Daredevil #196 [Newsstand]
(July 1983)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-03-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245907
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Linda Grant (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #22, with shipping date of 1983-03-01.
This issue is a variant of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #196 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

His Name Is Wolverine... (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Klaus Janson (signed as Janson)
Inks
Klaus Janson (signed as Janson)
Colors
Klaus Janson ?
Letters
Rick Parker ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wolverine's thumb is miscolored green on the cover making it look a little like his claws are emerging from the bottom of his wrist rather than the top.

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

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 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.

Enemies (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
Larry Hama (credited) (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited) (finished art)
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a b-bomb-- -- back there and it's going to explode!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Turk Barrett (villain); Tarkington Brown (villain); Bullseye [Lester] (villain); Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Dark Wind [Kenji Oyama] (first appearance, villain); Grotto (villain); Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Wolverine [Logan]; Bertha
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Bullseye is taken by Lord Dark Wind (the inventor of the adamantium bonding process) onto a ship heading for Japan. Daredevil runs across Wolverine and the two try to track down Bullseye before he leaves the country. Daredevil lets Bullseye go to save the life of Tarkington Brown.
Reprints

Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 3)

Bubble Yum / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Bubble Yum gum.

[Greetings!] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Avalanche] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Sullivan (sourced)
Pencils
Bill Willingham (sourced)
Inks
Bill Willingham (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Grimslade; Indel; Oakthorn; Saren; Valerius

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued from [The Black Swamp of Lobella].

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

Devil's Advocate / letters page / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Keith Kessler (Bethesda, MD), Ian Wayne (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Jeff Mara (LaPorte, IN), Charles Stratemeyer (Acton, MA), Stephen Gawronski (Schererville, IN), Jeff Plackenmeier (Columbia, MO), and James L. Card (Berkeley, CA).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I didn't know that.
Characters
The Watcher

Indexer Notes

At bottom of letters page. Cartoon promo for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. His Name Is Wolverine...
    Daredevil
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Enemies
    Daredevil
  4. 3. Behind the Candy Counter
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. [Greetings!]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Avalanche]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Devil's Advocate
  8. 7. ["I didn't know that."]
    The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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