- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (credited)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- X-733
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; The Owl [Leland Owlsley] (villain, introduction); "Sad Sam" Simms (villain, introduction); "Ape" Horgon (villain, introduction)
- 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 Daredevil and Karen and begins his bid to rule the underworld. Daredevil escapes and takes the Owl down.
- Reprints
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in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #5, #6, #7 -
in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #2/1966 (1966) -
in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #3 (30 de septiembre de 1966) -
in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #3 (1. marts 1967) -
in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #79 (5 August 1967), #80 (12 August 1967), #81 (19 August 1967) -
in Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968) -
in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #23 (November 1969) which is reprinted-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #3 (5 mars 1970) [reworked] -
in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #3 (4 Giugno 1970) -
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #24 (March 17, 1973) [pages 1-12], #25 (March 24, 1973) [pages 13-22] -
in Durfal (Classics/Williams, 1976 series) #2 ([1976]) -
in Daredevil (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #1 (1977) -
in Daredevil l'homme sans peur (Editions Héritage, 1979 series) #3/4 (1979) -
in Diabolico (Novedades, 1981 series) #3 (20 de febrero de 1981) -
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #375 (1983-10-25) -
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991) which is reprinted-
in Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (Marvel, 1999 series) #[1] (April 1999) -
in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (October 2002) -
in Daredevil : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2003 series) #1964-1965 (juin 2014) -
in Daredevil Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 ([February] 2017) -
in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #6 - Demolidor 1 (maio 2021)
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 #4. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.