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Its 1973, which was a tumultuous and eventful year for America.  We left Vietnam without winning, VP Spiro Agnew resigned in disgrace and the US dollar was devalued, while momentous events such as Roe v Wade, Nixon visiting China and Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs.  By end of year Nixon has resigned and the US has begun to slip into its first recession since the post-War boom of the 40s.  Lost in all of that were some pretty important moments for the comics world, including the Miller v California case, which would directly affect the comics world.  Buckle up, folks, this year is a bumpy one. 

Preshow

• Duane recommends Fallout TV Show on Amazon Prime
• https://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Season-1/dp/B0CN4HV16N

The Year in Comics 

This was a crazy year for comics, with major changes in the economy, the law and society at large impacting the industry.

The Big Stories

Comic Fan Art Awards (formerly Goethe Awards)

Shazam Winners

The Year in Marvel

New Titles (and lots of reprints)

New Characters

Big Moments

Who's in the Bullpen

• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Doug Moench

The Year in Daredevil 

Appearances: Daredevil #95-106, Avengers #111

• Gerry Conway (writer) and Gene Colan start the year off in there usual roles with Roy Thomas editing, but that changes several times throughout this year. 
• The year starts with the Man-Bull heading to San Francisco to exact revenge on Daredevil and create an army of serum created creatures from unsuspecting San Franciscans.  
• Next we see the tragic tale of Mordacai Jones and he’s transformation into Daredevil’s newest foe – the Dark Messiah. He then frees some prisoners to create his disciples of Doom to go after Daredevil. Daredevil is able to defeat him by reminding him of the teenager he used to be. 
• Hawkeye comes to San Francisco looking to rekindle a romance with Black Widow which causes a fight between Daredevil and Hawkeye before several other Avengers show up asking for Daredevil’s help.  
• In Avengers #111, Daredevil and Black Widow help take down Magneto and free the X-Men and Avengers he had taken control of. 
• After helping the Avengers, Daredevil returns to San Francisco while Black Widow stays with the Avengers 
• For Daredevil’s big 100th issue, we get the psychedelic spectacular featuring another new villain – Angar the Screamer who can cause hallucinations by screaming. Daredevil is the only one that can remember the hallucinations after they’ve ended. Black Widow returns, but Angar causes DD and Widow to fight while he escapes. 
• While looking for Angar the Screamer, Daredevil and Black Widow must take on Stilt-Man (again) to save the original creator of the suit tech (and his daughter) and before Stilt-Man can use his molecular condenser. 
• Peter Parker comes to San Francisco to interview Daredevil but his web slinging skills are needed to help Daredevil and Black Widow take on Ramrod – a former oil rig worker who had his skeleton replaced with steel after an accident.  He’s after some papers Daredevil is holding but ends up falling from a tall building allowing him to be captured by police. 
• Another issue, another new villain for the shadowy figure. This time it’s Kraven the Hunter. Who gets the better of Black Widow and Murdock/Daredevil at a dinner party hosted by Matt’s senior partner Kerwin Broderick. Kraven throws Daredevil off a cliff… 
• But ends up in the secret layer of Moon Dragon who thinks Daredevil is a minion of Thanos but after probing his mind (and a gunshot wound) realizes that she’s been manipulated by Kerwin Broderick for his own ends. 
• The year ends in a cliffh