Comics Over Time

Murdock and Marvel: 1971

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. 

Murdock and Marvel: 1970

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. 

Murdock and Marvel: 1969

Episode 7 - Murdock and Marvel: 1969
Its 1969, and comics are returning to normal after the disruptions of the Marvel Age and Batmania.  Small publishers continue to fail, even as Marvel and DC expand their offerings, and small independent publishers begin to test the waters.  Marvel continues its expansion, but does so in some new directions, and Daredevil decides to stop keeping so many secrets. It’s another busy year in the world of comics! 
Preshow
Announcement: Off next week. Next episode will be March 27th.
The Year in Comics - 5 Key points
Prices skyrocket
Batman sales sink to their lowest level EVER
Generational battles at DC and other publishers
Charlie Brown and Snoopy were on the moon
The alternative comix scene continued to expand
The Year in Marvel
With their distribution bottlenecks removed, Marvel continued to expand their publishing line in 1969, although they did so mostly by turning their eye back towards genres that had been left behind in the superhero boom of the mid-60s.  Stan Lee greenlit three new romance / teen titles, two horror/suspense books, and a western in 1969, while continuing to publish all the Marvel superhero titles that the company had expanded with in 1968.  Signs of change were everywhere at Marvel, as Jack Kirby moved to California and new faces popped up in the bullpen with increasing regularity.   
New Titles
New Characters
Big Moments
Who's in the Bullpen
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Chris Claremont
The Year in Daredevil 
Appearances: Daredevil Issues 48-59 and Avengers #60
Stan Lee is now listed as Editor as of issue 51, with Roy Thomas being brought in to write.
Gene Colan continues as artist for most of the books.   
Barry Windsor-Smith gets artist create for issues 50-52  
Old “Here comes…” and Daredevil logo return in issue 48  
Stiltman returns again to go after Foggy, so Murdock acts like a jerk to him and Karen Page (who just returned to the office) causing another falling out of the group.  
Foggy wins the election for District attorney   
Matt Murdock briefly decides to give up by Daredevil, only to get pulled back in  
Saxon’s robot is defeated by Daredevil and is re-programmed incorrectly by Saxon to take out Biggie Benson – which it does before Daredevil can stop it.  
Daredevil is in need of an antidote or could potentially die, but is nowhere to be found. The Black Panther assists in finding him before it’s too late.  
Issue 54 was a retelling of the Daredevil origin story that convinces Daredevil that Matt Murdock is no longer necessary – leading Murdock to fake his own death because Saxon knows Murdock is Daredevil.  
Now only Daredevil, he’s challenged by Mr. Fear (and old foe from early in the DD run) who gets the better of him and makes him look bad. In the rematch, we learn that Mr. Fear is actually Starr Saxon. Saxon battles Daredevil and loses, breaking his neck in a fall from a flying hovercraft platform.  
Daredevil follows a grief-strickened Karen Page to Vermont and her parents' home where he must help tangles with a horseman threatening people that go near the estate – which turns out to be Karen’s father. It is after the events of this story he shows Karen that Matt Murdock and Daredevil are the same person.  
Daredevil finishes off the year taking down Stunt-Master and Torpedo, who were hired by crime boss Crime Wave, much to the dismay of Karen who agreed to marry him if he retired his DD identity. 
New Powers, Toys or Places
New Supporting Characters
New Villains
This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #56 Sept 1969 “... And Death Came Riding!” and Daredevil #57 Oct 1969 “In the Midst of Life...!”   
Recap
Why We Picked This Story
The Takeaway
Comics were everywhere in daily life
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. 

MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for March 3rd to 9th

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

Murdock and Marvel: 1968

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. 

MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 25 - Mar 2

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

Murdock and Marvel: 1967

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. 

MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 19th

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!
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