Murdock and Marvel: 2004 Part 1

Episode 66 - Murdock and Marvel: 2004 Part 1

2004 was a relatively quiet year in comics, but there were some critical developments that made waves into the future.  Big movies, heroes back from the dead, and some important new faces!

The Year in Comics 

Comics in Other Media

DC Comics

Other Publishers

Sales & Industry Information

Beginnings & Endings

Eisner Awards

Dan's Favorite

The Year in Marvel

TOTAL SERIES: 292 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 197  TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 173 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Avengers Disassembled (34 issues) and Secret War (starts) BEST SELLING COMICS: New Avengers #1

Events & Happenings

New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

New Characters

Series Ending

Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Greg Pak

Dan's Favorite

 

Next week: 2004 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil 

 

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. 

Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History 

DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_English-language_comics 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_superhero_debuts 

https://comicbookreadingorders.com/marvel/event-timeline/ 

https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/past-recipients/past-recipients-1990s/