| Alias |
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| Daredevil | |
| Nick Name | |
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Angel of Hell's Kitchen Horn Head Man Without Fear Scarlet Swashbuckler Sightless Swashbuckler |
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| Civilian ID | |
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Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock Aliases Jack Batlin Laurent LeVasseur Mike Murdock Note: To deflect suspicion that Matt Murdock was Daredevil, he created the alter-ego of a sighted twin brother named Mike. |
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| Occupation | |
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Attorney Crime Fighter |
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| Legal Status | |
| Citizen of the United States with a criminal record. | |
| Nation or Planet of Origin | |
| Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York | |
| Group Affiliation | |
| Base of Operations | |
| Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York | |
| Height | |
| 6' | |
| Weight | |
| 200 lbs. | |
| Eye Color | |
| Blue | |
| Hair Color | |
| Red | |
| Skin Tone | |
| Caucasian | |
| Known Powers | |
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Radioactive
isotope causing blindness but resulting in a mutation heightening the other
four senses: smell, taste, hearing and touch to superhuman levels. Mutation also resulted
in a sixth sense of radar enabling ability to perceive objects and
movement with a 360 degree radius. Olympic level athlete and gymnast, possessing extraordinary agility, endurance, skill and balance. Excellent hand-to-hand combatant, skilled in Ninjitsu, Judo and American-style boxing. Above average intelligence with skills in case law and criminal justice. |
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| Accessories | |
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Billy
Club: Segmented club with an extended grappling cable, which can be
converted into a walking cane. Note: Early in Daredevil's career he utilized a billy club integrated with a more extensive array of devices including; a sound amplifying microphone, miniature tape recorder, grappling cable, telescoping flexi-shield, chamber for various projectiles and the ability to convert into a short-range ballistic weapon. Daredevil Costume: Uniform used to disguise Murdock's identity and afford a minor level of physical protection. Note: Early in Daredevil's career he utilized a yellow and brown costume which closely resembled a boxers uniform from the mid Twentieth Century, as an homage to his father, who was a professional boxer. This costume was equipped for a short time with a satchel pouch over the shoulders used for storing civilian clothes, but it proved cumbersome. When Daredevil began to utilize his better know red costume, he equipped the cowl with a radio receiver to function as a police scanner and augment his radar. The receiver utilized the horns on the top of the cowl as antennae. It is not clear if Daredevil still utilizes this technology, but it appears to be unlikely. Both the yellow and red costumes were equipped with a holster to store Daredevil's billy club. For a short period of time Daredevil utilized a black armored uniform. He carried two short clubs which were stored on his forearms that could be converted into a long-staff. Lock Pick: Device used for gaining access to locked doors, stored in a glove pouch. |
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| Common Enemies | |
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Black Spectre I Bullet Bushwacker Death-Stalker El Jaguar Masked Marauder Micah Synn (The) Organizer Plunderer Shotgun |
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| Regularly Appearing | |
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Daredevil Vol. 1 & 2 Daredevil: Yellow Marvel Knights Vol. 1 & 2 |
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| First Appearance | |
| Daredevil Vol. 1 #1 (April, 1964) | |
| Creator | |
| Stan Lee & Bill Everett | |
| Origin | |
| Young
Matt Murdock hurled himself into the path of an oncoming truck to rescue
an elderly blind man about to be run down. Ironically Murdock was himself
blinded when a barrel of radioactive waste fell from the truck splashing
into his eyes. As a side effect, the radiation mutagenically heightened
his remaining senses and activated a strange radar sense. After his blinding, Matt was mentored by a mysterious blind man known only as 'Stick', who taught him to use his newly augmented senses and trained him in the fighting arts of Ninjitsu and Judo. Pressed by his father, a Hells Kitchen boxer named "Battling" Jack Murdock, Matt went on to college and then law school. When Jack was killed by mobsters after refusing to throw a fight against a much younger boxer, Matt sought justice in vain. Disillusioned by the legal system, he assumed the guise of the man without fear, Daredevil. |
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