Daredevil
#4
(October 1964)
Marvel,
1964 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-08-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Olympia Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The World Calls Him "The Purple Man"
Daredevil / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Killgrave, the Purple Man; Karen Page
- Reprints
-
in Daredevil l'homme sans peur (Editions Héritage, 1979 series) #5/6 -
in Diabolico (Novedades, 1981 series) #4 - in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #4 (31 de octubre de 1966)
-
in Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #4/1968 ([april] 1968) -
in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #24 (January 1970) which is reprinted - in Daredevil Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017) [1/4 page]
-
in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #4 (18 Giugno 1970) -
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #27 (April 7, 1973) [used as the first page of the reprinted story] -
in Daredevil (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #2 (1978) -
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #101 (5 mai 1978) [Recolorié/Recolored] which is reprinted - in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #157 (5 janvier 1983)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991) which is reprinted
- in Devil Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1993 series) #2 (Marzo 1993)
- 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 Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The Man without Fear (2016) [recolored; new trade dress], #1 - The Man without Fear (2016)
-
in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017) - in Daredevil Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
- in True Believers: The Criminally Insane - Purple Man (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (March 2020)
-
in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #6 - Demolidor 1 (maio 2021)
-
Killgrave, the Unbelievable Purple Man!
Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (credited)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Job Number
- X-783
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Killgrave the Purple Man [Zebediah Killgrave] (villain, introduction, origin); The Fixer (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- Daredevil runs up against a purple man who can make anyone do what he wants just by suggesting it.
- Reprints
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8, #9, #10
-
in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #2/1966 (1966) - in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #4 (31 de octubre de 1966)
-
in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #4 (1967) - in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #82 (26 August 1967)
- in Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #4/1968 ([april] 1968)
- in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #24 (January 1970)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #4 (5 avril 1970) [reworked]
- in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #4 (18 Giugno 1970)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #26 (March 31, 1973) [pages 1-12], #27 (April 7, 1973) [pages 13-22]
-
in Durfal (Classics/Williams, 1976 series) #2 ([1976]) - in Daredevil (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #2 (1978)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991) which is reprinted
- in Devil Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1993 series) #1 (Febbraio 1993), #2 (Marzo 1993)
- 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 Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - The Man without Fear (2016)
- in Daredevil Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
- in True Believers: The Criminally Insane - Purple Man (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (March 2020)
- in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #6 - Demolidor 1 (maio 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
[no title indexed]
Let's Level with Daredevil / letters page / 2 pages
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Joe Hartlaub, Ronn Foss, Steve Voorhies, Brad Faughn, John Buccafusco, Vincent Bellafiore, Albert Finelli, Ed Lahmann, and Bruce Elliott.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The World Calls Him "The Purple Man"
Daredevil -
1.
Killgrave, the Unbelievable Purple Man!
Daredevil -
2.
[no title indexed]
Let's Level with Daredevil
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Steve Jenner
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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