History ComicBook / Daredevil

* HeManWomanHater: During "Inferno", a one-shot villain named Sir was introduced. Sir worshipped "maleness" and loathed frailty and femaleness, so mush so Sir kills women. [[spoiler:In "Purgatorio", it is revealed that Sir's real identity is a woman named Marsha, who wanted to get rid of any "female weakness" and underwent both a surgical and psychological process to mold her body into a powerful female form, because Marsha promised never to "become a victim" again. The process worked, but the resulting persona, "Sir", escaped before the operation was... complete.]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: J. M. DeMatteis's three part arc ("Inferno", "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso") breaks Daredevil's psyche, only to reassemble it again by the end of the run.

The Man Without Fear. [[RedBaron The Devil of Hell's Kitchen]]. '''[[TropeCodifier The]]''' DisabilitySuperpower Hero.

Part of the reason for the character's relative lack of popularity may lie in the fact that, Bullseye, Elektra, The Hand, and The Kingpin (and possibly Mr. Fear and Mr. Hyde) aside, he has been lumbered with arguably the least impressive RoguesGallery in comics, including such threats as Shotgun (a guy with a gun), Ammo (a guy with ''lots'' of guns), The Jester (a failed actor with some toys and yo-yos for weapons[[note]]although he sounds like The Joker knockoff, his actual character is surprisingly different: The Jester's not even insane, he just has a gigantic ego[[/note]]), The Owl (a gang boss who can fly -- v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y), the Matador (whose entire gimmick revolves around [[ShootingSuperman making you unable to see him]] [[note]]keep in mind that Daredevil '''is ''blind''''' and his other senses are extremely sharp, making invisibility useless against him[[/note]]), Leap-Frog (who is a man in a frog suit who is able to jump [[InASingleBound very high]]), and Stilt-Man (who unfortunately is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just what he sounds like]]). Luckily, in later years the writers have been working to remedy this (see Echo, Purple Man, Bushwhacker, Gladiator, Bullet, Nuke and Typhoid Mary). Keep in mind that some of these villains were merely RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap. Purple Man, Bullseye and Gladiator were created before Frank Miller took over the title but subsequently managed to become much more threatening in later years. Even Owl is now one of Daredevil's most dangerous rogues thanks to him being given an extra dose of NightmareFuel, while Creator/MarkWaid has actually made Jester a relevant antagonist with his current take on the character.

The Man Without Fear. [[RedBaron The Devil of Hell's Kitchen]]. ''[[TropeCodifier The]]'' DisabilitySuperpower Hero.

Daredevil is a Creator/MarvelComics {{Superhero}} created by Creator/StanLee and Bill Everett, with artistic input from Creator/JackKirby and Wally Wood. Daredevil was an attempt to recreate Lee's earlier success with the archetypal "everyman" hero Franchise/SpiderMan, this time with an adult central character and a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier tone. The new character first appeared in ''"Daredevil''" #1 (April, 1964)

Despite his book having been home to some of the most respected writers (Creator/StanLee, Creator/FrankMiller, Creator/AnnNocenti, Creator/KevinSmith, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, Creator/EdBrubaker, and Creator/MarkWaid) and artists (Klaus Janson, John Romita Jr, Alex Maleev, Bill Sienkiewicz and David Mazzucchelli) in the business, Daredevil has never really succeeded in making the breakthrough into mainstream popular culture in the way that stablemates such as Franchise/SpiderMan and the Comicbook/XMen have, and he was generally considered to be at best a C-list character until Creator/FrankMiller took over the title in 1981 and introduced what are now considered to be some of the defining elements of the Daredevil mythos, including the characters of ComicBook/TheKingpin (originally a ''Spider-Man'' villain), ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}}, and ComicBook/{{Elektra}}.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Daredevil's enemy Mr. Fear is much the same as DC's version of the Scarecrow, a longtime Franchise/{{Batman}} villain. They both use a combination of creepy costumes, fear-inducing chemicals, and psychological manipulation to achieve their goals.

** Also, during DD's appearance in ''Superior Comicbook/IronMan'', Tony Stark cures him of his blindness via Extremis. It only lasts for one issue, though.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Daredevil was a grittier character even before Frank Miller took over in the 80s. Since then, he's been one of Marvel's grimmest (out-grimmed only by Comicbook/ThePunisher), to the point that Creator/MarkWaid's purpose statement for the new series is that he wants to read a ''Daredevil'' story that didn't [[DrowningMySorrows drive him to drink]].

In 1998, right after Marvel's bankruptcy, they contracted Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti to head an imprint called Creator/MarvelKnights, revamping some of Marvel's low-selling books. One of those book was ''Daredevil''. Quesada decided to draw that book himself and asked a friend of his to write it: Creator/KevinSmith. The new volume started with the storyline, "Guardian Devil," which saw Daredevil tasked with protecting a baby that might be the AntiChrist. It also featured the return and death of Karen Page at the hands of Bullseye.

-> See ComicBook/DaredevilSaladinAhmed

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* ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'' (1986)

With issue #206, David Mazzucchelli became the new artist for the book and would stay on when Frank Miller came back to do his greatest storyline [[ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain "Born Again,"]] issues #227–233. Karen Page returns, only to reveal that she's become a junky and sold Daredevil's secret identity for a fix. The Kingpin, having finally confirmed the identity of his enemy, proceeds to ''tear Matt Murdock's life apart'' and then try to kill him. But Matt refuses to die. Matt saves Karen, fights the insane super soldier Nuke, and, with the help of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, reveals the Kingpin's crimes to the world. The story ends with Matt and Karen rebuilding their lives together.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Karen Page is killed when Bullseye throws Daredevil's own club at him and Karen takes the blow herself]].

* IncrediblyLamePun: In the ''Return of the King'' arc, Master Izo tells Fisk: "not so fast, fatso", and points out that it is an anagram himself.
-->'''Master Izo:''' See what I did there? So fast? Fatso?

Relaunched again, ''Daredevil'' vol 4, by Waid and Chris Samnee, saw Matt, Foggy, and Kirsten living in San Francisco, with Foggy getting cancer treatments until he has to fake his own death (again). Matt has trouble when confronted with the Purple Children, the children of the Purple Man, who stir up his depression again, but manages to work on it with Kirsten's help. Matt then decides to write and sell his autobiography to Kirsten's father, but this was interrupted by the Owl, who had gained new powers. Defeating the Owl and outsmarting the Kingpin (again), Matt returned to his friends as the [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 world turned white.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Part of Daredevil's OriginStory. He pushed a blind man out of the road when a truck carrying radioactive chemicals was coming, which resulted in Matt having the accident that enhanced his other senses at the cost of his sight. Even worse, in the limited series ''Father'', it's revealed that the blind man actually went on to molest his daughter, which would lead to her becoming the serial killer Johnny Sockets who would blind and kill several of Matt's clients in revenge for his actions ruining her childhood.

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* ''Daredevil[=/=]ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' (1997)
* ''Daredevil[=/=]ComicBook/{{Shi}}'' (1997)
* ''Magdalena[=/=]Daredevil'' (2008)

* ''ComicBook/WhatIf Karen Page Had Lived?'' (2005) #1
* ''ComicBook/WhatIf Daredevil'' (2006) #1

* ''ComicBook/WhatIf Daredevil Vs. Elektra'' (2010) #1

* ''[[ComicBook/TheMagdalena Magdalena]][=/=]Daredevil'' (2008)

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In 2019, Creator/ChipZdarsky took over. His initial run also has [[ComicBook/DaredevilChipZdarsky its own page]]. That series ended with the ''ComicBook/DevilsReign'' event, but was followed by a SequelSeries with the same creative team, ''ComicBook/Daredevil2022''.

* FourthDateMarriage: Matt and Milla.

* {{Bloodier and Gorier}}: The comics have become increasingly violent since Miller started writing, with other writers continuing this trend after Miller left, the comics have show headshots, impalement, and even decapitation.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Alternative universe Matt in the 50th Anniversary issue ends up losing his radar sense.

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* InnocentCohabitation: Matt and Natasha lived in San Francisco in the same house, but different floors. Of course, they were ''also'' dating, but this was necessary for the Comics Code Authority.

Daredevil has also made the occasional animated appearance, with guest appearances in the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' (the former leans more closely to his Silver Age appearance, while the latter show took after the Miller version). Several animated series have been proposed over the years, but never came to fruition.

-> See ComicBook/DaredevilChipZdarsky, ComicBook/DevilsReignMarvelComics, ComicBook/{{Daredevil 2022}}

-> See ComicBook/DaredevilChipZdarsky