Things continued to be grim in the comic world, but it seemed as though the freefall might be over. Marvel had escaped bankruptcy without missing even a single month of publishing, most of the other companies still in business made it through the year (but not all) and some very interesting new players entered the scene.

Preshow

The Year in Comics

Notable and Newsworthy

Sales & Industry Information

Eisner Awards

Dan's Favorite

The Year in Marvel

TOTAL SERIES: 188
TOTAL NEW SERIES: 139
TOTAL ENDING SERIES: 141
THIS YEAR'S EVENT(S):

• Identity Crisis (Spider-Man)
• The Gathering of Five (also Spidey)

Events & Happenings

New Titles (Ongoing and Limited)

New Characters

Series Ending

Who's in the Bullpen/Passings

• Passings: Archie Goodwin
• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Joe Casey

Dan's Favorite

Next week: 1998 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.

The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years. Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.