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Murdock and Marvel: 2016

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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

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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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