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
Episodes
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for March 3rd to 9th
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Marvel Unlimited for March 3rd - 9th, 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. For this week we are focusing on the week of March 3-9
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEKhttps://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/
16 total new items
5 are Infinity Comics
9are regular monthly issues
There are 2 1st issues
Plus 1 facsimile – Uncanny X-Men #142
INFINITY COMICS Scrolling comics exclusive to Marvel Unlimited
“STANDARD” COMICSComics on sale in stores Wednesday, November 15th
JUMPING ON POINTS
Howard the Duck #1
X-Men: Blue #1
BINGEABLE
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1-4 (series complete)
Realm of X #1-4 (series complete)
DAN’S PICK
Realm of X
SIENA’S PICK
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant
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
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1968
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Episode 6 - Murdock and Marvel: 1968
Marvel had been a dominant force in the comics world through most of the early and mid 1960s, which is all the more amazing when you realize that they made all the noise they did while limited to publishing only 8 -14 comics a month. The Marvel contract with their distributor (essentially DC Comics) was up for re-negotiation in 1968, and Martin Goodman used the opportunity to expand the line to a maximum of 24 books instead, giving Stan Lee a much larger canvas for the Marvel Universe. What did he do with all that new space? Let’s take a look at the year 1968 and find out!
Preshow
Reader Mail: Marvel Unlimited Tech Support
Reader Mail: Comics in the UK and Deadman Comics
The Year in Comics
1968 was a devastating year for America, as the Vietnam conflict deepened and the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr and Robert Kennedy seemed to drain hope in our domestic political future. Comics continued to respond to popular trends, but seemed largely unable to respond effectively to such significant social and political events, especially as they were waited down by the Comics Code Authority and the perception that the medium was “just for kids.” When mainstream comics tried to step outside the box, it often went poorly. This was a year where storied companies met their end, a year when amazing new creators started to show what they could do, and a year defined in many ways by comic creators’ accelerating search for new markets and avenues of expression.
New Comics, New Creators
Big Moments
Quick Notes
Best Selling Books... and Marvels
The Year in Marvel
New Titles
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Archie Goodwin
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil Issues 36-47, Fantastic Four #73
Another full year of Stan Lee and Gene Colan stories.
“Here comes…” removed from the Daredevil cover logo starting on issue 43 (Aug)
Daredevil logo on cover changes starting on issue 44 (Sept)
Daredevil saves the Invisible Girl from a bomb planted by the Trapster.
Daredevil fights Victor Von Doom for the first time in his books
To take down the Exterminator, Daredevil makes it look like Daredevil (and by Extension his “brother” Mike Murdock) was killed by an explosion.
Daredevil fights Captain America in Madison Square Garden after encountering some radioactive chemicals. DD seemed not like himself.
Daredevil is framed for murder by the Jester and must clear his name with police while taking down his foe.
Murdock is mean to Karen so they won’t get close, and she decided to leave the law office for a while.
Daredevil caps the year by visits Vietnam to rally the troops and befriends a blind soldier, Willie Lincoln. Matt Murdock then helps Lincoln stateside when he’s framed for taking a bribe by a mob boss.
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #37 Feb 1968 “Don’t Look Now, But It’s… Dr. Doom”, Daredevil #38 Mar 1968 “The Living Prison!” and Fantastic Four #73 April 1968 “The Flames of Battle…”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Comics Code and it's impact... Something had to change.
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.
Monday Mar 04, 2024
MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 25 - Mar 2
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Marvel Unlimited for February 25th-March 2nd, 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. For this week we are focusing on the week February 25th-Mar 02nd, 2024
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEKhttps://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/
34 total new items
5 are Infinity Comics
28 are regular monthly issues
There are 8 1st issues
Plus 1 facsimile – Uncanny X-Men #141
INFINITY COMICS Scrolling comics exclusive to Marvel Unlimited
“STANDARD” COMICSComics on sale in stores Wednesday, November 15th
JUMPING ON POINTS
Gang War
BINGEABLE
Moon Knight: City of the Dead
DAN’S PICK
Gang War Event
SIENA’S PICK
Luke Cage: Gang War #1 & 2
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
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1967
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Episode 5 - Murdock and Marvel: 1967
This year we begin to see the backlash against superheroes as the Batman TV show enters its 3rd and final season, and many comic companies began to feel the effects of a contracting market and superhero fatigue.
Preshow
Announcement: Murdock and Marvel moves back to Wednesday Starting Next Week
Marvel Unlimited Show will be moving to Fridays
The Year in Comics
Key Happenings
Best Selling Books... and Marvels
The Year in Marvel
While the rest of the comic world was losing ground, the Marvel Comics juggernaut kept rolling. Marvel’s sales continued to surge, and many Marvel books were now ready to challenge DC’s top offerings.
New Titles
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Herb Trimpe
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil Issues #24-35, Strange Tales #156 and Daredevil Annual #1
Stan Lee and Gene Colan are credited with all of these stories
After helping Ka-Zar, the Jungle Lord at his Castle in Europe. Daredevil returns to New York
Spider-Man sends a letter to Murdock revealing he knows that Murdock is Daredevil – that letter is read by Nelson and Page – so to cover, Murdock invents a twin brother, Mike Murdock, who is actually Daredevil.
We learned that the Masked Marauder was Mr. Farnam, Nelson and Murdock’s office landlord.
Daredevil takes on the Emissary of Evil (headed by Electro) in his first Annual.
Marauder joins forces with Stiltman (yes, we had a return of Stiltman) but the two together still aren’t enough to take down Daredevil (who got lent a hand from Spider-Man) Marauder is killed in the process.
Daredevil, while giving a lecture at Carter College, fights an alien race of beings called the Queega who have come to earth to take its natural resources.
Daredevil decides to dress up as Thor to flush out some bad guys he recently defeated and ends up fighting it out with the real god of thunder.
Mr Hyde realizes that Daredevil is blind after he really does become blinded by the villain's plan
Daredevil must save some precious jewelry at the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal
Daredevil finishes off the year facing off with the Trapster who’s out to get The Fantastic Four. Sue Storm ends the issue as the bait for a bomb in this cliffhanger.
New Powers, Toys or Places
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #28 May 1967 “Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Planet”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Comics can’t survive on superheroes alone.
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.
Monday Feb 26, 2024
MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 19th
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Marvel Unlimited for February 18th-24th, 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. For this week we are focusing on the week February 18th-24th, 2024
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEKhttps://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/
30 total new items
5 are Infinity Comics
24 are regular monthly issues
There are 6 1st issues
Plus 1 back issue – What If #108 from 1998
And a bunch of Spider-Woman books later in the week!
INFINITY COMICS Scrolling comics exclusive to Marvel Unlimited
“STANDARD” COMICSComics on sale in stores Wednesday, November 15th
JUMPING ON POINTS
Star Wars Visions and Return of the Jedi are one-shots
Alien is a limited series
Carnage and Superior Spider-Man are new ongoing series
BINGEABLESeries that are ending, or that are completing major storylines.
Children of the Vault ends with #4
Jean Grey ends with #4
Red Goblin ends with #10
DAN’S PICK
Fantastic Four #13
SIENA’S PICK
Spine-Tingling Spider-Man #2
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
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1966
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Episode 4 - Murdock and Marvel: 1966
1966 saw America sink even deeper into Vietnam, with war deaths tripling from 1965 to 1966, Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California, and the first artificial heart surgery was performed. It was a big year in American pop culture as well, with both Star Trek and the Batman TV show debuting and the Beach Boys releasing their “Pet Sounds” album. On the Daredevil front, our hero entered his first full publication year, with a full 12 issues for Duane to revel in!
Preshow
Our first No Prize award
Moon Knight Back Catalog
The Year in Comics
New Comics, Creators & Characters
Big Moments
Best Selling Books... and Marvels
The Year in Marvel
Starts and Ends
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jim Steranko
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil Issues 12-23, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 and Amazing Spider-Man #43
New Artist for books 12-19: John Romita Sr.
New Artist for books 20-23: Gene Colan
More multiple book story arcs this year.
Murdock leaves New York via a Cruise that gets boarded by Pirates and is kidnapped to the Savage Lands where he befriends Ka-Zar and Zabu
Referenced DD and Spider-Man's first teamup in Spider-Man #16 during issue 15
Foggy decides to impersonate Daredevil to impress Karen. Hilarity ensues.
Interesting Note on Issue 18 “There Shall Come a Gladiator”. Stan Lee only wrote the first 7 pages of this book with “Dandy Denny O’Neil” to finish the story because Stan had to leave for vacation.
Matt Murdock is abducted by the Owl and brought to his island hideout to defend a Judge who previously sent him to Prison. As Daredevil, he saves the Judge and flies them both off the island just as its volcano erupts.
Murdock decides he’s going to tell Karen how he feels about her. Even if it means it hurts Foggy. Though that never actually happens before the year ends.
Daredevil finishes off the year with a final battle with recurring villains The Masked Marauder and the Gladiator.
New Powers, Toys or Places
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil Issues #22 November 1966 “The Tri-Man Lives!” and #23 December 1966 “DD Goes Wild!”
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Batmania and Endgame. The dangers of getting too big into pop culture.
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.
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1965
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Episode 3 - Murdock and Marvel: 1965
Daredevil swings into his first full year, and for both the comics industry and America at large it is a time filled with transformation and more than a bit of fear for what the future holds. Marvel is ascendant. Other companies are trying to adjust, and the world outside the window seems to be on fire. Welcome to 1965.
Preshow
Duane and Marvel Snap
Dan and Woodworking
The Year in Comics
1965 was a difficult year in American politics and culture. Comics largely stayed clear of outright commentary on civil rights or war, but Selma, the death of Malcolm X, and the Watts riots made it increasingly difficult for comics to continue ignoring black Americans. Similarly, the Vietnam and rising opposition to it began to change war (and superhero) comics. America and Russia also were accelerating the space race, fueling even more space and science plots.
New Comics, Creators & Characters
Big Moments
Best Selling Books... and Marvels
The Year in Marvel
1965 was another great year for Marvel Comics, as a number of the creators, characters and storylines that would be important to the company’s future enter the picture. Not everything went well, though, and there were a number of missteps, including a line-wide rebranding.
Starts and Ends
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Roy Thomas
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil Issues 6-11, Journey into Mystery #116, Fantastic Four (1961) #39-40, X-Men #13 and Fantastic Four Annual #3
New Artist for books 6-11: Wally Wood (who also wrote book 10)
Daredevil has a costume change starting in book 6. Gone are the yellow hood, arms and legs. All are now red.
Full page panel poster of Namor vs Daredevil in issue 7.
First time Daredevil traveled outside New York – Lichtenbad (issue 9)
More single-story books until we get our first 2-book story arc (Issues 10-11) a suspense thriller involving the Organizer
Daredevil goes to a monthly release starting in November
After unmasking the Organizer, Matt Murdock leaves the Nelson and Murdock law firm and New York City.
New Powers, Toys or Places
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #7 April 1965
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Daredevil is a Soap Opera for boys
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.
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Murdock and Marvel: 1964
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Episode 2 - Murdock and Marvel: 1964
On last week’s show we discussed the long history of Marvel Comics from 1939 to 1963. This week we finally see where Stan, Jack and the rest of the Marvel bullpen had been leading up to. It's time to talk about 1964, and the debut of the World's Most Interesting Superhero – Daredevil!
Listener Feedback
Let us know what you think of the new season
The Year in Comics
1964 was an eventful year in America, and many of the things going in politics and culture made their way into the comics.
New Comics, Creators & Characters
Big Moments
Best Selling Books... and Marvels
The Year in Marvel
By the start of 1964 most of the characters that would headline the Marvel Universe were already in place. But there were still new characters and places to fill in, and 1964 added a number of Avengers and villains to the world. Even as the cast of characters grew, though, Lee still had a limited number of monthly titles he could put out due to a restrictive distribution deal. His solution? Tales to Astonish would be divided in half, and would co-star the Incredible Hulk and Giant Man. Later in the year Tales of Suspense would follow, with Cap and Iron Man sharing the title as of issue #59
Starts and Ends
New Characters
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: George Tuska
Stories to Remember
The Year in Daredevil
Appearances: Daredevil Issues 1-5, Amazing Spider-Man #16 and #18
The stories were all written by Stan Lee by art was by three different artists: Bill Everett for issue 1, Joe Orlando for 2-4, and Wallace “Wally” Wood for issue 5 – who’s announced in the title as the permanent artist.
Daredevil’s origin story (April 1964)
Nelson and Murdock law firm is formed right after Nelson and Murdock graduate college. Karen Page joins them as their assistant.
First cross over heroes/villain from another book, Thing/Fantastic Four and Electro in book 2 (Electro first appeared in Spider-Man #9)
Mostly single book stories involve Daredevil taking down the villain while hiding the fact he’s Daredevil from Nelson and Page.
Letters column added starting in book 4
Full page “pin-up” of Daredevil at the end of issue 5.
New Powers, Toys or Places
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #4 October 1964
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Daredevil and the Blind Community
Questions or comments
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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.
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.