Daredevil (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1964):
“The Origin of Daredevil”
by Stan Lee, Bill Everett, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky

Daredevil (vol. 1) #1

Title: “The Origin of Daredevil”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1964

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Bill Everett, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky

21 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
Foggy Nelson	Episcopalian	[law partner of Matt Murdock (Daredevil)]		488
Karen Page		[was Daredevil's longtime girlfriend]		223
Rocky Davis (Crusher Creel) (details)  Rocky Davis was the boxer Daredevil's father Battlin' Jack Murdock fought. It was later revealed that "Rocky Davis" is is the same person as Carl "Crusher" Creel (a.k.a. Absorbing Man).	temporarily became follower of Thor	The Masters of Evil		270
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Battlin' Jack Murdock	Catholic	[Daredevil's father]		82
Dynamite Dave (Dave)		[faced Jack Murdock in his last match]		1
The Fixer (Roscoe Sweeney)		[ordered murder of Daredevil's father]		13
Porky		[Fixer's goon, when Daredevil hunted his father's killers]		2
Sam		[Fixer's goon, when Daredevil hunted his father's killers]		2
Slade		[murdered Daredevil's father]		2
unnamed blind old man	indeterminate	[saving old man led Matt Murdock to be blinded, gain powers]		2
Lt. Bert Rose		NYPD		9
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (only on cover)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (only on cover)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (only on cover)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards) (only on cover)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Fogwell (business/store name)	indeterminate	[owner of gym Fixer and henchmen were based out of]		1
Sister Maggie (mentioned)  Battling Murdock tells young Matt (future Daredevil) that he has promised his mother that he won't let Matt follow the same path that he has (i.e., boxing, fighting).	Catholic nun	[Daredevil's mother]		20
Edward Nelson (mentioned)  mentioned, but unnamed	Episcopalian	[Foggy Nelson's father]		3

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Daredevil #1 (Apr. 1964) created 10 August 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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