Daredevil #280 [Newsstand]
(May 1990)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
071486024590 05
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Mike Rockwitz (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #280 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Fire and Ice in the Land of the Dead! (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita Jr. (signed as JR JR)
Inks
Al Williamson (signed as AW)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Mephisto
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #280 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Daredevil (1964 series) #280 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Daredevil (1964 series) #280 [Mark Jewelers]
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Twilight of the Idols (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ann Nocenti
Pencils
John Romita Jr.
Inks
Al Williamson
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jack Morelli
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; The Inhumans [Gorgon; Karnak]; Number Nine; Brandy Ash; Pope [Ahura Boltagon]; Angel; Mephisto; Cherub-Demons [Harry]
Synopsis
Daredevil and his companions fall into Hell and each experience Mephisto's realm in their own unique ways. Daredevil lights a fire.
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Keywords
"Drinc and Drive" (business); "God Yeer" blimp; Beastie Boys t-shirt; Billboard Heaven; book by Andre Gide; DAMM [Drunks Agains Mad Moms]; Feather Pile; Hell; Limbo; Motley Crue t-shirt; Sloppy Sex (business); snake; Stranger (book by Albert Camus); the Plays of Jean Paul Sartre

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

Devil's Advocate / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio; Mike Rockwitz
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (spot illustration)
Inks
Al Williamson (spot illustration)
Colors
Christie Scheele (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dave Klingbell [Dave Klingbeil] (Cleveland, OH), Bud Smith (Richmond, Surry, England), Bradley M. Hamlin (Sacramento, CA), Dave Klingbeil (Cleveland, OH), Matthew Roffman (Sarasota, FL), and Malcome Bourne (Prestwich, Manchester, England). The two letters from Dave Klingbeil have his last name spelled differently, but the address is the same. (The Klingbeil name is in the letters column of Detective Comics #698.) Also spot illustration of Daredevil, taken from the second panel of story page 2 in this issue.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fire and Ice in the Land of the Dead!
    Daredevil
  2. 1. Twilight of the Idols
    Daredevil
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Devil's Advocate
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