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Murdock and Marvel: 1985

Season 4 Episode 23

Episode 23 - Murdock and Marvel: 1985

This year Marvel is all about the cash grab, and so we get Secret Wars II, a bunch of vaguely copyright-infring…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1984

Season 4 Episode 22

Episode 22 - Murdock and Marvel: 1984

This week we enter continue with the massive expansion era for Marvel and the Direct Market, with important new…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1983

Season 4 Episode 21

Episode 21 - Murdock and Marvel: 1983

This year things really start to accelerate in the comics world, as the direct market kicks into high gear. Mar…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1982

Season 4 Episode 20

Episode 20 - Murdock and Marvel: 1982

Have you noticed that every year for about a decade we have been recounting the impending death of the comic in…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1981

Season 4 Episode 19

Episode 19 - Murdock and Marvel: 1981

Welcome, my friends, to the dawning of a new Golden Age for Marvel Comics! Researching this episode was also a …

1 year, 6 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1980

Season 4 Episode 18

Episode 18 - Murdock and Marvel: 1980

It’s a rough time for America and for comics in general, but big things are happening at Marvel this year, and …

1 year, 6 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1979

Season 4 Episode 17

Episode 17 - Murdock and Marvel: 1979

This week the industry tries to pick itself back up after the disastrous DC implosion, the Direct Market starts…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1978

Season 4 Episode 16

Episode 16 - Murdock and Marvel: 1978

This week Marvel starts to steady the ship, even as the Distinguished Competition is kneecapped by their corpor…

1 year, 7 months ago

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for May 19-25

Episode 89

Marvel Unlimited for May 19-25 

Dan and Siena return after a month away, and immediately dig into a number of new first issues, including the constan…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Murdock and Marvel: 1977

Season 4 Episode 15

Episode 15 - Murdock and Marvel: 1977

Its 1977, and this week we see the dawn of a number of very influential independent titles, and Marvel and DC c…

1 year, 8 months ago

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