Daredevil #8

(June 1965)

The Stiltman Cometh! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil [Marvel] / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Wally Wood (credited)

Inks

Wally Wood (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Stilt-Man [Wilbur Day] (villain, introduction); Carl Kaxton (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Nelson and Murdock are hired by a disgruntled scientist who claims his boss stole his invention. The scientist turns out, not only to be the real thief, but also the new villain, Stilt-Man. Karen, who's been looking into an eye operation for Matt, accuses him of cowardice and inability to fall in love when Matt tells her the operation's too risky.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #60 (?)
• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #16, #17
• in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #2/1967 (1967)
• in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #8 (28 de febrero de 1967)
• in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #9 (1. august 1967)
• in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #95 (25 November 1967)
• in Demonen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #8/1968 ([august] 1968)
• in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #8 (13 Agosto 1970)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #9 (5 septembre 1970) [reworked]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #28 (October 1970)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #71 (February 9, 1974) [pages 1-12; page 7 deleted], #72 (February 16, 1974) [pages 13-20]
• in Daredevil (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #3 (1978)
• in Stan Lee Presents The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Daredevil (Marvel, 1982 series) #02041 (November 1982) [panels rearranged to fit paperback size]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 ([September] 1991)
which is reprinted
• in Devil Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1993 series) #3 (Aprile 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, 2014 series) #1964-1965 (juin 2014)
• in Daredevil Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 ([February] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Issue includes cutaways of both Daredevil’s billy-club and Matt Murdock's apartment. Stilt-Man is called "Stiltman" throughout this story.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Fantastic Four; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Two More Triumphs For Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

The Merry Marvel Marching Society / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Let's Level with Daredevil / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wanna know how Stiltman turned out...

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Daredevil Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 ([February] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Spero Manekas, Gary Ludwig, Randy Winston, Wayne Cauley Jr., James Der, R.A. Muller & R.D. Marsh, Greg Dworkin, Alan Hutchinson, Mr. & Mrs. N. Horan, and Gene Brown. Includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.