Daredevil #50

(March 1969)

If in Battle I Fall---! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]; John Romita (see notes)

Inks

Johnny Craig

Colors

?

Letters

Herb Cooper

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Biggie Benson (villain); Starr Saxon (villain); Plastoid (villain)

Synopsis

The Plastoid and DD duke it out until the giant robot is hurt and returns to his master. In the heat of battle with Hornhead, Starr accidentally sends the robot off to kill the man who hired him, Biggie Benson.

Reprints

• in Dæmonen (Interpresse, 1967 series) #50 (1969)
• in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #50 (31 de agosto de 1969)
• in Demonen (Centerförlaget, 1966 series) #11/1969 ([november] 1969)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #49 (5 janvier 1974) [Moins 1 page/Minus 1 page]
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #163 (November 15, 1975) [Reprints the beginning of the original story]
• in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #3 (2005) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Per Nick Caputo, John Romita provided alterations on a number of faces and figures throughout the story. Script credit corrected by Haydn via the GCD Error Tracker; we formerly credited Roy Thomas.

It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Marvel Comics Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fabulous Facts and Frivolous Fables for Frantic Fans, Faithful Friends, and Fiendish Foes! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas (responses)

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; Sam Rosen (next issue teaser)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Gene, DD #46 was undoubtedly your greatest single effort...

Characters

Daredevil

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Carl Gafford (New Milford, Conn.), Bruce Davis (Elk Grove, Calif.), Keith Small (New York, N.Y.), Shelley Caputo (Culver City, Calif.), Tony Martinez (Paterson, N.J.), and Nils Osmar (Clam Gulch, Alaska). Includes three panels from earlier issues. (Panels on page two are from story pages 11 and 14 of Daredevil #48.)

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1968. Average paid circulation for previous 12 months was 292,423. Printed sideways above the house ad for Captain America.

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)