Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 1
from Comics Over Time Hosted by Duane Eckholm and Dan Newland
Episode 53 - Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 1 The year 2001 has a dark shadow over it, and there are elements of this year that are pretty rough, because as the year closed comic books were trying to make sense of and deal with 9/11 just like the rest of America. But the start of the year brought a lot of great entertainment and for the first time in years sales held steady (mostly) Preshow The Year in Comics Notable and Newsworthy Sales & Industry Information Beginnings & Endings Eisner Awards Dan's Favorite The Year in Marvel TOTAL SERIES: 176 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 127 TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 117 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Eve of Destruction (A cure for the Legacy Virus has been released, providing Magneto with a brand new army of healthy mutants ready to wage a final battle against humanity) BEST SELLING COMICS: Heroes Special, Wolverine: The Origin, Amazing Spider-Man #36. Outside those, 31 of the top 39 issues for the year had an “X-“ in their title, including 8-27. Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: J. Michael Straczynski Dan's Favorite Next week: 2001 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ 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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Episode 53 - Murdock and Marvel: 2001 Part 1 The year 2001 has a dark shadow over it, and there are elements of this year that are pretty rough, because as the year closed comic books were trying to make sense of and deal with 9/11 just like the rest of America. But the start of the year brought a lot of great entertainment and for the first time in years sales held steady (mostly) Next week: 2001 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil
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