2014 saw some sales figures that had not been achieved in decades, and pop culture was filled with comic book related movies and merchandise. Marvel was dominant again, and along with DC again climbed back to nearly 70% of the total market share in comic shops.

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: 489 TOTAL NEW SERIES: 354 TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 337 SERIES OVER 100 ISSUES: 1 (Amazing Spider-Man 700.1) THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S): Original Sin (67), Death of Wolverine (23), Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (56), Spider-Verse (32), Trial of Jean Grey (6) and Inhumanity BEST SELLING COMICS:

• Amazing Spider-Man V3 #1
• Rocket Racoon #1
• Death of Wolverine #1

Events & Happenings

New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

New Characters

Series Ending

Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

• Passings: Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg
• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Charles Soule

Dan's Favorite

Next week: 2014 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/