Daredevil Gangwar

(March 1992)

Devils (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Bullseye [Lester; Benjamin Poindexter] (villain); Foggy Nelson; Heather Glenn; Becky Blake; Elektra [Elektra Natchios]; Nick Manolis; Delany; Tom Snyde (introduction, see notes); Humphry Bogart (cameo on movie screen); Mary Astor (cameo movie screen; Maltese Falcon); James Cagney (cameo on poster)

Synopsis

Bullseye has a tumor in his brain that makes him see everyday people as Daredevil, and he starts to kill them all.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #169 (March 1981)

Indexer Notes

Page 1 references events in the Daredevil/Punisher story that was pushed back for Code problems.

Tom Snyde's name is a play of the name of TV host Tom Snyder.

The Kingpin Must Die (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Vanessa Fisk; Turk; Grotto; Kingpin (villain); Bullseye (villain); Lynch (villain, first appearance)

Synopsis

Kingpin, retired in Japan, sends his wife to New York to hire Nelson and Murdock so he can turn states evidence against the East Coast crime bosses. Vanessa is captured by the mob so they can lure Kingpin back to New York so they can kill him. Daredevil gets in the way and has a confrontation with Bullseye.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #170 (May 1981)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3 of Gang War storyline.

In the Kingpin's Clutches (Table of Contents: 3)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Vanessa Fisk; Heather Glenn; Foggy Nelson; Becky Blake; Kingpin (villain); Bullseye (villain); Turk (villain); Grotto (villain); Lynch (villain)

Synopsis

Matt goes undercover and joins the Kingpin's gang so he can steal the info Fisk has collected on the underworld. Kingpin catches him in the act and beats him senseless. During the Kingpin's exchange with the men holding his wife, Vanessa is apparently killed.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #171 (June 1981)

Indexer Notes

This reprint is of the first actual meeting between Daredevil and The Kingpin.

Gang War! (Table of Contents: 4)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited)

Pencils

Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Vanessa Fisk; Kingpin (villain); Bullseye (villain); Turk (villain); Grotto (villain); Lynch (villain, death)

Synopsis

Thinking his wife is dead, Kingpin takes control of the mob and hires Bullseye as his assassin. Daredevil comes calling and takes Bullseye down, but leaves the Kingpin in power to rebuild his organization.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #172 (July 1981)

The Damned (Table of Contents: 5)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Miller (credited as Miller)

Pencils

Klaus Janson (credited as Janson) (finished art); Frank Miller (credited as Miller) (breakdowns)

Inks

Klaus Janson (credited as Janson)

Colors

Klaus Janson (credited as Janson)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited as Rosen)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Elektra; Vanessa Fisk; Foggy Nelson; Becky Blake; J. Jonah Jameson; Kingpin (villain); Turk (villain); Grotto (villain); Randolph Cherryh (villain); Sewer King (villain)

Synopsis

Following the lead on a photo Ben took, Daredevil hunts for the Kingpin's missing wife in the sewers. Cherryh wins the mayoral election, but in exchange for his wife's return, Kingpin makes him concede. Kingpin orders Elektra to kill Foggy in retaliation.

Reprints

• from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #180 (March 1982)