Daredevil #50
(March 1969)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-01-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

If in Battle I Fail --! (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith; Gene Colan; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Johnny Craig; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Plastoid
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This cover was worked on by numerous hands. Smith penciled the bulk of the cover; Colan penciled the Daredevil figure and Romita redrew/altered the robot.

If in Battle I Fall---! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith); John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Johnny Craig (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Cooper (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Biggie Benson (villain); Starr Saxon (villain); Plastoid (villain)
Synopsis
The Plastoid and DD duke it out until the giant robot is hurt and returns to his master. In the heat of battle with Hornhead, Starr accidentally sends the robot off to kill the man who hired him, Biggie Benson.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Per Nick Caputo, John Romita provided alterations on a number of faces and figures throughout the story. Script credit corrected by Haydn via the GCD Error Tracker; we formerly credited Roy Thomas.

It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Marvel Comics Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fabulous Facts and Frivolous Fables for Frantic Fans, Faithful Friends, and Fiendish Foes! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Let's Level with Daredevil / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (responses)
Pencils
Gene Colan; John Romita (illustrations)
Inks
George Klein; John Romita (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (next issue teaser); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Gene, DD #46 was undoubtedly your greatest single effort...
Feature Logo
Let's Level with Daredevil [bust]
Characters
Daredevil

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Carl Gafford (New Milford, Conn.), Bruce Davis (Elk Grove, Calif.), Keith Small (New York, N.Y.), Shelley Caputo (Culver City, Calif.), Tony Martinez (Paterson, N.J.), and Nils Osmar (Clam Gulch, Alaska). Includes three panels from earlier issues. (Panels on page two are from story pages 11 and 14 of Daredevil #48.)

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1968. Average paid circulation for previous 12 months was 292,423. Printed sideways above the house ad for Captain America.

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. If in Battle I Fail --!
    Daredevil
  2. 1. If in Battle I Fall---!
    Daredevil
  3. 2. It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows!
    Marvel Comics Group
  4. 3. Fabulous Facts and Frivolous Fables for Frantic Fans, Faithful Friends, and Fiendish Foes!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. ["Dear Stan and Gene, DD #46 was undoubtedly your greatest single effort..."]
    Let's Level with Daredevil
  6. 5. Statement of Ownership
  7. 6. Another Marvel Masterpiece
    Captain America
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore