Daredevil #163 [Direct]

(March 1980)

Blind Alley (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Roger McKenzie (credited)

Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited) (pages 1-2); Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (pages 3-18)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The occasion is a hundred dollar a plate fundraiser, launching the re-election campaign of District Attorney Blake Tower.

Feature Logo

Daredevil, the Man Without Fear!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (featured); Heather Glenn (supporting); Debbie Harris; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (antagonist); J. Jonah Jameson; Foggy Nelson (supporting); Tony Stark; Blake Tower (supporting); Ben Urich; Doris Urich (first appearance); Rico (introduction); Judge Coffin

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Daredevil tries to help Bruce Banner out and gets himself badly beaten by the Hulk for his trouble. Ben hears Heather call Daredevil "Matt" during the battle.

Reprints

• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #2 (Agosto de 1982)
• in The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #4 (April 1983)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #160 (5 avril 1983)
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #9/1983 ([september] 1983) [minus pages 14-18]
• in Daredevil: Marked for Death (Marvel, 1990 series) (March 1990)
• in Obras Maestras (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #12 - Daredevil: Marcado por la Muerte ([Marzo] 1994)
• in Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #4 (January 1995)
• in Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller (Graphitti Designs, 2000 series) #1 (2000)
which is reprinted
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #40 - Daredevil: Zum Abschuss freigegeben (März 2016)
• in Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (October 2000)
• in Coleccionable Daredevil (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #2 (Marzo 2003)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini UK, 2003 series) #2 (23 April 2003)
• in Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
• in Hulk vs. the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 2008 series) ([June] 2008)
• in Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #86 - Дардевил: Отмеченный Для Убийства (2017)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (Marvel, 2003 series) #15 ([June] 2021)

Indexer Notes

Allegedly, having Daredevil face off against the Hulk was Miller's idea and when the idea was presented, the editor said, "Yeah, so what happens in the second panel." Inker credits 2005 by Steven Tice.