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Line 22: *Expert acrobat and gymnast }} '''Daredevil''' is a [[superhero]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by [[Literary editor|writer-editor]] [[Stan Lee]] and artist [[Bill Everett]], with an unspecified amount of input from [[Jack Kirby]], the character first appeared in ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #1 (April 1964).<ref name="thejackfaq4" /> Writer/artist [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]'s influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the [[Marvel Universe]]. Miller introduced elements of [[film noir]] and [[List of ninja films|ninja films]], and subsequent writers for the title have continued these themes and imagery. Daredevil is the alias of '''Matthew Michael''' "'''Matt'''" '''Murdock''', a lawyer blinded in childhood in a chemical accident that gave him special abilities. He is commonly known by such [[epithets]] as "Hornhead",<ref>{{Cite web|title='Man Without Fear': Daredevil in Transition|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/man-without-fear-daredevil-in-transition|access-date=2021-12-09|website=Marvel Entertainment|language=en}}</ref> "The Man Without Fear",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shdictionary.tripod.com/superheroes/daredevil.html |title=Daredevil |last=Rezvan-Mojarrad |first=Sohrab |year=2002 |work=The Superhero Dictionary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113142358/http://shdictionary.tripod.com/superheroes/daredevil.html |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 3, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> and "The Devil of Hell's Kitchen".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/tv/25608/return_to_hells_kitchen_in_exclusive_marvels_daredevil_poster_photos |title=Return to Hell's Kitchen in Exclusive ''Marvel's Daredevil'' Poster & Photos |last=Cavanaugh |first=Patrick |date=January 8, 2016 |publisher=Marvel Comics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113232704/http://marvel.com/news/tv/25608/return_to_hells_kitchen_in_exclusive_marvels_daredevil_poster_photos |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=June 28, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref>While growing up in [[New York City]]'s [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], a crime-ridden, [[working class|working-class]], [[Irish-American]] neighborhood, Murdock pushes a man from the path of an oncoming truck and is blinded by a [[Radioactive contamination|radioactive]] substance that falls from the vehicle. His exposure to the radioactive material heightens his remaining senses beyond normal human ability and gives him a "radar sense." His father, a boxer named [[Jack Murdock (character)|Jack Murdock]], is a single man raising his now-blind son to form a better life for himself. Jack is killed by gangsters after refusing to [[Match fixing|throw a fight]], leaving Matt an orphan. Matt hones his physical abilities and superhuman senses under the tutelage of a mysterious blind stranger named [[Stick (comics)|Stick]], eventually becoming a highly skilled and expert martial artist. Some years later, after graduating from [[Columbia Law School]] with high grades, Matt seeks out the criminal element in Hell's Kitchen and begins to fight crime. Matt targets the local gangsters who murdered his father and succeeds in bringing them to justice. Eventually, donning a costumed attire modeled after a devil, Matt takes up a dual life of fighting against the criminal underworld in New York City as the masked vigilante Daredevil, which puts him in conflict with many super-villains, including his arch-enemies [[Bullseye (comics)|Bullseye]] and the [[Kingpin (character)|Kingpin]].<ref name="debut">{{Cite comic | Writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] | Penciller=[[Bill Everett|Everett, Bill]] | Inker=[[Steve Ditko|Ditko, Steve]] | Story=The Origin of Daredevil | Title=Daredevil | Issue=1 | date=April 1964 | Publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref> He also becomes a skilled and respected lawyer who forms the law firm Nelson & Murdock with [[Foggy Nelson|Franklin "Foggy" Nelson]], his best friend and roommate. | |||