Daredevil (vol. 1) #124 (Aug. 1975):
“In the Coils of the Copperhead!”
by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Klaus Janson

Daredevil (vol. 1) #124

Title: “In the Coils of the Copperhead!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1975

Publisher:
Written by: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
Art by: Gene Colan, Klaus Janson

16 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (lead character)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Foggy Nelson	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
Ivan Petrovich	Communist	[father of Crimson Dynamo (Yuri)]		39
Copperhead (Lawrence Chesney)	demonolatry	Gang of Four		15
W.H.O. (Worldwide Habitual Offenders)	N.A.	[crime computer; became sentient]		3
Dr. Armstrong Smith		[co-creator of W.H.O. computer (which gained sentience)]		4
Walter Krantz		[created Coppherhead pulp hero]		1
Mrs. Gooch		[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #124 (Aug. 1975)]		1
Gil		[dies]		1
Chester Chino		[killed by Copperhead]		1
Wilma Mortz		[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #124 (Aug. 1975)]		1
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (flashback cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Blake Tower (photo/picture/video)		[District Attorney of New York City]		49
Copperhead (Richard Crandall) (someone disguised or dressed as)  Imitated by Lawrence Chesney. Mentioned prominently throughout story. But the actual original "Copperhead" is not depicted as a character in this story.	religious	[pulp hero later imitated by Lawrence Chesney]		1
HYDRA (mentioned)  Foggy Nelson has troubles with his reelection campaign because he is unable to divulge his role in defeating HYDRA, due to secrecy laws.	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Daredevil #124 (Aug. 1975) created 6 December 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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