Murdock and Marvel: 2014 Part 1

Episode 86 - Murdock and Marvel: 2014 Part 1 2014 saw some sales figures that had not been achieved in decades, and pop culture was filled with comic book related movies and merchandise. Marvel was dominant again, and along with DC again climbed back to nearly 70% of the total market share in comic shops. 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: 489 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 354 TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 337 SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 1 (Amazing Spider-Man 700.1) THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Original Sin (67), Death of Wolverine (23), Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (56), Spider-Verse (32), Trial of Jean Grey (6) and Inhumanity BEST SELLING COMICS: Amazing Spider-Man V3 #1 Rocket Racoon #1 Death of Wolverine #1 Events & Happenings New Titles (Ongoing and Limited) New Characters Series Ending Who's in the Bullpen/Passings Passings: Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Charles Soule Dan's Favorite Next week: 2014 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/