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This week we enter continue with the massive expansion era for Marvel and the Direct Market, with important new creators, new companies, and a whole lot of turtles…its 1984! 

The Year in Comics 

Notable and Newsworthy

Industry Trends

• Cartoon Art Museum: https://www.cartoonart.org/

Eagle Awards

Dan's Favorite

The Year in Marvel

Events & Happenings

• Box Brown’s “The He-Man Effect”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250261403/thehemaneffect 

New Titles

New Characters

Series Ending

Who's in the Bullpen

• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Arthur Adams

Dan's Favorite

The Year in Daredevil 

Appearances: Daredevil #202-213, Incredible Hulk #291 and 293, Defenders #127, Spider-Man and Daredevil Special Edition #1, Marvel Team-up #140-141, Elektra Saga #3-4, Marvel Age #17 

Writing credits: Denny O’Neill (202, 204-207, 211-213), Steven Grant (203), Harlan Ellison and Arthur Byron Cover (208), Arthur Byron Cover (209), Denny O’Neill and David Mazzucchelli (210) 

Pencilers: William Johnson (202, 205, 207), Geof Isherwood (203), Luke McDonnell (204), David Mazzucchelli (206, 208-13) 

Inks: Danny Bulanadi (202-206, 208-11, 213), Bulanadi and Mel Candido (207), Bulanadi and Pat Redding (212) 

• The year starts and ends with Micah Synn – Chief of an East African Kingorge Tribe who are also descendants of British explorers who have been isolated until very recently. Synn, his two wives and a group of other followers have traveled to the United States. Many of the books this year chronicle Synn turning from a media darling to a wanted criminal hunted by Daredevil and Kingpin. 
• It starts off in Assistant Editor’s month where we meet Micah Synn, his group and Professor Horactio Piper who wants to Enlist Nelson & Murdock to help with legal documents for Synn and company. Synn gets arrested for stealing food and then attacking a store owner as well as 3 police officers, upon release one of Micah’s wives walks into the street and is hit by a car. At the hospital, Synn attacks another office before Daredevil intervenes.  
• One of the few detours from the Synn story, Daredevil takes on a new foe – The Trump – whom has one of Daredevil’s childhood bullies is accused of helping. Daredevil stops Trump from taking a shipment of weapons. After being confronted by Foggy, Murdock drops Schmidt as a client. 
• Back to Synn, An assassination attempt on the chief that has ties to his family is thwarted by Daredevil and Debbie Harris throws a party and becomes infatuated with the Synn. 
• Next we meet Glorianna O’Breen, Debbie Harris’ niece from Ireland, who is in New York over concerns she’s in danger after her father is killed. Which turns out to be true. Daredevil saves her from being abducted and then saves her from a friend of her father’s that turns out to be a killer called the Gael. 
• Micah Synn and company crash a Christmas Party and Matt Murdock’s house which leads to a stolen kiss with Debbie Harris and another battle between Daredevil (aided by Kingpin no less) and Synn. 
• Another side story, As Daredevil must find a Russian defector and stolen microchip for Hydra in order to save a captured Black Widow. Daredevil finds the defector but not the chip and instead saves widow without it and the pair take down the Hydra agents who captured her. 
• Next Daredevil stumbles into a murder house trap set by the mother of a former villain. This story will be our spotlight story for the week. 
• Back to Synn, Chief Micah files a restraining order against Da