Secrets of the Unknown #108

The Dismal Dregs of Defeat! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't move, Daredevil!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Debbie Harris; Jester [Jonathan Powers] (villain)

Synopsis

With the police thinking he is a murderer, DD tries to avoid the law but is captured by the Jester and sent to jail.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #45 (October 1968)

The Final Jest! (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

George Klein

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's Careful himself -- booked for homicide!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Debbie Harris; Jester [Jonathan Powers] (villain); Johnny Carson (cameo); Karen Page (cameo, flashback)

Synopsis

DD has to break out of jail to clear his name of a trumped-up murder charge. Once old hornhead figures out the Jester set the whole thing up, he dresses as the Jester and appears on TV with Johnny Carson to draw out the crime clown. The Jester and DD battle as the plot concludes on live TV.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #46 (November 1968)

Indexer Notes

The Tonight Show is not mentioned. There's one panel with Johnny Carson, who is called Johnny.