- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Joe Orlando
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-733
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: Daredevil; GUESTS: Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; VILLAINS: The Owl [1st; Leland Owlsley]; "Sad Sam" Simms (1st); "Ape" Horgon (1st)
- Synopsis:
- A wealthy and ruthless financier is exposed as a criminal and begins his reign as the Owl; The Owl hires Matt Murdock to get him out of his legal troubles; The Owl gathers a gang, traps DD and Karen and begins his bid to rule the underworld; DD escapes and takes the Owl down.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Owl's real name is not given in this issue; Daredevil fashions a hood as part of his costume where he can keep his street clothes, but it only survives into the first half of issue #3. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.