2012 was a year when the big news in comics all happened outside of shops, with movie theaters and social media dominating the industry.
The Year in Comics
Comics in Other Media
The Punisher: Dirty Laundry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAoBsIZ-M3A
DC Comics
Other Publishers
Sales & Industry Information
Beginnings & Endings
Eisner Awards
Dan's Favorite
The Year in Marvel
TOTAL SERIES: 613
TOTAL NEW SERIES: 450
TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 491
SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 2
THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Avengers vs. X-Men (71 books), Minimum Carnage (6)
BEST SELLING COMICS:
Uncanny Avengers #1 at 305,000.
Also a lot of AvX
Events & Happenings
New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)
New Characters
Series Ending
Who's in the Bullpen/Passings
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Francesco Francavilla
Dan's Favorite
Next week: 2012 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/