Episode Details

It's 1975. Things are improving a bit in the world but in comics the race continues to fill up newsstands. With that, we start seeing more company causalities if you weren't D.C. or Marvel. We have 2 comic gods duking it out in the rookie of the year and in the spotlight this week, we see Daredevil take on... A comic book character!?!?!

Preshow

• Recap of Dan and Sienna's C2E2 and their panel

The Year in Comics 

The Big Stories

Industry Trends

1975 Top 10 comics

The Year in Marvel

Average of about 40 comics per month published, for a total of 474.  Most were in the Marvel Universe.  Tons of new titles, and also tons of cancellations.  They were trying for new markets and new readers.

New Titles (and lots of reprints)

Series Ending

New Characters

Big Moments

Who's in the Bullpen

• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: John Byrne

The Year in Daredevil 

Appearances: Daredevil #117-128, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #8, Giant-Size Defenders #3, Thor #233, Defenders #24-25

• A number of writers worked on Daredevil this year: Starting with Chris Claremont and Steve Gerber in 117, Gerry Conway in 118, Tony Isabella in 119-122, Len Wein and Marv Wolfman in 124. Marv Wolfman finished the year as writer.
• William Robert (Bob) Brown provides art for most of those and is joined by Klaus Jansen starting with issue #124 
• The year starts with the Owl trying to steal Daredevils mind but he agrees to release him if Black Widow kidnaps someone – who turns out to be Shanna the She-Devil. The two women work together to trick the Owl and save Daredevil. 
• Daredevil lost his billy club at the end of last year, but it returns thanks to Ivan Petrovich. Though Black Widow returns to San Francisco. 
• Next Daredevil takes on the Circus of Crime and saves New York City from being hypnotized and lose all their money. Though one member – Blackwing gets away. 
• Daredevil then sees Pop Fenton, his dad’s old trainer, and attempts to save him and his former boxer – now priest – Father Gawaine from Juan Aponte who’s been working with a doctor who’s recreated Iron Man villain the Crusher strength formula. After the battle, he dies in Pop Fenton’s arms. 
• New Years arrives and Black Widow comes to visit and they attend a New Year’s Eve party thrown by Foggy Nelson – though Widow isn’t happy about it. Though it was for the best because agents of Hydra attack being led by El Jaguar. We learn they are after Foggy because SHIELD is intending to have him join their advisory committee. Eventually Foggy is captured by Hydra when Foggy gives himself up to save Black Widow from the Dreadnought. 
• Black Widow and Daredevil scour the city looking for Foggy and end up fighting El Jaguar and Blackwing who turns out to be the son of Supreme Hydra – Silvermane – as Fury’s forces head into a trap. They are able to avoid the trap with Life Model Decoys. 
• In a final battle with Hydra, the Black Widow destroys the Dreadnought by shooting it in its only weak spot. Daredevil then goes up against Jackhammer and easily defeats him. El Jaguar is knocked out by Dum Dum Dugan, and Man-Killer is incapacitated when Ivan places a jamming device on her exoskeleton. With their plan failing, Blackwing and Silvermane make a hurried escape and the remaining Hydra agents are captured. 
• Next Daredevil takes on Copperhead – a real life recreation of a 1930s comic book. This two book arc is this week’s spotlight. 
• A new Torpedo show up looking to complete an important mission but when he’s killed during a battle with Daredevil, former pro quarterback Brock Jones takes the costume and wants to complete the mission. Those two then fight as Jones attempts to explain the mission. In the