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Murdock and Marvel: 2015 Part 1


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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

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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/ 

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    Comics Over TimeBy Duane Eckholm and Dan Newland