Episode 51 - Murdock and Marvel: 2000 Part 1The new millenium started with some big endings, and comic book sales kept slipping this year. But 2000 featured some big developments that would point the way to the future of comics. Welcome to the Oughts, everyone!
Preshow
The Year in Comics
Notable and Newsworthy
Sales & Industry Information
Beginnings & Endings
Eisner Awards
Dan's Favorite
The Year in Marvel
2000 was a year of big changes at Marvel Comics. Bill Jemas was promoted to President, and replaced Bob Harras with Joe Quesada.
TOTAL SERIES: 170
TOTAL NEW SERIES: 121
TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 120
HIGHEST ISSUE NUMBER: 387 (UXM)
THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Apocalypse: The Twelve, Maximum Security
BEST SELLING COMICS: X-Men and Uncanny X-Men
Events & Happenings
New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)
New Characters
Series Ending
Who's in the Bullpen/Passings
Dan's Favorite
Next week: 2000 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/
https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Mack