Comics Over Time
Each week Dan, Duane and Siena bring you a look at comics new and old! Since 2021 we have been discussing comics, TV and film. For 2024 Duane and Dan are focusing on Marvel history that centers on Daredevil, and Siena and Dan are keeping up with current happenings in the Marvel Comics Universe. Our previous seasons are also available here: Phases of the Moon Knight covered the Moon Knight character in comics and TV, and our MCU Review saw us comparing the Phase 1 thru Phase 4 Marvel Cinematic Universe films with the comics that inspired them. Tuesdays - What’s New in Marvel Unlimited: Digital debuts in the MU App Thursdays - Murdock and Marvel: A history of Marvel Comic
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Wednesday May 01, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1975
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Episode 13 - Murdock and Marvel: 1975
It's 1975. Things are improving a bit in the world but in comics the race continues to fill up newsstands. With that, we start seeing more company causalities if you weren't D.C. or Marvel. We have 2 comic gods duking it out in the rookie of the year and in the spotlight this week, we see Daredevil take on... A comic book character!?!?!
Preshow
Recap of Dan and Sienna's C2E2 and their panel
The Year in Comics
The Big Stories
Industry Trends
1975 Top 10 comics
The Year in Marvel
Average of about 40 comics per month published, for a total of 474. Most were in the Marvel Universe. Tons of new titles, and also tons of cancellations. They were trying for new markets and new readers.
New Titles (and lots of reprints)
Series Ending
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: John Byrne
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #117-128, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #8, Giant-Size Defenders #3, Thor #233, Defenders #24-25
A number of writers worked on Daredevil this year: Starting with Chris Claremont and Steve Gerber in 117, Gerry Conway in 118, Tony Isabella in 119-122, Len Wein and Marv Wolfman in 124. Marv Wolfman finished the year as writer.
William Robert (Bob) Brown provides art for most of those and is joined by Klaus Jansen starting with issue #124
The year starts with the Owl trying to steal Daredevils mind but he agrees to release him if Black Widow kidnaps someone – who turns out to be Shanna the She-Devil. The two women work together to trick the Owl and save Daredevil.
Daredevil lost his billy club at the end of last year, but it returns thanks to Ivan Petrovich. Though Black Widow returns to San Francisco.
Next Daredevil takes on the Circus of Crime and saves New York City from being hypnotized and lose all their money. Though one member – Blackwing gets away.
Daredevil then sees Pop Fenton, his dad’s old trainer, and attempts to save him and his former boxer – now priest – Father Gawaine from Juan Aponte who’s been working with a doctor who’s recreated Iron Man villain the Crusher strength formula. After the battle, he dies in Pop Fenton’s arms.
New Years arrives and Black Widow comes to visit and they attend a New Year’s Eve party thrown by Foggy Nelson – though Widow isn’t happy about it. Though it was for the best because agents of Hydra attack being led by El Jaguar. We learn they are after Foggy because SHIELD is intending to have him join their advisory committee. Eventually Foggy is captured by Hydra when Foggy gives himself up to save Black Widow from the Dreadnought.
Black Widow and Daredevil scour the city looking for Foggy and end up fighting El Jaguar and Blackwing who turns out to be the son of Supreme Hydra – Silvermane – as Fury’s forces head into a trap. They are able to avoid the trap with Life Model Decoys.
In a final battle with Hydra, the Black Widow destroys the Dreadnought by shooting it in its only weak spot. Daredevil then goes up against Jackhammer and easily defeats him. El Jaguar is knocked out by Dum Dum Dugan, and Man-Killer is incapacitated when Ivan places a jamming device on her exoskeleton. With their plan failing, Blackwing and Silvermane make a hurried escape and the remaining Hydra agents are captured.
Next Daredevil takes on Copperhead – a real life recreation of a 1930s comic book. This two book arc is this week’s spotlight.
A new Torpedo show up looking to complete an important mission but when he’s killed during a battle with Daredevil, former pro quarterback Brock Jones takes the costume and wants to complete the mission. Those two then fight as Jones attempts to explain the mission. In the process they destroy the home of an innocent family. When the mother yells at them for the destruction, they stop fighting and leave.
As the year ends, Murdock says he’s done being Daredevil but it doesn’t last long as he’s needed to take on Death-Starker who’s stealing artifacts from museums in an attempt to build a powerful weapon. In their final battle, Death-Stalker ends up disappearing while standing on a platform near a mysterious Sky-Walker.
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #124 Aug 1975 "In the Coils of the Copperhead!" and Daredevil #125 Sep 1975 “Vengeance Is the Copperhead!”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Inmates running the asylum
Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
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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.
Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra’s Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.
The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.
Joshua and Jamie Do Daredevil: A fantastic podcast that does a deep-dive into Daredevil comics. This ran from 2018-2020, and covered most of the first volume of Daredevil, and was a fun way to get an in-depth look at each issue of Daredevil from 1-377.
My Marvelous Year: This is a reading-club style podcast where Dave Buesing and friends chose important or interesting books from a particular year to read and discuss. This helped me remember some fun and crazy stories, and would be a great companion piece to Murdock and Marvel for those who want more comic-story-specific coverage.
BOOKLIST
The following books have been frequently used as reference while preparing summaries of the comic history segments of our show. Each and every one comes recommended by Dan for fans wanting to read more about it!
Licari, Fabio and Marco Rizzo. Marvel: The First 80 Years: The True Story of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon. London: Titan Books, 2020. This book is sort of a mess, as the print quality is terrible, and Titan doesn’t even credit the authors unless you check the fine print. It’s like this was published by Marvel in the early 60s! But the information is good, and it is presented in an entertaining fashion. So its decent, but I would recommend you see if you can just borrow it from the library instead of purchasing.
Wells, John. American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-1964. Raleigh: Two Morrows, 2015. Not cheap, but a fantastic series that is informative and fun to read.
Wright, Bradford. Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. This is the revised edition.
Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. New York: DK Publishing, 2022. The academic in my rails at using information from any work that doesn’t have an author credit, but this is a decent (if very surface) look at each year in the history of Timely / Marvel from 1939 to 2021.
Cowsill, Alan et al. DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual History. New York: DK Publishing, 2010. Because its nice to occasionally take a peek at what the Distinguished Competition is up to.
Dauber, Jeremy. American Comics: A History. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2022. An excellent, relatively compact history of the domestic comic industry from its 19th century origins through to recent 21st century developments. An excellent successor to Bradford Wright’s Comic Book Nation.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1974
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Episode 12 - Murdock and Marvel: 1974
Well, here we are in 1974, when Richard Nixon leaves the White House in shame in real life even as he is shown to be leading a secret criminal organization in the Marvel universe. The economy is a mess, crime is up, and comics are affected in all sorts of ways.
Preshow
Reminder about Dan and Sienna's C2E2 Panel
Saturday, April 27th from 10:30am – 11:30am. Room S405-B
The Year in Comics
The Big Stories
Shazam Winners (final year)
Comic Fan Art Awards (formerly Goethe Awards)
The Year in Marvel
Marvel published 86 different titles in 1974, including 9 new quarterly “Giant-Size” books, resulting in anywhere from 31 to 50 different Marvel titles hitting the stands each month.
New Titles (and lots of reprints)
Series Ending
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: George Perez
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #107-116, Man-Thing #1, Marvel Two-in-One #3, Marvel Team-Up #25
Steve Gerber (writer) and William Robert (Bob) Brown (art) were the main creative pair for most of the year. Sal Buscema on art in Marvel 2-in-1. Gene Colan returned to go art on #112 and #116.
Captain Marvel comes to the aid of Daredevil and Black Widow in their attempt to take down Kerwin Broderick and his Terrex. But it is Moon Dragon amplifying Angar’s powers that trap the Terrex in a black void where it is killed along with Broderick.
During all this we learn that Captain O’Hara’s brother has died in Africa
Next Daredevil takes on the Beetle while Moon Dragon hangs out at the Daredevil/Black Widow Mansion. Daredevil then heads back to New York after hearing about an assassination attempt on Foggy Nelson. We also learn Foggy has a sister named Candice.
We learn the Beetle was hired by the Black Spectre criminal organization who are looking to overthrow the US government and attempt to forcefully recruit Daredevil and Black Widow to their cause.
In the 2-in-1, Daredevil and Thing board the Black Spectre Zeppelin in an attempt to confront their leader, but it doesn’t go well and they have to flee. Daredevil is finally able to unmask the Black Spectre leader and it’s an apish mutant known as the Mandrill. Shanna and Daredevil are captured by another hired villain, Silver Samurai, and brought back to the Zepplin where they find Black Widow has also been kidnapped and is being mind controlled.
The final showdown with Mandrill and Black Spectre comes in Washington D.C. at the White House after Daredevil is able to snap Black Widow from her mind control. Black Widow and Shanna are able to defeat Nekra when she’s distracted by the explosion and Daredevil defeats Mandrill on the white house roof after he falls – but no body of the mutant is found.
Next Matt Murdock/Daredevil go to Florida in search of Gladiator and Candice Nelson – whom he kidnapped. The trail takes him to the Everglades where he finds Candice but also Death Stalker – whom hired Gladiator to get the project notes. Death Stalker captures Daredevil but the Man-Thing intervenes which ultimately saves Daredevil from the Gladiator.
Death Stalker heads to New York and tries to lure Murdock/Daredevil into a trap with the help of Foggy Nelson, but it doesn’t go as planned and Death Stalker escapes. Foggy and Matt hide Candice at Matt’s hotel. A final confrontation takes place in a chemical plant with Daredevil using his Billy Club to know Death Stalker into a vat of acid (along with the project notes).
The year ends with Daredevil returning to San Francisco to help Black Widow and her financial woes, but the pair are attacked and defeated by the Owl. He loads the unconscious heroes on his chopper so he can deal with them as he sees fit.
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #112 August 1974 “Death of a Nation?”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Crediting Creators in the collaborative and evolving world of corporate comics
https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/04/08/claws-for-debate-part-1/
Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
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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.
Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra’s Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.
The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.
Joshua and Jamie Do Daredevil: A fantastic podcast that does a deep-dive into Daredevil comics. This ran from 2018-2020, and covered most of the first volume of Daredevil, and was a fun way to get an in-depth look at each issue of Daredevil from 1-377.
My Marvelous Year: This is a reading-club style podcast where Dave Buesing and friends chose important or interesting books from a particular year to read and discuss. This helped me remember some fun and crazy stories, and would be a great companion piece to Murdock and Marvel for those who want more comic-story-specific coverage.
BOOKLIST
The following books have been frequently used as reference while preparing summaries of the comic history segments of our show. Each and every one comes recommended by Dan for fans wanting to read more about it!
Licari, Fabio and Marco Rizzo. Marvel: The First 80 Years: The True Story of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon. London: Titan Books, 2020. This book is sort of a mess, as the print quality is terrible, and Titan doesn’t even credit the authors unless you check the fine print. It’s like this was published by Marvel in the early 60s! But the information is good, and it is presented in an entertaining fashion. So its decent, but I would recommend you see if you can just borrow it from the library instead of purchasing.
Wells, John. American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-1964. Raleigh: Two Morrows, 2015. Not cheap, but a fantastic series that is informative and fun to read.
Wright, Bradford. Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. This is the revised edition.
Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. New York: DK Publishing, 2022. The academic in my rails at using information from any work that doesn’t have an author credit, but this is a decent (if very surface) look at each year in the history of Timely / Marvel from 1939 to 2021.
Cowsill, Alan et al. DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual History. New York: DK Publishing, 2010. Because its nice to occasionally take a peek at what the Distinguished Competition is up to.
Dauber, Jeremy. American Comics: A History. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2022. An excellent, relatively compact history of the domestic comic industry from its 19th century origins through to recent 21st century developments. An excellent successor to Bradford Wright’s Comic Book Nation.
Friday Apr 19, 2024
MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for April 7 - 13
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Marvel Unlimited for April 7 - 13
Siena was puzzled about the way the Captain America storyline was set up, questioned why Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 did not have Moon Knight in it, and appears to have reached her saturation point with Marvel Zombies.
On the bright side, Beware of the Planet of the Apes, Kid Venom and the Fantastic Four provided solid wins.
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEKhttps://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/
21 total new comics
5 are Infinity Comics
15 are regular monthly issues
There are 2 1st issues
Plus 1 older comic
JUMPING ON POINTS
Kid Venom
Miguel O’Hara
Beware the Planet of the Apes
Vengeance of the Moon Knight (not really)
Rise of the Powers of X (not really)
BINGEABLE
Marvel Zombies
Silver Surfer Legacy Rebirth
Star Wars High Republic
Doctor Strange
PICK OF THE WEEK
Siena - Beware of the Planet of the Apes #1
Dan - Kid Venom: Origins
PANEL OF THE WEEK
Siena: Kid Venom: Origins #1, p. 9 and Captain America #5, p. 6
Dan: FF #15, p. 19
WHAT’S NEXT
See you next week for another look at what’s new in the world of Marvel Unlimited!
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at unlimitedanswers@comicsovertime.com or find us on Instagram or Bluesky as @comicsovertime.
Make sure to subscribe now in order to get our weekly look at what is new on the Marvel Unlimited App. You can find us anywhere fine podcasts are available, including iTunes, Google, Amazon, Spotify and our hosting platform Podbean!
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Our Website: https://comicsovertime.podbean.com/ Music: “Superhero Intro” by ArctSound
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1973
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Episode 11 - Murdock and Marvel: 1973
Its 1973, which was a tumultuous and eventful year for America. We left Vietnam without winning, VP Spiro Agnew resigned in disgrace and the US dollar was devalued, while momentous events such as Roe v Wade, Nixon visiting China and Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs. By end of year Nixon has resigned and the US has begun to slip into its first recession since the post-War boom of the 40s. Lost in all of that were some pretty important moments for the comics world, including the Miller v California case, which would directly affect the comics world. Buckle up, folks, this year is a bumpy one.
Preshow
Duane recommends Fallout TV Show on Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Season-1/dp/B0CN4HV16N
The Year in Comics
This was a crazy year for comics, with major changes in the economy, the law and society at large impacting the industry.
The Big Stories
Comic Fan Art Awards (formerly Goethe Awards)
Shazam Winners
The Year in Marvel
New Titles (and lots of reprints)
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Doug Moench
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #95-106, Avengers #111
Gerry Conway (writer) and Gene Colan start the year off in there usual roles with Roy Thomas editing, but that changes several times throughout this year.
The year starts with the Man-Bull heading to San Francisco to exact revenge on Daredevil and create an army of serum created creatures from unsuspecting San Franciscans.
Next we see the tragic tale of Mordacai Jones and he’s transformation into Daredevil’s newest foe – the Dark Messiah. He then frees some prisoners to create his disciples of Doom to go after Daredevil. Daredevil is able to defeat him by reminding him of the teenager he used to be.
Hawkeye comes to San Francisco looking to rekindle a romance with Black Widow which causes a fight between Daredevil and Hawkeye before several other Avengers show up asking for Daredevil’s help.
In Avengers #111, Daredevil and Black Widow help take down Magneto and free the X-Men and Avengers he had taken control of.
After helping the Avengers, Daredevil returns to San Francisco while Black Widow stays with the Avengers
For Daredevil’s big 100th issue, we get the psychedelic spectacular featuring another new villain – Angar the Screamer who can cause hallucinations by screaming. Daredevil is the only one that can remember the hallucinations after they’ve ended. Black Widow returns, but Angar causes DD and Widow to fight while he escapes.
While looking for Angar the Screamer, Daredevil and Black Widow must take on Stilt-Man (again) to save the original creator of the suit tech (and his daughter) and before Stilt-Man can use his molecular condenser.
Peter Parker comes to San Francisco to interview Daredevil but his web slinging skills are needed to help Daredevil and Black Widow take on Ramrod – a former oil rig worker who had his skeleton replaced with steel after an accident. He’s after some papers Daredevil is holding but ends up falling from a tall building allowing him to be captured by police.
Another issue, another new villain for the shadowy figure. This time it’s Kraven the Hunter. Who gets the better of Black Widow and Murdock/Daredevil at a dinner party hosted by Matt’s senior partner Kerwin Broderick. Kraven throws Daredevil off a cliff…
But ends up in the secret layer of Moon Dragon who thinks Daredevil is a minion of Thanos but after probing his mind (and a gunshot wound) realizes that she’s been manipulated by Kerwin Broderick for his own ends.
The year ends in a cliffhanger as all of Broderick’s villains – Dark Messiah, Angar the Screamer, Ramrod are causing chaos throughout San Francisco while his latest creation – Terrex is slowly making it’s way towards the city where Kerwin intends to meld with the creature and become king of San Francisco and the world.
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #100 June 1973 “Mind Storm”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
The End of Innocence
Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
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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.
Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra’s Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.
The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for March 31-April 6
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Marvel Unlimited for March 31-April 6, 2024
Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are looking at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app.
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEKhttps://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/
21 total new comics
5 are Infinity Comics
15 are regular monthly issues
There are 2 1st issues
Plus 1 older comic
INFINITY COMICS Scrolling comics exclusive to Marvel Unlimited
“STANDARD” COMICSComics on sale in stores Wednesday, November 15th
We discuss Avengers Inc. #4, Captain Marvel #3, Black Panther #7, Carnage #2, She-Hulk #3, the Timeless One-Shot and the impending X-title reboot.
JUMPING ON POINTS
Marvels Voices - New storyline
Timeless One-Shot
BINGEABLE
Star Wars: Dark Droids crossover
PICK OF THE WEEK
Siena - Carnage
Dan - Avengers Inc.
PANEL OF THE WEEK
Siena: She-Hulk #3, p. 16 by Rowell, Genolet and Cunniffe
Dan: Avengers, Inc. #4, p. 10 by Ewing, Kirk, Sinclair and Petit
WHAT’S NEXT
See you next week for another look at what’s new in the world of Marvel Unlimited!
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at unlimitedanswers@comicsovertime.com or find us on Instagram or Bluesky as @comicsovertime.
Make sure to subscribe now in order to get our weekly look at what is new on the Marvel Unlimited App. You can find us anywhere fine podcasts are available, including iTunes, Google, Amazon, Spotify and our hosting platform Podbean!
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Our Website: https://comicsovertime.podbean.com/ Music: “Superhero Intro” by ArctSound
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1972
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Episode 10 - Murdock and Marvel: 1972
This week it seems everything is coming up Marvel, as Stan Lee and his expanding young team seem to be flooding the market, but a lot of other interesting things happened around the comic world.
Preshow
Marvel Snap new season: Thunderbolts
https://www.marvelsnap.com/newsdetail?id=7296765558303775494
The Year in Comics
Superheroes take a bit of a back stage...
The Big Stories
Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538129739/Betty-and-Veronica-The-Leading-Ladies-of-Riverdale
Maus: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/171065/the-complete-maus-by-art-spiegelman/
Goethe Awards
Shazam Winners
The Year in Marvel
New Titles (and lots of reprints)
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jim Starlin
Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head by Eliot Borenstein https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769368/marvel-comics-in-the-1970s/
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #83-94, Incredible Hulk #152-153
Gerry Conway wrote most of these issues with Gene Colan on art. Stan Lee starts as editor to start the year, but Roy Thomas takes over in issue #91. Stan Lee is still named in the other issues as “presenting”.
The year starts with Daredevil trying to convince Black Widow to trust the police and his friend the District Attorney and she ultimately goes to prison. The case is eventually dismissed because the body of Scorpion was lost in an explosion during a battle between Daredevil and Mr. Hyde. I should note that we aren’t actually sure if there ever was a body.
A plot to blackmail Foggy Nelson by Mr. Klein causes him to resign as District Attorney. Yet he seems to have remained D.A.? Not sure what happened there.
In the Hulk books, Matt Murdock represents Bruce Banner and ends up angering the Hulk despite trying to follow Bruce Banners wishes and getting his client a fair trial.
Black Widow heads to Switzerland and meets with a doctor who says they can restore sight to the blind. She calls Murdock in New York and he heads there only to find out the doctor was Mr. Klein/MK-9/The Assassin. We learn the android is a being known as Baal from the future who’s traveled back in time to stop the end of humanity. Two Executioners from Baal’s time arrive and kill him during a final confrontation.
Next, Daredevil and Black Widow take on the Gladiator during their flight back to the U.S. They are able to defeat him and his accomplices with Daredevil then landing the plane.
Back in New York, It looked like Karen Page and her Agent Phil were going to end up together in California but upon arriving in New York, Matt runs into Karen at the airport and the two share a kiss and an embrace, causing heartache to Natasha.
Daredevil takes on the Ox after his release from prison but during the battle, the Ox’s radiation builds up to a point that he explodes. After the battle, Karen admits to Matt that she still cannot handle him being Daredevil, and leaves him to return to L.A. Matt then rekindles his romance with the Black Widow and the two move to San Francisco.
Once in San Fran, the two must take on Electro and Killgrave separately before the two team up in an effort to take down Daredevil – none of which actually works. The team-up issue will be our Spotlight issue this week.
Black Widow talks about Danny French and Project 4 from her past with Daredevil and Ivan Petrovich and thinks it may be related to bouts of fear that is causing issues with them crime fighting. Turns out it was a new Mr. Fear whom Daredevil confronts and takes down at Jason Sloan’s law office.
Starting with issue 92, The covers list the title as “Daredevil and the Black Widow”
The year ends with Daredevil and Black Widow taking on Indestructible Man who’s after the Project 4 sphere. The final battle goes poorly until Danny French throws a spear at the glove providing Damon Dran’s powers. The resulting explosion destroys Dran's powers and seemingly kills Drann. However, this victory comes at a cost, Danny bore the brunt of the explosion and dies in Black Widow’s arms with Daredevil looking on.
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #89 July 1972 "Crisis in the Sky"
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Marvel reaches the top of the mountain
Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
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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.
Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra’s Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.
The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1971
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Episode 8 - Murdock and Marvel: 1971
We have a fun show this week, with Marvel being a critical part of a couple big changes that happen in 1971. We also see a new character swinging into Daredevil this year, who is going be a big part of Matt Murdock’s life for the next few years!
Preshow
Note from Amanda
The Year in Comics
1971 was a year of transition and upheaval for the comics industry, as fundamental changes to content and pricing occurred that would impact what stories comics could tell going forward, and who they would be telling them for.
The Big Stories
Other Tidbits
Shazam Winners
The Year in Marvel
New Titles (and lots of reprints)
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: John Costanza
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #72-82, Iron Man #35-36
Gerry Conway wrote most of these issues with Gene Colan on art and Stan Lee editing.
More logo changes starting with issue 72. More blocky (but now on one line) Daredevil.
The year starts with Daredevil teaming up with Tagak the Leopard Lord to capture a burglar from another dimension. Both came to earth through a mirror.
Matt Murdock then butts heads with Tony Stark as the pair, along with Nick Fury, keep the Zodiac key away from Spymaster, Capricorn and others in a story that crossed over from Iron Man’s comic (and then back).
Daredevil teams up with a group of Blind people to thwart the committee after they blind New York City.
While on a fact-finding mission in Delvadia, Daredevil has to save the new US ambassador Jerome Villiers and pursue El Condor who sent the men after Villiers.
Namor is drawn to a park as an alien spacecraft lands while Daredevil and Spider-Man attempt to figure out what has people’s attention.
Daredevil saves the lives of a couple visiting New York and ends up dealing with a professor and his super strengthen Man-Bull. Meanwhile, Foggy is getting blackmailed by a mysterious Mr. Klein.
The Owl returns to after being hired by Mr. Klein to take down Daredevil. Daredevil fights Owl on his owl-copter and the ship crashes and explodes – causing Karen to believe Matt has died… again.
Black Widow saves a knocked-out Daredevil from drowning. The Owl and Mr. Klein (who is now code-named Assassin) cut ties and Karen get “comforted” by her agent Phil.
The year ends with Daredevil and Black Widow taking on the Scorpion who’s been brought in by Mr. Klein. During a battle on top of the World Trade Center, Widow accidentally knocks Scorpion off the edge of the building and an eyewitness accuses her of murder.
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #80 Sept 1971 "In the Eyes... of the Owl!" and Daredevil #81 Nov 1971 "And Death Is a Woman Called Widow"
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Changes with the Comics Code means Changes at Marvel (and comics in general)
Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
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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.
Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra’s Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.
The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1970
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Episode 8 - Murdock and Marvel: 1970
We have made it to the second decade of the Marvel era! The 1970s saw significant changes and challenges for comics, and we start to see them immediately as we take a look at the very first year of this eventful decade!
Preshow
Steve Ditko is now a “Disney Legend.” https://d23.com/disney-legends-2024/
Dan and Siena C2E2 panel is on Saturday, April 27th from 10:30am – 11:30am. Room S405-B https://www.c2e2.com/en-us.html
The Year in Comics
1970 marks the end of the “Silver Age of Comics” and the start of the “Bronze Age.”
Underground comix continue to flourish
The Steranko History of Comics by Jim Steranko (https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=482701) and All In Color for a Dime by Richard A. Lupoff (https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=20515571) were published
Robert Overstreet publishes his first Comic Book Price Guide
The first Golden State Comic Book Convention is held in San Diego, with 300 attendees
Shazam Awards honored comics excellence annually from 1970-1974
The Year in Marvel
With a new distribution deal in place and its bullpen bursting with young talent, Marvel continued to expand in all directions, with 15 new titles that covered nearly every major comic genre.
New Titles (and lots of reprints)
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Marv Wolfman
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil #60-71, Avengers #82
Stan Lee continues as Editor through these books with Roy Thomas writing most and Gene Colan continuing for another year as the artist.
After Deborah cancels her engagement with Foggy after the fact that she is an ex-convict comes up once more.
Daredevil takes down Crime Wave’s illegal gambling ship and captures the boss – who's revealed to be Foggy’s Assistant Hollis.
Daredevil must deal with another villain team up as the Trio of Doom lure him into a trap at an old amusement park.
Daredevil gets upstaged by another would be superhero – Nighthawk - who turns out to be just another villain in disguise.
Daredevil fights the Gladiator who pretends not to be the gladiator in an attempt to escape prison. While this is happening, Karen – fed up with Murdock, leaves for Los Angeles.
Daredevil heads to LA to try to find Karen, but instead finds the Stunt-Master – who has agreed to steal a film as a way to try to earn money.
Karen gets a job acting on the now struggling Strange Secrets TV Show. After she witnesses the actor playing Brother Brimstone attack another actor (as well as her), She is stocked by a new Brother Brimstone who is trying to murder the cast and crew. Daredevil finds Karen and saves her from the La Brea Tar Pits. Brother Brimstone isn’t so lucky.
While on the set of the new Stunt-Master Tv Show, Daredevil fights Stilt-Man who is posing as Stunt-Master. Afterwards, DD tells Karen that he has to go back to New York. Karen declines to go with him having found she enjoys her career as an actress.
Daredevil helps out his Dad’s old coach get his current boxer out from under an extremist group
Daredevil and Black Panther help out the Carver brothers who are being bullied/harassed by the Thunderbolts.
Finally, Daredevil goes up against the Tribune who’s attempting to be judge, jury and executioner of the New York Three after they are arrested for blowing up the New York Hilton
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #70 Nov 1970 “The Tribune” and Daredevil #71 Dec 1970 “If an Eye Offend Thee...!”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Tough year for Marvel
Questions or comments
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime.
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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.
Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra’s Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.
The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.
Joshua and Jamie Do Daredevil: A fantastic podcast that does a deep-dive into Daredevil comics. This ran from 2018-2020, and covered most of the first volume of Daredevil, and was a fun way to get an in-depth look at each issue of Daredevil from 1-377.
My Marvelous Year: This is a reading-club style podcast where Dave Buesing and friends chose important or interesting books from a particular year to read and discuss. This helped me remember some fun and crazy stories, and would be a great companion piece to Murdock and Marvel for those who want more comic-story-specific coverage.
COMICS OVER TIME
Comics Over Time is a weekly podcast where our hosts Dan and Duane read important and interesting comic books that provided characters and story ideas for movies or TV. Then we'll watch how those stories were translated to the big (or small) screen.
We have a lot of great comics, movies and TV shows lined up to share with you. Whether you are a long-time fan of comic books and comic book movies, or are just getting started, we invite you to join us as we look back at the history of these characters and their stories, as well as attempt to connect the dots from comic panels to moving pictures.