Murdock and Marvel: 2012 Part 1

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 The Punisher: Dirty Laundry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAoBsIZ-M3A 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 [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/