Daredevil #87

(May 1972)

From Stage Left, Enter: Electro! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Tom Palmer (credited)

Colors

Tom Palmer ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number

856 Z

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Electro (villain); Ivan Petrovitch Bezukhov; Commissioner Robert O'Hara; Foggy Nelson (cameo); Danny French (cameo)

Synopsis

Daredevil and the Black Widow move to San Francisco, where they immediately come up against an unhinged Electro.

Reprints

• in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #87 (30 de septiembre de 1973)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #85 (5 janvier 1977)
• in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #4 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (Marvel, 2003 series) #9 (2015)
• in Daredevil Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - Going Out West (2021)

Keywords

Coit Tower; San Francisco; Telegraph Hill

Indexer Notes

Electro's costume design is a variation of the classic green and yellow version. Most notably, Colan drew four "lightning bolts" extending from the side of the mask, two on each side.

Nifty Notes, Nostalgic Nuances, and Narcissistic Name-Dropping, Featuring Non-Toxic News of the Nation's Most Notorious Non-Entities! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Let's Level with Daredevil / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita; Gene Colan; Jack Kirby; Marie Severin (illustrations)

Inks

John Romita; Vince Colletta; Marie Severin (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Let's Level with Daredevil [bust]

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Matt Graham and Robert A. Calbridge Jr.
Multiple pencil and ink credits pertain to the small heads of Marvel characters used as a spot illustration in various issues.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of September 23, 1971
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 199,872
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 204,768
Owners: Magazine Management Co., Inc, 625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, and Cadence Industries Corp., 641 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022