Daredevil #179 [Direct]
(February 1982)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-10-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Ralph Macchio (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #6.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

...Somebody Had to Win! (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Miller
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker

Genre
superhero
Characters
Elektra Natchios
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Spiked! (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Miller (credited)
Pencils
Klaus Janson (credited) (finished art); Frank Miller (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Klaus Janson (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Randolph Cherryh (villain); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (supporting); Vanessa Fisk; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Elektra Natchios (antagonist); Ben Urich (featured); Doris Urich
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Ben is warned off the Kingpin/Cherryh story by Elektra and Cherryh himself. When Ben and Daredevil continue to dig, Elektra shows up and beats Daredevil, right before she throws a sai through Urich.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is narrated by Ben Urich.

Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes (Table of Contents: 2)

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Bubble Yum ad and maze.

A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure! [Evil Goblins] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dungeons & Dragons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Willingham
Inks
Bill Willingham
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Grimslade; Indel; Saren; Valerius

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [The Green Slime] and [The Red Dragon].

Captain Marvel in Flea Bargaining (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The world's largest flea market on a peaceful afternoon!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; the Flea-Market-Eating Flea
Synopsis
Captain Marvel defeats a giant flea by baiting a trap with Twinkies.
Reprints
Keywords
flea market; fleas

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

Devil's Advocate / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stu Krull (Freehold, NJ), Diana Schultz [Diana Schutz] (Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada), Victoria Schodowski (Levitown, PA), Craig A. Larson (Williamsville, NY), and Dave Maine (Farmington, CT). No editorial responses.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ...Somebody Had to Win!
    Daredevil
  2. 1. Spiked!
    Daredevil
  3. 2. Play the Bubble Yum Sweepstakes
    Bubble Yum
  4. 3. A "Dungeons & Dragons" Adventure! [Evil Goblins]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  5. 4. Captain Marvel in Flea Bargaining
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Devil's Advocate
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