- Script
- Steve Gerber (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited) (pages 1-16, third tier of 26, 27-32); Jim Starlin (credited) (pages 17-26 except bottom tier of 26)
- Inks
- Don Perlin (credited)
- Colors
- Janice Cohen (credited)
- Letters
- June Braverman (credited)
- Job Number
- 1631-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Witness: a scene of unmitigated terror!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Black Widow [Natalia Romanoff]; Paul Carson; Lucretia Jones; Ashley Sanders; Moondragon (introduction, origin); Kraven [Sergei Kravinoff]; Kerwin J. Broderick; Terrible Trio [Angar [David Angar]; Ramrod; Dark Messiah [Mordecai Jones]]; Terrex (introduction); Charles; Janis; Titans [Emlot; Kazantra; Mentor [Alars]; Starfox [Eros]; Thanos] (flashback); Sub Mariner [Namor McKenzie] (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Kraven throws Daredevil off of a cliff to his death but the he disappears before he strikes bottom. Daredevil finds himself in an elaborate underwater domain inhabited by Moondragon. She accuses him of being a thrall of Thanos and then tells him her origin to let him know what this means. Touching Daredevil's mind, Moondragon discovers that she has been lied to and that Daredevil is one of the good guys. The real villain appears as none other than Kerwin J. Broderick, Matt's law partner and he gloats as he unleashes Terrex on the world.
- Reprints
- in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #5 [black and white]
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #101 (5 mai 1978)
- in Atlantic special (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1981 series) #5/1981 (1981)
- in Atlantic Spesial [Atlantic Special] (Atlantic Forlag, 1981 series) #5/1981 ([oktober] 1981) [minus 3 pages]
- in The Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (November 1985) [4 2/3 pp.]
which is reprinted- in Avengers vs. Thanos (Marvel, 2013 series) ([February] 2013)
- in Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016) [pages 17-26]
- in Marvel Gold. La Saga de Thanos (Panini España, 2018 series) (Febrero 2018) [Páginas 11-15]
- in The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) [Jim Starlin Direct Market Cover] (2019) [pages 17-21 (top two panels)]
- in Daredevil Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #5 - Going Out West (2021)
- Keywords
- KSG-TV; Saturn (planet); Shao-Lom Monastery (destroyed); Thanos War; Titan (moon); Video-Wagon
Thanos War tie-in; The origin of Moondragon, pages 17-26, is the year old Jim Starlin material intended for a 1972 Iron Man issue, according to Captain Marvel #29 letters page.
Prior to this issue, Moondragon was called Madam MacEvil.