Daredevil #199 [Direct]
(October 1983)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-06-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Linda Grant (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #27, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-06-28.
This issue has variants:

First There Was Storm... Then Earthquake. (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Luke McDonnell
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Dark Wind
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from the letters page of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #204 via Ben Parran (30 July 2006).

A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Scottie

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Cracker Jacks on inside front cover.

Daughter of a Dark Wind (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
William Johnson (credited)
Inks
Danny Bulanadi (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Yuriko Oyama; Bullseye (villain); Dark Wind (villain, death)
Synopsis
A healed Bullseye betrays Dark Wind and makes his way back to the States. Yuriko kills her father to save Daredevil's life.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Yuriko next in Alpha Flight #33 as Lady Deathstrike.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3)

Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc..

[Al Milgrom Quits!] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); Carl Potts; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Carl Potts (caricature)

Indexer Notes

Lots of editorial changes: Al Milgrom goes from editor back to writer/artist; Carl Potts replaces Milgrom as editor of The Defenders, Doctor Strange, and the Hulk; Tom DeFalco becomes Executive Editor of special projects; and Danny Fingeroth becomes editor of The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Team-Up, and Marvel Tales. There's a teaser for Assistant Editor's month. The Hype Box features Avengers #236, Cloak & Dagger #1, and The New Mutants #8. And also the Mighty Marvel Checklist of comics and magazines.

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

Devil's Advocate / letters page / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Smith (Bristol, TN), David Allen (Olney, IL), Ron S. Dyer (Brooklyn, NY), Scott Schaier (Merrick, NY), Chris Tripp (Ernul, NC), Keith Bowden (Lawrenceburg, TN), and Michael Kanterovich (Hollis, NY).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Simonson (signed)
Inks
Walter Simonson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coming this July...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor

Indexer Notes

Illustrated promo for The Mighty Thor by Walt Simonson, which begins in Thor #337. At bottom right corner of letters page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. First There Was Storm... Then Earthquake.
    Daredevil
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Daughter of a Dark Wind
    Daredevil
  4. 3. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  5. 4. [Al Milgrom Quits!]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Devil's Advocate
  7. 6. ["Coming this July..."]
    Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • David Bruce
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson