2008 in the United States was a year of war and recession, leading to a bleak short-term outlook for Americans. Comics and comic book movies reflected that, but also gave fans a lot to enjoy, hopefully taking people’s minds off social and economic issues they were facing.
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
Marvel plunged headlong into the deep end of the event pool, as the summer event Secret Invasion was essentially a reboot of major parts of the universe.
TOTAL SERIES: 541 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 387 TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 361 THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Secret Invasion (Skrulls, 126) | Dark Reign (Norman Osborn and Dark Avengers, 290) | X-Men: Divided We Stand (disbanding, 40) | X-Men: Manifest Destiny (West coast move, 35) BEST SELLING COMICS: Secret Invasion #1
Events & Happenings
New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)
New Characters
Series Ending
Who's in the Bullpen/Passings
- ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Joe Sabino
Dan's Favorite
Next week: 2008 Part 2 - The year in Daredevil
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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/
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