Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
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Daredevil (Matthew Murdock) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett<ref name="r1">Comics historian and former Jack Kirby assistant Mark Evanier, investigating claims of Kirby's involvement in the creation of both Iron Man and Daredevil, interviewed Kirby and Everett on the subject, years before their deaths, and concluded [1] that, "in both cases, Jack had already drawn the covers of those issues and done some amount of design work. He ... seems to have participated in the design of Daredevil's first costume. ... Everett did tell me that Jack had come up with the idea of Daredevil's billy club. ... Jack, in effect, drew the first page of that first Daredevil story.
In the rush to get that seriously late book to press, there wasn't time to complete Page One, so Stan had [production manager] Sol Brodsky slap together a paste-up that employed Kirby's cover drawing. ... Everett volunteered to me that Jack had "helped him" though he wouldn't — or more likely, couldn't — elaborate on that. He just plain didn't remember it well, and in later years apparently gave others who asked a wide range of answers".
Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada later noted that when Everett turned in his first-issue pencils extremely late, Brodsky and Spider-Man artist Steve Ditko inked "a lot of backgrounds and secondary figures on the fly and cobbled the cover and the splash page together from Kirby's original concept drawing" [2].</ref> in Daredevil Vol. 1, #1 (April 1964), he is notable as being among the few superheroes with a disability. Blinded during his youth, his other four senses developed to compensate, and he obtained a sonar-like ability to perceive objects.
Although Daredevil had been home to the work of many comic-book legends — Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, John Romita, Sr. and Gene Colan, among others — it was not until Frank Miller's entrance on the title in the late 1970s that Daredevil was regarded as either popular or influential. The introduction of drastic change, following Miller's example, became the title's hallmark; as writer Brian Michael Bendis described, "This is the book where the audience is built into expecting something unique. Every run on Daredevil has been a unique statement from that person and a lot of chances were taken." <ref>Comic Book Resources: CBR News - The Comic Wire (Jan. 25, 2006): "Truth or Daredevil: Bendis Talks the End of His Daredevil Run", by Dave Richards</ref>
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[edit] Publication history
[edit] Volume 1: 1964 - 1998
Daredevil's original costume as created by Everett — with input from Kirby — was a combination of black, yellow and red, and went through minor revisions in issues #2 through #4 by EC Comics artist Joe Orlando. Fellow acclaimed EC veteran Wally Wood penciled #5-8, introducing the modern red costume in issue #7. Golden Age great Bob Powell (Sheena, Queen of the Jungle) penciled two issues over Wood layouts, with the exception of #11, which Wood inked over Powell's pencils.
Issue #12 began a brief run by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Romita, Sr. It was Romita's return to superhero penciling after a decade of working exclusively as a romance-comic artist for DC. Romita had felt he no longer wanted to pencil, in favor of being solely an inker.<ref>Romita, from Comic Book Artist #6 (Fall 1999) [3]: "I had inked an Avengers job for Stan, and I told him I just wanted to ink. I felt like I was burned out as a penciler after eight years of romance work. I didn't want to pencil any more; in fact, I couldn't work at home any more — I couldn't discipline myself to do it. He said, 'Okay,' but the first chance he had he shows me this Daredevil story somebody had started and he didn't like it, and he wanted somebody else to do it." Elaborating in Alter Ego #9 (July 2001) [4], he added, "Stan showed me Dick Ayers' splash page for a Daredevil. He asked me, "What would you do with this page?" I showed him on a tracing paper what I would do, and then he asked me to do a drawing of Daredevil the way I would do it. I did a big drawing of Daredevil ... just a big, tracing-paper drawing of Daredevil swinging. And Stan loved it."</ref>
When Romita left to take over Amazing Spider-Man, Lee gave Daredevil to the character's first signature artist, Gene Colan, who began with issue #20 (Sept. 1966). Colan pencilled all but three issues through #100 (June 1973), plus the 1967 annual, followed by ten issues sprinkled from 1974-79. (He would return again, an established legend, for an eight-issue run in 1997). Among the notable plot developments during this period were Matt Murdock's panicky creation of a "twin brother", the "sighted" and devil-may-care Mike Murdock, in #25 (Feb. 1967), whom Karen Page and Foggy Nelson are led to believe is Daredevil; "Mike's" death in #41 (June 1968); and Matt revealing his Daredevil identity to Karen Page in #57 (Oct. 1969).
Much like in The Amazing Spider-Man — and in what was already an established hallmark of Marvel Comics storytelling — interpersonal drama was as central to the series as action and adventure. A triangle of unrequited love develops between Foggy Nelson, Karen Page and Murdock, with Nelson unable to win over Page and Matt unable to admit that Page loves anyone other than Daredevil. When the revelation of Murdock's dual identity proves too much for Page, she leaves the firm and the comic.
In the 70s the title featured a double billing, co-starring Daredevil's girlfriend the Black Widow. During this time, the series was written by such writers as Gerry Conway, Steve Gerber and Chris Claremont. Artists included Bob Brown and Don Heck. Among the highlights are the origins of Moondragon, Mandrill and Nekra, as the wrap-up of the first Shanna the She-Devil storyline. Readers are also introduced to the Dark Messiah, Candace Nelson, the Sallis Papers and Death-Stalker.
The modern definition of Daredevil began in 1979 with Frank Miller's entrance on the title. Miller's first contributions were as an artist, where he imbued a new dynamism and a drastically different visual style. The series' tone became that of noir with Hell's Kitchen itself playing a more prominent role.
With issue #168, Miller additionally became the series' writer, and the comic underwent a drastic metamorphosis. The most significant change was the introduction of Spider-Man villain Kingpin as Daredevil's new archnemesis. Until that point, Daredevil's enemies were primarily, though not exclusively, costumed villains. The Kingpin was a departure in that although he possessed extraordinary size, strength and fighting ability, his villainy came from his ruthless brilliance in running a criminal empire and not super-powers. The title still retained costumed antagonists — namely Bullseye and Elektra — but found its central theme to be one more grounded in reality — organized crime.
Miller also introduced ninjas into the Daredevil canon, bringing a greater focus on the martial arts aspect of Daredevil's fighting skills, and introducing the characters Stick and the Hand. This was a drastic change to a character once considered a swashbuckler. The focus of a ninja's control of the inner self served as a counterbalance to the emerging themes of anger and torment.
Comics-artist legend Wally Wood, following kidney failure and the loss of vision in one eye, returned to the character he helped define, inking Miller's cover of Daredevil Vol. 1, #164 (May 1980). It was one of Wood's final assignments before his death in 1981.
Miller's noir take on the character continued after he left. However, successor Denny O'Neil did not find the commercial success of his predecessor. In late-1985, Miller returned to the series, co-writing #226 with O'Neil, then writing the "Daredevil: Born Again" storyline in #227-233 (Feb.-Aug. 1986), with artist David Mazzuchelli.
A round-robin of creators contributed in the year that followed Born Again: writers Mark Gruenwald, Danny Fingeroth, Steve Englehart (under the pseudonym "John Harkness") and Ann Nocenti, and pencilers Steve Ditko, Barry Windsor-Smith, Louis Williams, Sal Buscema, Todd McFarlane, Keith Pollard,and Chuck Patton. Longshot co-creator Nocenti, who'd written #236, became the regular writer for a four-and-a-quarter year run of all but two issues from #238-291 (Jan. 1987 - April 1991). John Romita, Jr. joined as penciler from #250-282 (Jan. 1988 - Jul. 1990), and was generally inked by Al Williamson. The team specifically addressed societal issues, with Murdock, now running a non-profit urban legal center, confronting sexism, racism and nuclear proliferation while fighting supervillains. Nocenti introduced the popular antagonist Typhoid Mary in issue #254.
Under writers Karl Kesel and then later Joe Kelly the book gained a lighter tone, with Daredevil returning to the wisecracking, more lighthearted hero depicted by earlier writers. Matt and Foggy (who now knows of Matt's identity as Daredevil) join a law firm run by Foggy's mother Rosalind Sharpe.
[edit] Volume 2: 1998 - Present
In 1998, Daredevil's numbering was rebooted, with the title "cancelled" and revived a month later as part of the Marvel Knights imprint. Joe Quesada drew the new series, written by filmmaker Kevin Smith. Its first eight-issue story arc, "Guardian Devil" depicts Daredevil struggling to protect a child whom he is told could either be the Messiah or the Anti-Christ. Murdock experiences a crisis of faith exacerbated by the discovery that Karen Page has AIDS (later revealed to be a hoax), and her subsequent murder by Bullseye.
After "Guardian Devil", Smith was succeeded by writer-artist David Mack, who contributed the seven-issue "Parts of a Hole"[Daredevil #9 - 15]. This arc introduces Maya Lopez, also known as Echo, a deaf martial artist. Mack brought indie-comic colleague Brian Michael Bendis to Marvel for the following arc, "Wake Up" [Daredevil #16 - 19]. This story follows reporter Ben Urich as he investigates the after-effects of a fight between Daredevil and a retconned character known as Leapfrog. Events in the arc intersect with Mack's earlier run "Parts Of A Hole".
Following Mack and Bendis were Back to the Future screenwriter Bob Gale and artists Phil Winslade and David Ross for the story "Playing to the Camera" ( Mack continued to contribute covers ).
Issue #26 (Dec. 2001) brought back Brian Michael Bendis, working this time with artist Alex Maleev, for a four-year-run that became one of the series' most acclaimed. Maleev's harsh and grainy look is in contrast to Quesada's more cartoony lines, and distinctively reads like a marriage of Frank Miller's noir style and the pulp-magazine art of the 1920s and '30s.
Among the developments in their nearly 50 issue run were the introduction of Milla Donavon, the outing of Murdock's secret identity to the press, the reemergence of the Kingpin and Daredevil's surrender to the FBI.
Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Michael Lark became the new creative team with Daredevil #82 (Feb. 2006), no longer under the Marvel Knights imprint.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Irish-American Matthew Murdock was raised by single father and fading boxer "Battling Jack" Murdock in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. Jack instilled in Matt the importance of education and non-violence with the aim of seeing Matt grow to be a better man than himself. Though Jack's intentions were noble, Matt was left unprepared to handle the bullying he received at school, and was branded with the derisive nickname, "Daredevil". Matt vented his frustration and anger by training in secret.
In the course of saving a blind man from the path of an oncoming truck, Matt was blinded by a radioactive substance. Though the act of heroism robbed him of his sight, the radioactive exposure heightened his remaining senses beyond normal human thresholds, enabling him to detect the shape and location of objects around him. A mysterious man named Stick became his mentor, teaching him to control his new abilities while honing his natural aptitude in acrobatics and martial arts. Matt continued to honor his father's wishes by excelling in his studies, and ultimately enrolled in the Columbia School of Law.
At university Matt fell in love with Elektra Natchios, the daughter of a Greek diplomat. When Elektra and her father were kidnapped by terrorists, Matt wore a mask for the first time and fought to save them. In the mayhem that followed, Elektra's father was shot and killed. Overcome with grief, Elektra broke Murdock's heart by leaving Columbia behind and returning to the study of martial arts.
Back in Hell's Kitchen, Jack struggled and became an enforcer for the small-time crook and boxing manager, the Fixer. In exchange for his services, the Fixer rigged a series of matches and provided "Battling Jack" a late-life boxing renaissance, resulting in the once near-destitute fighter becoming a title contender. On the night of the title fight -- and with his son in the crowd -- Jack ignored the Fixer's demands to take a dive and won by knockout. For his disobedience, the Fixer has him murdered.
Matt was devastated both by the loss of his father and the judicial system's failure to convict the men responsible. Mindful of the childhood promise Matt made to his father not to lead a violent life, Matt created a new identity with which to provide justice himself. Adorned in a yellow and black costume made from his father's boxing robes, renamed with the moniker of his childhood derision, and using his superhuman abilities, Matt confronted the killers and avenged his father.
Matt continued his studies and graduated at the top of his class. Together with his best friend and college roommate Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Matt opened the law practice of Nelson & Murdock, and soon thereafter hired Karen Page on as secretary.
Daredevil moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s to live with his girlfriend, the Black Widow. However, the move did not last long: The Widow ended their relationship, fearing that playing sidekick to Daredevil was causing her to lose her identity as a superheroine, and Murdock returned to Hell's Kitchen. The two remain intimate friends and occasional lovers.
In Born Again, Karen Page returns as a heroin-addicted star of adult films, who sells Daredevil's secret identity for a hit. The Kingpin, who uses this information to try to destroy Murdock piece by piece: blowing up his house, ruining his reputation as a lawyer, menacing his personal life and nearly driving him insane. Miller ends the story on a positive note, with Murdock reuniting with Karen Page and the mother he thought dead, and resuming a less complicated life in Hell's Kitchen.
In the story arc "Fall from Grace", Daredevil's secret identity becomes public knowledge. Forced to fake his own death and change his uniform to an armored "razor costume", Murdock undergoes one of his numerous breakdowns. The change does not take, and Daredevil soon returns to his traditional red costume, while Murdock finds a way to convince the world that he is not, in fact, secretly Daredevil (courtesy of a deus ex machina doppelgänger).
The team's story developments included a coup against the Kingpin by ambitious mobster Sammy Silke, and the subsequent, violent revenge taken by Vanessa Fisk, the Kingpin’s wife. Silke, in exchange for protection, gives Daredevil's identity to the FBI, which makes it public in the Daily Globe. Murdock responds by vigorous denials and a libel lawsuit against the newspaper. While the world ponders whether the respected attorney has made a mockery of the justice system with many past trials involving Daredevil, his client Hector Ayala, the original White Tiger, is shot and killed by police after Murdock loses a manslaughter case in which Ayala was innocent.
Murdock meets and romances the blind Milla Donovan, and battles efforts by the Owl to take Fisk's place as Kingpin by marketing the drug MGH (Mutant Growth Hormone). Daredevil discovers that the Kingpin, thought dead, has recovered from the coup's attempt on his life, and after a violent confrontation that sends his nemesis to the hospital declares himself the Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen. Writer-artist David Mack took over Daredevil once more for five issues, bringing back his character Maya Lopez. Afterward, Bendis and Maleev jumped a year ahead to find an increasingly violent and antisocial Daredevil. He and Donovan have married, and Murdock has won his case against the Daily Globe, resulting in a multimillion dollar settlement he reinvests into the local community. His reporter friend Ben Urich, who knows Daredevil's identity, tries to convince Murdock that he has suffered a nervous breakdown brought on by unresolved feelings over the death of Karen Page. Donovan, in response, annuls the marriage.
In their first arc, "The Devil in Cell-Block D" (Daredevil #82-87), the imprisoned Murdock is helpless to stop the apparent murder of Foggy Nelson at Ryker's. Meanwhile, a mysterious new Daredevil appears in Hell's Kitchen. Murdock escapes with the Punisher during a prison riot and discovers the ersatz Daredevil is his friend and Hero for Hire Danny Rand, the martial-arts superhero Iron Fist. As Rand had planned, his actions make Daredevil's real identity again a subject of media debate. In addition, Ryker's Warden Cole defends Murdock on live television, blaming the FBI for Murdock's incarceration. Unaware that Nelson is in fact alive and in the Witness Protection Program, Daredevil begins the arc "The Devil Takes A Ride" (Daredevil #89 - ) in Monte Carlo seeking information on the lawyer connected to Nelson's attempted murder. There Daredevil encounters a new version of the Matador.
[edit] Powers, abilities and weapons
While Daredevil is blind, the combination of his remaining senses perform at a superhuman level. Daredevil also possesses a "radar-sense" -- alternately explained to be either a direct result of his contact with radioactive waste as a boy, or simply the effect of the combination of his four enhanced senses -- that allows him to "see" the world around him by means of a sort of echo-location.
His agility, dexterity and reflexes, put him on par with an Olympic athlete and allow for unparalleled acrobatic and gymnastic feats. His fighting style combines American boxing with Japanese ninjutsu, judo and aikijujutsu.
Additionally, Daredevil carries a billy club that can be disguised as a blind man's cane. A cable can be extended from its top half to aid in swinging through New York City. Daredevil also frequently uses it as a projectile.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Love interests
Within Marvel Comics, few characters feature a love life as convoluted and tortured as Daredevil's. His girlfriends fall roughly into two groups: ordinary women who suffer great pain at his side; and superpowered, highly-dangerous love interests. Either way, most end up killed, maimed or traumatized. Arguably, Daredevil is a character plagued with Women-in-Refrigerator syndrome.
- Karen Page — Once his law firm's secretary-receptionist, she devolved into a heroin-addicted pornographic actress. She later turns her life around and gets a respecitble job but not long after she is killed by Bullseye.
- Elektra Natchios — Daughter of a Greek diplomat and college love of Murdock who became an assassin for the Kingpin. Murdered by Bullseye, she was later supernaturally resurrected by the Hand.
- Heather Glenn — Became an alcoholic and committed suicide.
- Glorianna O'Breen — Killed by Victor Krueller, a henchman of the Kingpin.
- Milla Donovan — Murdock's wife in mid-2000s issues. She left him when she discovered their marriage might be a symptom of his nervous breakdown, and in late 2005 attempted to reconcile.
- Typhoid Mary — Kingpin assassin with a dissociative identity disorder and the power of pyrokinesis.
- Echo — Daughter of a trusted associate of the Kingpin, now a member of the Avengers under the alias of Ronin.
- Black Widow — Soviet defector, costumed agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
[edit] Recurring characters
- Foggy Nelson — Best friend, college roommate, sidekick and law partner.
- Ben Urich — A reporter for the Daily Bugle who discovers Daredevil's identity and becomes his friend.
- Spider-Man — Daredevil's closest superhero friend.
- Jessica Jones — Former superhero turned private investigator, wife of Luke Cage. Acts at times as bodyguard for Matt Murdock in his civilian life.[issue # needed]
- Luke Cage — Hero for hire with unbreakable skin, occasional bodyguard for Matt Murdock.
- Gladiator — Villain who becomes Matt's close friend and bodyguard. In mid-2000s comics, he is coerced into betraying Daredevil.[issue # needed]
- Stick — An old and blind martial arts master who serves as Murdock's mentor following his childhood accident.
- Turk — Street level flunky for the Kingpin who frequently acts as Daredevil's unwilling informant.
- Sister Maggie — A nun who frequently helps Matt Murdock. He suspects that she is actually his mother.
[edit] Enemies
For a more complete list, see Daredevil villains.
- Bullseye — Daredevil's deadliest enemy, a frequent assassin for the Kingpin. He killed the first two loves of Murdock's life: Elektra and Karen Page.
- Electro — Rarely a Daredevil foe. He was the first supervillain Daredevil faced (Daredevil Vol. 1, #2).
- Kingpin— Criminal mastermind and Daredevil's archnemesis. He has long known Daredevil's secret identity, and used this information to try to destroy Murdock's life.
- Leap-Frog - A frog-themed supervillain who frequently crosses paths with Daredevil.
- The Owl — The first supervillain created in Daredevil, introduced in Vol. 1, #3. In mid-2000s issues, he made a play for the Kingpin's territory by manufacturing the drug Mutant Growth Hormone.
- Purple Man — Has the ability to make people do what he wants due to his radiated skin. Daredevil's willpower and blindness have always kept him outside of the Purple Man's influence.
- Stilt-Man — Armored villain who towers on gigantic, hydraulically operated "stilts" (actually telescoping leg armor).
[edit] Other Daredevils
[edit] Ultimate Daredevil
- In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, two limited edition comic book series have been released. The first, Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra, is written by Greg Rucka, and the second, Ultimate Elektra, by Mike Carey. In the Ultimate books, which look at the beginnings of Daredevil, Murdock is a law student at Columbia University. While little of his past has been revealed, he resembles the Marvel 616 Daredevil in both powers and looks. An older Daredevil, meanwhile, has appeared in the Ultimate Marvel Team-Up book and in the "Blockbuster" storyline Ultimate X-Men, where he assists Wolverine and Spider-Man. This version of Matt Murdock also acted as Bruce Banner's lawyer in The Ultimates 2. Daredevil also appeared in Ultimate Spider-man Annual #2 alongside Moon Knight and the Punisher. At the end of the Annual, he and Moon Knight discuss setting up a team of masked fighters to oppose the Kingpin.
[edit] Alternate realities / possible futures
- The Marvel 2099 version of Daredevil made an appearance in 2099 Apocalypse.
- Matthew Murdoch, a blind balladeer, was a character in writer Neil Gaiman's series 1602.
- Marvel Knights Daredevil 2099 is a descendant of Wilson Fisk.
- The Marvel Mangaverse features a version of Daredevil called the Devil Hunter. His costume is patterned after an oni, or Japanese demon.
- Keeper Murdock in The Age of Apocalypse serves Mikhail Rasputin, one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Exposure to toxic waste during his time in one of Apocalypse's labor camps for humans caused Murdock's powers.
- In the House of M crossover, Matt Murdock / Daredevil is romantically involved with She-Hulk.
- In the Earth X series, an invulnerable stuntman goes by the name of Daredevil, as well as donning a costume that looks somewhere between that of Daredevil and Evel Knievel.
- In the alternate timeline published under the MC2 imprint, Daredevil was murdered by the Kingpin while saving the life of Kaine. Daredevil is succeeded by Reilly Tyne AKA DarkDevil.
- In the Daredevil / Batman crossover books, Matt Murdock is shown to have once been friends with Harvey Dent in law school. Dent would become the criminal Two-Face. In the second book of the series, Daredevil would prove to have an immunity to the Scarecrow's fear toxin.
- First mentioned in Exiles #12, the Daredevil from Earth-181 was revealed to be an assassin working for his reality's Kingpin.
[edit] Other publishers
- The Golden Age Daredevil, a character published by Lev Gleason Publications, who wore a red-and-blue costume and fought crime with boomerangs. The alternate universe version of Matt Murdock in the Mutant X series wore a similar costume as an homage.
[edit] Parodies
- Personallity Comics' Spoof Comics #5 (Oct. 1992) parodied Daredevil, the Man Without Fear, as Daredame, Woman Without a Brassiere. In the 16-page "The Origin of Daredame", a radioactive isotope hits Pat Paddock, daughter of mud wrestler Joltin' Jackie Paddock, in the chest while she saves a man crossing the street. Her bust enlarges hugely and develops a radar sense.<ref>DD Resource: Daredevil Parodies/Spoofs</ref>
- Alan Moore, Mike Collins and Mark Farmer parodied Frank Miller's Daredevil stories in "Grit!", a short story in The Daredevils #8.
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book started out as a partial parody, with the Foot Clan referencing the Hand and Splinter paroding Stick.[citation needed]
[edit] Appearances in other media
[edit] Film
- Daredevil's earliest appearance in a theatrical movie was a cameo in Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), in which the starring characters run through a movie lot where an actor in a Daredevil costume has an action scene in the background. The DVD includes a longer Daredevil scene. Kevin Smith had previously written for Daredevil.
- In February 2003, 20th Century Fox released Daredevil, a feature film starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell and Michael Clarke Duncan, and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. While opening strongly and eventually surpassing $100 million in ticket sales, poor word-of-mouth and negative reviews curtailed its momentum. A director's cut DVD was released in November 2004 with nearly 30 minutes of additional footage, including an entire subplot involving a murder trial which led to the capture of Wilson Fisk as The Kingpin.
[edit] Video games
- Daredevil had a cameo appearance in the 2000 Spider-Man video game (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) released for Sony PlayStation, N64, Sega Dreamcast and PC.
- He has the title role in a game for the GameBoy Advance based on the 2003 movie.
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear was a 3D title in development for the Xbox and PlayStation2, cancelled in 2004.<ref>IGN.com game-profile pages for Daredevil: The Man Without Fear Xbox and PS2</ref> <ref>IGN.com (May 27, 2004): "Daredevil Game Canceled", by David Adams</ref>
- His Matt Murdock alias has a cameo as the lawyer of Frank Castle in the 2005 Punisher video game.
- He also stars as a character in the 2005 video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects alongside other Marvel characters. He voiced by David Kayne (who also voiced Iron Man for the game).
- Daredevil appears as an unlockable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
[edit] Television
- Daredevil first appeared on television in his civilian identity as Spider-Man's lawyer, Matt Murdock (voiced by Frank Welker), in the "Attack of the Arachnoid" episode of the 1981-83 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends animated TV series. Daredevil appears in a flashback cameo narrated by Stan Lee.
- Daredevil's his first live-action appearance was in the 1989 TV movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, in which he was played by Rex Smith. The Kingpin was played by John Rhys Davies.
- The character appeared as a guest in the various Marvel superhero animated series. Bill Smitrovich provided Daredevil's voice in the 1990s Fantastic Four animated series, while Edward Albert voiced Daredevil on the Spider-Man animated series.
- A Halloween edition of a Simpsons comic featured a story "Bart Simpson, the Boy Without Fear".[citation needed]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Main
- Daredevil Vol. 1: #1-380 (April 1964 - Oct. 1998)
- Daredevil Vol. 2: #1- (Nov. 1998- ) Note: With #22, began official dual-numbering with original series, as #22 / 402, etc.
- Daredevil Special #1 (Sept. 1967)
- Daredevil Special #2 (Feb. 1971; reprints)
- Daredevil Special #3 (Jan. 1972; reprints)
- Daredevil Annual #4 (1976)
- Daredevil Annual #4 (1989) Note: mislabeled #4, rather than #5, both on cover and in indicia
- Daredevil Annual #6-10 (1990-1994)
- Daredevil / Deadpool '97 Annual (1997)
[edit] One-shots and limited series
- Giant-Size Daredevil #1 (1975)
- Daredevil / Black Widow: Abattoir (July 1993 graphic novel)
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1-5 (Oct. 1993 - Feb. 1994) by Frank Miller and John Romita jr.
- Daredevil #1/2 (17-page comic published within Wizard #96, Aug. 1999)
- Daredevil: Ninja #1-3 (Dec. 2000 - May 2001) by Brian Michael Bendis
- Daredevil: Yellow #1-6 (Aug. 2001 - Jan. 2002) by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
- Daredevil: The Target (per indicia), also known as Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target (per cover) #1 (Jan. 2003) by Kevin Smith and Glenn Fabry
- Daredevil: Father #1-5 (June 2004, Oct. 2005 - Jan. 2006) by Joe Quesada
- Daredevil: 2099 #1 (Nov. 2004) by Robert Kirkman
- Daredevil: Redemption #1-6 (April-Aug. 2005; no cover dates; #1-2 both indicia-dated April 2005) by David Hine and Michael Gaydos
- Captain Universe / Daredevil #1 (Jan. 2006)
[edit] Marvel team-ups
- Spider-Man and Daredevil Special Edition #1 (March 1984; reprints)
- Daredevil and the Punisher: Child's Play #1 (1988; reprints)
- Daredevil and the Punisher (1994))
- Spider-Man / Daredevil #1 (Oct. 2002)
- Daredevil / Spider-Man #1-4 (Jan.-April 2001)
- Daredevil vs. Punisher: Means and Ends #1-6 (Sept. 2005 - Jan. 2006; no cover dates; #1-2 both indicia-dated Sept. 2005) by David Lapham
[edit] Company crossovers
- Daredevil / Batman (per indicia), also known as Daredevil and Batman (per cover) #1 (Jan. 1997)
- Shi / Daredevil #1 (Jan. 1997)
- Daredevil / Shi #1 (Feb. 1997)
[edit] Other
- The Daredevils #1-11 (month n.a., 1982 - Nov. 1983) Marvel UK series, mostly reprint)
- Daredevil vs. Vapora #1 (1993)
- Free health-and-safety comic sponsored by Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association & Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Marvels Comics: Daredevil #1 (July 2000)
[edit] Creators
- See Daredevil writers for a list of regular writers.
- See Daredevil artists for a list of regular artists.
[edit] Awards
Daredevil limited series have received the following awards:
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear: 1992 Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award — Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series
- Daredevil: Yellow: 2001 Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award — Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series
[edit] Footnotes
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[edit] References
- Official webpage at Marvel.com
- Daredevil bio at MarvelDirectory
- Man Without Fear fan site
- "Secrets, lies — and lawyers!", Douglas Wolk, Salon.com, January 5, 2006. Retrospective of the Bendis/Maleev run.
- Marvel Toonzone
- Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
[edit] External links
- MDP: Daredevil (Marvel Database Project)
- DD Resource
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