(April 1964)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bimonthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Olympia Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in L' Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #1 (6 Maggio 1970)
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #13 (December 1986) [excerpt]
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #13 (December 1986) [[cover]]
- in Wizard Ace Edition: Daredevil (Marvel / Wizard, 2003 series) #1 (April 2003)
[no title indexed]
Daredevil / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Bill Everett
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Daredevil; Fixer; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Spider-Man; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; Thing
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Super Heroes (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (October 1966)
- in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #22 (September 1969)
- in L' Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #1 (6 Maggio 1970)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #[nn] (1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (November 1997)
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1999 series) #[nn] (January 2002 [Second Printing])
- in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (October 2002) [black & white reprint]
- in Marvel Mini Comic Book Daredevil #1 (Marvel, 2003 series) #[nn] (2003)
Indexer Notes
Heroes on the cover (other than DD) do not appear in the issue.
The Origin of Daredevil
Daredevil / comic story / 23 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett
- Inks:
- Bill Everett; Steve Ditko; Sol Brodsky
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: Daredevil [Matthew Michael Murdock]; GUESTS: Battling Jack Murdock (1st appearance; DD's father; Death); Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (1st appearance); Karen Page (1st appearance); VILLAINS: The Fixer (1st appearance; Death); Slade
- Synopsis:
- Matt Murdock saves a blind man from an oncoming truck but is struck blind himself by a radioactive canister during the rescue; The radioactivity heightens Matt's other senses and gives him an uncanny radar sense; Matt graduates college and begins practicing law with his college roommate Foggy; Matt's father, a boxer, is killed by the Fixer after he refuses to throw a fight; Matt designs a costume and a billy club (from his cane) and takes his derogatory childhood nickname "Daredevil"; DD tracks down the Fixer and the man who shot his father.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Super Heroes (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (October 1966)
- in Fantastic Summer Special (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1968 series) #1 (Summer 1968)
- in L' Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #1 (6 Maggio 1970)
- in Marvel Annual (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1972 series) #1974 (1973)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) #[nn] (1975)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #1/1978 ([januari] 1978)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #1/1978 ([januari] 1978)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991)
- in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (November 1997)
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1999 series) #[nn] (January 2002 [Second Printing])
- in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (October 2002)
- in Marvel Mini Comic Book Daredevil #1 (Marvel, 2003 series) #[nn] (2003)
- in Wizard Ace Edition: Daredevil (Marvel / Wizard, 2003 series) #1 (April 2003)
Indexer Notes
Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1 is re-printed on the splash page.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
- Ralf Haring
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Maurizio Villotta
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Gafford
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Mark Gordon
- Ramon Schenk
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