But the start of the year brought a lot of great entertainment and for the first time in years sales held steady (mostly)
This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2001.

The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #14-26, Daredevil / Spider-Man #1-4, Daredevil: Yellow #1-5, Daredevil: Ninja #2-3, Marvel Knights #7-9 and #11-15, Black Widow #2-3, Spider-Man and Mysterio #1-3, X-Men #109, Big Town #4, Deadpool #52, Black Panther #31, Elektra #1, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #7-8, 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #1 and 4, Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #2 and Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #3.
Writing: David Mack (#14-15), Brian Michael Bendis (#16-19 and #26) Bob Gale (#20-25)
Pencils: Joe Quesada and David Ross (#14), Ross (#15 and #23-25), David Mack (#16-19), Phil Winslade (#20-22), Alex Maleev (#26)
Inks: Mark Morales (#14-15) David Mack and Morales (#15) Mack and Pond Scum (#17) Mack (#18-19), James Hodgkins (#20-22), Hodgkins and Mark Pennington (#23), Pennington (#24-25), Alex Maleev (#26)
After the wrap-up of the Parts of a hole storyline that included a trail of Kingpin before he’s eventually blinded by Maya Lopez aka Echo, we get our first story from Brian Michael Bendis with David Mack moving over to art. The 4-book story, Titled Wake Up, is a fantastically told and beautifully brought to page by the creative team. It doesn’t really have any action and is really only loosely about Daredevil. Interesting, right? This is, without a doubt, worth spotlighting this week – so we’ll talk more about it then.
The other main story we get this year is called Playing to the Camera in which Daredevil is sued by rich philanthropist Samuel Griggs and wants to retain Nelson and Murdock (specifically Matt Murdock) as his lawyer. Matt reluctantly agrees as he knows he wasn’t involved with destroying the man’s greenhouse and plants and wants to figure out who’s behind it. As Daredevil, he hires a lawyer and they have their days in court surrounded by a media circus.
The trial ends with 3 daredevils in the courtroom - Murdock as himself holding a video tape of himself as Daredevil earlier that morning, Peter Parker in a Daredevil costume with the defense attorney and a third Daredevil who crashes a window, admits to the property damage, offers the $50k needed to fix it and then reveals his true identity as Terrance Hillman. Confused? So is Murdock and Nelson. Apparently, Hillman decided on his own to dress up as Daredevil and crash the courtroom. He then used the reveal and announced retirement to swing fame and fortune (and help out the real Daredevil). We also learn that Hillman didn’t destroy the property either and that the Ringmaster was behind everything. He was testing his ability to implant false memories in people.
One interesting side note about the first issue of the Playing with Camera storyline. A second story appears in the issue “My Brother’s Keeper” written by Stan Lee and Kevin Hall with art by Gene Colan. In the short story, we see Daredevil and Spider-Man during a night out.
We did get one more book in December from Brian Michael Bendis but we’ll save that for next year’s discussion.
Finally In Daredevil: Yellow we get a 6-book story in which Matt is writing letters to the late Karen Page about the early days of Daredevil and the Nelson and Murdock law firm as a way to find forgiveness for everything that happened between them. The story, by Jeph Loeb, artist Tim Sale and colors by Matt Hollingsworth, is another retailing of the first handful of issues from Daredevil volume 1 that ends with the Purple Man story and Matt finding the forgiveness he needs.
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #16 May 2001 - #19 August 2001 “Wake Up”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions
The Takeaway
Writers are the key.
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/
55 min
February 27, 2025Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 1
Episode 53 - Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 1
The year 2001 has a dark shadow over it, and there are elements of this year that are pretty rough, because as the year closed comic books were trying to make sense of and deal with 9/11 just like the rest of America. But the start of the year brought a lot of great entertainment and for the first time in years sales held steady (mostly)
Preshow
The Year in Comics
Notable and Newsworthy
Sales & Industry Information
Beginnings & Endings
Eisner Awards
Dan's Favorite
The Year in Marvel
TOTAL SERIES: 176
TOTAL NEW SERIES: 127
TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 117
THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Eve of Destruction (A cure for the Legacy Virus has been released, providing Magneto with a brand new army of healthy mutants ready to wage a final battle against humanity)
BEST SELLING COMICS: Heroes Special, Wolverine: The Origin, Amazing Spider-Man #36. Outside those, 31 of the top 39 issues for the year had an “X-“ in their title, including 8-27.
Events & Happenings
New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)
New Characters
Series Ending
Who's in the Bullpen/Passings
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: J. Michael Straczynski
Dan's Favorite

Next week: 2001 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 15 min
February 19, 2025Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 2
Episode 52 - Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 2
The new millenium started with some big endings, and comic book sales kept slipping this year. But 2000 featured some big developments that would point the way to the future of comics. Welcome to the Oughts, everyone!
This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 2000.

The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #10-13, Earth X #10-12 and X, Fantastic Four #27, Avenger #27, Essential Fantastic Four #3, Marvel Knights #5-6, Daredevil: Ninja #1, Maximum Security #1, and Nick Fury: Agent of Shield graphic novel.
Writing: David Mack (#10 – 11 and 13), Quesada and Palmiotti (12)
Pencils: Joe Quesada (#10 – 11 and 13), Rob Haynes (12)
Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti (#10 – 11), Rob Haynes (12), Mike Morales (13)
A very light year for Daredevil as the main run only released four books this year – all part of the Parts of a Hole storyline started in December 1999. The story would continue until March 2001 when Parts of a Hole conclusion called Vision would reach stores. Visions will be our spotlight for this week.
Issue 12, Gun Play, feels like a fill-in story covering a series of vignettes about Hell’s Kitchen residents (featuring some very adult themes) while Echo and Daredevil fight rooftop-to-rooftop that was written by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art by Rob Haynes. Although it was well written, it does stall the pacing of the story for an issue.
Outside of the main title, many of the Daredevil appearances this year were reprints including the Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller collection that was released in October which included 10 stories from the Frank Miller era and a second printing of the Punisher kills the Marvel Universe graphic novel.
One other original story was started in December and spilled over into 2001 - Daredevil: Ninja which was a limited series written by Brian Michael Bendis and Rob Hayes that saw Daredevil dealing with the Hand and reuniting with Stone in Japan. When the scene shifts back to New York, Baby Karen (From Daredevil Vol.2 #1-8) turns out to be the next great hero of Japan.
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil volume 2 #15 March 2001 “Parts of a Hole Conclusion: Vision”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions
The Takeaway
A lot of great work can get done when expectations are low and no one is watching.
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/
https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Mack
1 hr 13 min
February 12, 2025Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 1
Episode 51 - Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 1
The new millenium started with some big endings, and comic book sales kept slipping this year. But 2000 featured some big developments that would point the way to the future of comics. Welcome to the Oughts, everyone!
Preshow
The Year in Comics
Notable and Newsworthy
Sales & Industry Information
Beginnings & Endings
Eisner Awards
Dan's Favorite
The Year in Marvel
2000 was a year of big changes at Marvel Comics. Bill Jemas was promoted to President, and replaced Bob Harras with Joe Quesada.
TOTAL SERIES: 170
TOTAL NEW SERIES: 121
TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 120
HIGHEST ISSUE NUMBER: 387 (UXM)
THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Apocalypse: The Twelve, Maximum Security
BEST SELLING COMICS: X-Men and Uncanny X-Men
Events & Happenings
New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)
New Characters
Series Ending
Who's in the Bullpen/Passings
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Brian Michael Bendis
Dan's Favorite

Next week: 2000 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.
------------------
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/
https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Mack
1 hr 22 min

About Comics Over Time

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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.

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