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/