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Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 1


Season 4 Episode 82


Episode 82 - Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 1

2012 was a year when the big news in comics all happened outside of shops, with movie theaters and social media dominating the industry.

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: 613
TOTAL NEW SERIES: 450 
TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 491
SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 2
THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Avengers vs. X-Men (71 books), Minimum Carnage (6)
BEST SELLING COMICS: 

  • Uncanny Avengers #1 at 305,000. 
  • Also a lot of AvX

Events & Happenings

New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

New Characters

Series Ending

Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

  • ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Francesco Francavilla

Dan's Favorite

 

Next week: 2012 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

 

Questions or comments

We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.

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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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