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Daredevil (vol. 1) #161 (Nov. 1979):
“To Dare the Devil”
by Roger McKenzie, Frank Miller, Klaus Janson

Daredevil (vol. 1) #161

Title: “To Dare the Devil”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1979

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Roger McKenzie
Art by: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson


14 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 Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
(lead character)
hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
Bullseye Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter) villain
CBR Scale: I Catholic (nominal); nihilist
Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts
[former baseball pitcher]
Marvel 243
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)
Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,789
Ben Urich Ben Urich supporting character
CBR Scale: S Jewish
[reporter] Marvel 19
Turk Turk (Turk Barrett) supporting character villain
  black; The Thunderbolts Marvel 108
henchmen henchmen
(details) 
villain group real/historical person
  [generic, unnamed henchmen] Marvel DC 1,150
Cutter villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[mercenary] Marvel 1
Eric Slaughter Eric Slaughter villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[elderly; led group of assassins; hired Bullseye to kill DD] Marvel 10
K.O. supporting character
  [provided Ben Urich info about Jack/Matt Murdock history] Marvel 2
Louie villain
  [1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #161 (Nov. 1979)] Marvel 4
NYPD NYPD
(cameo)
supporting character group real/historical person
  [police department] Marvel DC 1,396
The Fixer The Fixer (Roscoe Sweeney)
(flashback cameo)
villain
  [ordered murder of Daredevil's father] Marvel 13
Battlin' Jack Murdock Battlin' Jack Murdock
(mentioned in text & seen in picture) 
supporting character
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[Daredevil's father] Marvel 82
Fogwell Fogwell
(business/store name) 
supporting character
 indeterminate  [owner of gym Fixer and henchmen were based out of] Marvel 1