Daredevil, #53

Published: June 1969

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Daredevil #53

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Issue Contents:
...In the Beginning!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Daredevil [Matt Murdock]
Credits
As It Was in the Beginning...
Story 1 21 pages superhero
Storyline

Daredevil thinks back on his origins.

Characters
  • Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (Origin retold, w/ Stan Lee's original dialogue from issue #1)
  • Battling Jack Murdock (flashback)
  • Foggy Nelson (flashback)
  • Karen Page (flashback)
  • Fixer (villain, flashback)
  • Slade (villain, flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

In the letters page of Daredevil #58 Roy Thomas explains that this origin story using much of the original dialogue from Daredevil #1 had been commissioned when Stan Lee was still scripting the comic. Roy added a new splash page and an extra page at the end of the story to tie it into present continuity.

A Sagacious Smattering of Space-Wasting Small-Talk!
Story 2 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Stan's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Story 3 1 page adventure

"Dear Smilin' Stan, Magnificent! Sensational!"

Credits
Story Notes

Letters of Comment from Bill Dygert, Cheryl Yielding, and H. Rosenzweig. Includes an image from an earlier issue.