Murdock and Marvel: 2003 Part 1

Episode 64 - Murdock and Marvel: 2003 Part 1 It was a crazy year in America, with the Gulf War and the Patriot Act in the news, and over a billion dollars spent on comic-based movies. But in the actual world of American comics, 2003 was that most beautiful to things – a stable, productive year filled with fantastic and influential stories. 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: 219 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 147 TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 119 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): None! BEST SELLING COMICS: Ultimate Fantastic Four #1, Avengers/JLA #1 and #2, Wolverine #1, ASM 500, Marvel 1602 #1-5. Wolvie #1 was 9th and #2 was 66th Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Olivier Coipel Dan's Favorite Next week: 2003 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/