Prizefighter Battlin’ Jack Murdock’s murder set in motion a chain of events that exploded with a new superhero swinging out of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen: the blind acrobat Daredevil! Matt Murdock’s life is changed dramatically after he is blinded by radioactive material while saving the life of an old man and developing super-senses.

Daredevil: The Man Without Fear – by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr.

Wants to know the basics for Daredevil? You can read those origin stories:

Daredevil by Mark Waid & Chris Samnee – For a run with a tone drastically different than other Daredevil stories, this is what you must read.

Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev – A character-defining run with still a dark and gritty tone for the devil of Hell’s Kitchen.

Yellow by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale – A re-telling of Daredevil’s origin story and early career as well as his budding relationship with Karen Page.

Guardian Devil by Kevin Smith & Joe Quesada – After some difficult years, Daredevil was rebooted under the Marvel Knight imprint with an eight-issue story arc written by filmmaker Kevin Smith and illustrated by Joe Quesada.

Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson – The most iconic run on Daredevil, which redefines The Man Without Fear.

Daredevil: The Man Without Fear – the famous retelling of Daredevil’s origin story by Frank Miller and illustrated by John Romita Jr.For newcomers, here is essential reading for Daredevil : There are more than 50 years of history to discover.

Where to start reading Daredevil aka Matt Murdock? The Recommended Reading Listĭaredevil makes his first appearance in April 1964. Matt uses his physical abilities and superhuman senses to help people and protect his communities against villains like the Kingpin or Bullseye. While he no longer could see, his exposure to the radioactive material heightened his remaining senses beyond normal human ability, and gave him a “radar sense.”Ī lawyer by day, Matt took up a dual life of fighting against the criminal underworld in New York City, as the masked vigilante Daredevil – also known as The Man Without Fear and The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen. Matt Murdock was blinded by a radioactive substance that fell from an out-of-control truck after he pushed a man out of the path of the oncoming vehicle. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with character design input from Jack Kirby, Daredevil is a Marvel classic case of a superhero burdened by his superpowers.

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