WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Daredevil
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) — introduction, origin
- Foggy Nelson — introduction
- Karen Page (from Daredevil) — introduction
- Jack Murdock — introduction, death
- Fixer (Marvel, Roscoe Sweeney) — introduction, death
- Slade (Marvel, assassin) — introduction
- Porky (from Daredevil, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1964
- On sale
- February 4, 1964
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
This edition’s page
Daredevil No. 1 Facsimile Edition (2025). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Origin of Daredevil · 23 pages
Matt Murdock saves a blind man from an oncoming truck but is struck blind himself by a radioactive canister during the rescue. The radioactivity heightens Matt's other senses and gives him an uncanny radar sense. Matt graduates college and begins practicing law with his college roommate Foggy. Matt's father, a boxer, is killed by the Fixer after he refuses to throw a fight. Matt designs a costume and a billy club (from his cane) and takes his derogatory childhood nickname "Daredevil." Daredevil tracks down the Fixer and the man who shot his father.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Marvel Super Heroes (1966), Daredevil (1967), Fantastic Summer Special (1968), Marvel Annual (1972), Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (1975), Daredevil (1977), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (1997), Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (1999), Fantastic Firsts (2002), Essential Daredevil (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (2003), Wizard Ace Edition: Daredevil (2003), Marvel Mini Comic Book Daredevil #1 (2003), The Mighty World of Marvel (2003), Komikai Micro Comics Ultimate Marvel (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (2010)