Daredevil #78

(July 1971)

The Horns of the Bull! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Tom Palmer (credited)

Colors

Tom Palmer ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number

591-Z

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Man-Bull [William Taurus] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Daredevil saves a couple from becoming victims of a mad doctor's experiment, but the doctor uses one of his cronies for the process, turning him into the Man-Bull.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics Der Dämon (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #4 (1972)
• in Diabólico (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #78 (31 de diciembre de 1972)
• in L'Incredibile Devil (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #77 (5 aprile 1973)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #76 (5 avril 1976)
• in Diabolico (Novedades, 1981 series) #78 (30 de Julio de 1982)
• in Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #4 (2007) [black and white]
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2015 series) #3 (octobre 2015)
• in Daredevil Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #4 - A Woman Called Widow (2019)

Indexer Notes

Pages 12 and 13 are half story/half ad. Part 1 of Mr. Kline opus in DD, which crosses over with Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #41-45 and Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #42.

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Checklist of Marvel comics "now on sale."

[Portfolios] (Table of Contents: 3)

Marvelmania / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Spider-Man; Daredevil; Green Goblin; Kraven the Hunter; Sub-Mariner (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Illustrated ad for Daredevil and Spider-Man portfolios containing unpublished art and "complete reprint of Spidey #1" and "complete reprint of Daredevil #1." Each portfolio is $1.75 plus 50 cents postage or both sets for a total of $4.00 from Marvelmania, Dept. 6D, PO Box 718, Culver City, Calif. 90230.

Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About the Bullpen, But Were Afraid to Ask! (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed); ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox gives credit to the artists for working from a synopsis and delivering the finished art on deadline. The current issue of the Hulk is based on Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic" and Wolfe appears in the story. Reed Crandall and Al Williamson are planning to illustrate stories. The Bullpen says they're swamped with requests for help for term papers, etc., from college students and don't have time to help with any of them, so stop asking. John Severin and his family (wife and six children) are moving to Colorado. Gene Colan is teaching a part-time course on comics in his home town in New Jersey. Lynn Wolley, news-reporter at KNOW radio in Houston and Mike Turner at WABC-FM in New York have been promoting Marvel comics. Doug Kenny, editor of the National Lampoon, visited the Bullpen and had a long talk with Stan. Also "Make Mine Marvel" flanked by headshots of Iron Man and Captain America.

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

Let's Level with Daredevil / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita; Gene Colan; Marie Severin; Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

John Romita; Vince Colletta; Marie Severin; Tom Palmer (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, Roy, and Gene, Whatever happened to that fabled Man Without Fear?

Characters

Daredevil

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Dave Handy (Roseburg, Ore.), Jim Vicko (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), Mickey Blanchette (Ellsworth, Me.), Roger Schoolcraft (Follansbee, W. Va.), and Matthew Losordo (Howard Beach, N.Y.). Also a spot illustration from a previous issue.

The Keepers of the Crypt! (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)

Inks

Sal Buscema (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Indexer Notes

At bottom of second letters page. Promo for Conan the Barbarian #8. Layout splits the cover illustration and the issue logo and adds blurbs. This illustration does not have the alterations to the woman's face that appear on the published cover. Colors are different than the cover.