COMICS

KEY ISSUES

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VOLUME 1
#1 First appearance and origin of DD, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page
#3 First appearance of Owl
#4 First appearance of Purple Man
#5 First Wally Wood art
#6 First appearance of Mr. Fear
#7 First appearance in red costume. Sub-Mariner appearance.
#8 First appearance of Stilt-Man
#16-17 Two-part team-up with Spider-Man (first John Romita Spider-Man)
Also first appearance of Masked Marauder
#18 First appearance and origin of Gladiator (Melvin Potter)
#20 First Gene Colan art
#25 First appearance of Mike Murdock
#26 Masked Marauder revealed to be Matt and Foggy's landlord.
Also return of Stilt-Man
#27 Apparent death of Masked Marauder, who is revived later in Iron Man. MM also appears in Miller's Spectacular Spider-Man story later
#37-38 Dr. Doom switches costumes with DD as part of a plot to attack the FF. Crossover with FF #73
#41 Death of Mike Murdock, events set up storyline that concludes in #158
#42 First appearance of Jester
#43 Captain America appearance, with Jack Kirby cover. DD breaks up with Karen Page for the first time.
#47 DD goes to Vietnam to entertain troops. Intro of Willie Lincoln, a blind African-American ex-cop
#48 Foggy wins election as D.A.. Karen briefly reconciles with Matt, but is put off when Matt pulls a ruse to get Foggy out of the office, since the Stilt-Man is coming to assassinate Foggy.
#51 Starr Saxon becomes first villain (of many) to discover Matt's identity.
#52 Black Panther appearance. He finds out DD's identity too.
#53 Origin re-told, with same script of #1, but with Colan's pencils.
#54 Cover price raised to 15 cents. DD fakes death of Matt Murdock.
#57 DD reveals secret identity to Karen
#62 Karen leaves NYC for her acting career in California
#67 Another Stilt-Man story and another Matt/Karen break-up.
#77 Guest appearances by Spider-Man and Sub-Mariner
#81 First appearance of Black Widow
#87 DD and Black Widow move in together - set precedent for first time comics showcasing unmarried couple living together
#92 Black Widow becomes co-star
#99 Guest appearance by Hawkeye. Crossover to Avengers #110-111
#100 DD gives interview to Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner
#107 Captain Marvel appearance
#108 Foggy is shot, DD returns to NYC
#114 Man-Thing guest appearance
#125 DD and Widow break up, first appearance of Heather Glenn
#131 First appearance and origin of Bullseye
#158 First Frank Miller art, death of Death-Stalker
#168 First appearance of Elektra
#170 First appearance of Kingpin in _Daredevil_
#174 First appearance of The Hand
#176 First appearance of Stick
#181 Death of Elektra
#190 Return of Elektra
#191 End of original Miller run
#196 Wolverine guest-stars
#208 Written by Harlan Ellison
#219 Miller returns as writer for one issue with John Buscema
#220 Death of Heather Glenn
#223 Matt regains sight for a day, thanks to Beyonder
#227-233 "Born Again" by Miller/Mazzucchelli
#252 Fall of the Mutants
#254 First appearance and origin of Typhoid Mary
#297-300 Fall of the Kingpin
#319 Fall from Grace, return of Elektra, new costume
#326 Tree of Knowledge
#333-337 Fathoms of Humanity by Wright/Grindberg
#348 Foggy discovers Matt's identity
#353 Kesel/Nord begin, return of Matt Murdock
#-1 Flashback issue, return of Gene Colan
#376-379 Flying Blind by Scott Lobdell
#380 Final issue of volume 1 by Chichester/Weeks
VOLUME 2
#1 Marvel Knights imprint debuts with Smith/Quesada/Palmiotti
#5 Death of Karen Page
#9-15 David Mack's Parts of a Hole, Kingpin blinded, intro Echo
#16-19 Bendis/Mack Wake Up arc
#20-25 Playing to the Camera by Gale/Winslade/Ross
#26-31 Underboss by Bendis/Maleev
#32-37 Out by Bendis/Maleev
#38-40 Trial of the Century by Bendis/Gutierrez/Dodson
#41-45 Lowlife by Bendis/Maleev
#46-50 Hardcore by Bendis/Maleev
#51-55 Echo: Vision Quest by David Mack
#56-60 King of Hell's Kitchen by Bendis/Maleev
#61-64 The Widow by Bendis/Maleev
#65 40th Anniversary Special
#66-70 Golden Age by Bendis/Maleev
#71-75 Decalogue by Bendis/Maleev
#76-81 Murdock Papers by Bendis Maleev

Last Modified - Sunday, 25-May-2008 12:21:38 PDT

 
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