The Ani-Men is the name of several fictional teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Four of them are villain groups, while one of them was introduced as a team of agents serving the High Evolutionary .
78-1113: The first Ani-Men debuted in Daredevil #10 (October, 1965) and were created by Wally Wood (writer, co-artist) and Bob Powell (co-artist). The second Ani-Men debuted in Daredevil #157 (March, 1979) and were created by Roger McKenzie (co-writer), Mary Jo Duffy (co-writer), Gene Colan (artist), and Klaus Janson (inker). The third Ani-Men debuted in Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1 (November, 1995) and were created by Glenn Herdling (writer), Todd Smith (artist), and John Nyberg (inker). The fourth Ani-Men debuted in Code of Honor #3 (April, 1997) and were created by Chuck Dixon (writer), Bob Wakelin (co-artist), and Dærick Gröss, Sr. (co-artist). The fifth Ani-Men debuted in GLA #1 (June, 2005) and were created by Dan Slott (writer) and Paul Pelletier (artist). The original lineup of
156-528: A Daredevil . He asked me, "What would you do with this page?" I showed him on a tracing paper what I would do, and then he asked me to do a drawing of Daredevil the way I would do it. I did a big drawing of Daredevil ... just a big, tracing-paper drawing of Daredevil swinging. And Stan loved it. When Romita left to take over The Amazing Spider-Man , Lee gave Daredevil to what would be the character's first signature artist, Gene Colan , who began with issue #20 (September 1966). Though #20 identifies Colan as
234-533: A bomb, which kills the Ani-Men instead. The Exterminator, now known as the Death-Stalker, recruits a new team of Ani-Men, with a new Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man by giving them the costumes of the previous Ani-Men members. Roy McVey became Ape-Man, Achille DeBacco became Bird-Man, and Sebastian Patane became Cat-Man. He sends the new Ani-Men to capture Matt Murdock . The Black Widow defeats Bird-Man, and
312-530: A brand-new volume written by Chip Zdarsky . The primary artist on the series is Marco Checchetto. In August 2021, it was confirmed that vol. 6 of the series would end in November 2021, at issue #36. The series lead into the crossover event Devil's Reign with the same creative team. Following the conclusion of that series, Daredevil vol. 7, also written by Zdarsky, was launched in July 2022. In March 2023, it
390-483: A few issues together, but Gene was basically trying to move on at that point. He'd just started the Dracula book , and he'd been doing Daredevil for God knows how many years. I think he wanted to do something else." After six issues with fill-in pencilers, including several with Don Heck , Bob Brown took over as penciller. Tony Isabella succeeded Gerber as writer, but editor Len Wein disapproved of his take on
468-417: A fill-in penciller, Romita's work load prevented him from returning to the title, and Colan ended up penciling all but three issues through #100 (June 1973), plus the 1967 annual, followed by ten issues sprinkled from 1974 to 1979. He would return again for an eight-issue run in 1997. Lee never gave Colan a full script for an issue of Daredevil; instead, he would tell him the plot, and Colan would tape record
546-481: A large variety of different backgrounds, a "lot of backgrounds and secondary figures on the fly and cobbled the cover and the splash page together from Kirby's original concept drawing". Wally Wood , known for his 1950s EC Comics stories, penciled and inked issues #5–10, introducing Daredevil's modern red costume in issue #7. Issue #7, featuring Daredevil's battle against the Sub-Mariner , has become one of
624-473: A machine that absorbs Galactus' power, even after he absorbs his own ship instead. With his newfound power, Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power. Molecule Man brings the villains to Volcana's apartment on Battleworld then takes the suburb of Denver back to Earth. Doom summons the heroes to his new "Tower of Doom" where he revives Kang and sends him back to own time in front of them and reveals that Galactus
702-418: A major part in his youth, such as Elektra , an ex-girlfriend turned lethal ninja assassin. Elektra was killed fighting Bullseye in issue #181 (April 1982), an issue which saw brisk sales. With #185, inker Janson began doing the pencils over Miller's layouts, and after #191 Miller left the series entirely. O'Neil switched from editor to writer. O'Neil was not enthusiastic about the switch, later saying "I took
780-540: A month or two before, and I’d fallen in love with the city as a location. I thought the idea of Daredevil, who spent so much time leaping and diving from rooftop to rooftop, doing this in such a hilly city could make for spectacular visuals. I’ll admit the idea of a blind hero jumping around the rooftops that gave Jimmy Stewart vertigo appealed to me as well. Also, it would allow him to be the costumed hero for an entire city, which would allow him to flourish without having to defer to more superpowered heroes like Spider-Man or
858-541: A nonprofit drug and legal clinic, while Nocenti crafted stories confronting feminism , drug abuse , nuclear proliferation , and animal rights -inspired terrorism. New writer D. G. Chichester and penciler Lee Weeks continued from where Nocenti left off. The critically acclaimed "Last Rites" arc from #297–300 saw Daredevil regaining his attorney's license and finally bringing the Kingpin to justice. The creative team of Chichester and penciler Scott McDaniel changed
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#1732780527548936-529: A processes at the hands of Dr. Kenneth Sturdy that gives them superhuman powers and animalistic appearances. Following an assault on the NORAD base at Mount Valhalla, they are all captured by the X-Men . With the Ani-Men regressed back to normal and using their special costumes again, Count Nefaria sends Ape-Man, Bird-Man, Cat-Man, and Frog-Man to kill Tony Stark . However, Spymaster had intended to kill Stark with
1014-417: A sequel series, Secret Wars II , from Carol Kalish , Marvel's Direct Sales Manager at the time, was first met with boos. Kalish was even quoted saying: "Let's be honest. Secret Wars was crap, right? But did it sell?" In 2011, IGN listed Secret Wars as one of the best comic book events. Their writers found the action and goofiness of the story to be enjoyable. They also highlighted the effect it had on
1092-481: A short backup feature he had written, new editor Denny O'Neil fired McKenzie so that Miller could write the series. The last issue of McKenzie's run plugs a two-part story which was pulled from publication, as its mature content encountered resistance from the Comics Code Authority , though part one eventually saw print in Daredevil #183, by which time Code standards had relaxed. Miller continued
1170-642: A single series, but the addition of the Black Widow revitalized interest in the comic. Due to the Comics Code Authority 's restrictions on the depiction of cohabitation , the stories made explicit that though Daredevil and the Black Widow were living in the same apartment, they were sleeping on separate floors, and that Natasha's guardian Ivan Petrovich was always close at hand. Steve Gerber came on board with issue #97, initially scripting over Conway's plots, but Gene Colan's long stint as Daredevil's penciler had come to an end. Gerber recollected, "Gene and I did
1248-533: A vault wagon only to be opposed by the NYPD. These Ani-Men (consisting of Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and a new Cat-Man) are among the many criminals hired by Hammerhead during the " Civil War " in an effort to take over the underworld while the Kingpin is incarcerated. Unbeknownst to them, the Kingpin has tricked Iron Man into leading a S.H.I.E.L.D. unit to the warehouse where they are meeting, which Iron Man believes to be
1326-482: A village brought to Battleworld where Galactus has summoned his ship so he can consume the planet. Everybody fights him. Doom's faction returns and attacks the heroes, while he sneaks onto Galactus' ship and persuades Klaw to join the villains. Professor X has the X-Men fall back and then attack the villains who are attacking volcanoes set off by Cyclops. Colossus falls in love with an alien healer named Zsaji. Wasp befriends
1404-612: A world which exhibits aspects of the various universes. The core limited series was nine issues long, and ran for eight months, ending in January 2016. One of the core miniseries, Ultimate End , had ended the Ultimate Marvel imprint after 15 years at the time. Ultimate End is written by Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley , the team that began the Ultimate Marvel universe with Ultimate Spider-Man . In Spider-Man: Life Story , which depicts an alternate version of
1482-544: Is a group called the Ani-Men who are associated with Dr. Arthur Molekevic . Daredevil (Marvel Comics series) Daredevil is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Daredevil and published by Marvel Comics , beginning with the original Daredevil comic book series which debuted in 1964. While Daredevil had been home to the work of comic-book artists such as Everett, Kirby, Wally Wood , John Romita Sr. , Gene Colan , and Joe Quesada , among others, Frank Miller 's influential tenure on
1560-888: Is impossible for me to accomplish!" The heroes include the Avengers ( Captain America , Captain Marvel , Hawkeye , Iron Man , the She-Hulk , Thor , the Wasp , and the Hulk ), three members of the Fantastic Four ( Human Torch , Mister Fantastic and the Thing ), solo heroes ( Spider-Man and Spider-Woman ) and the mutant team the X-Men ( Colossus , Cyclops , Nightcrawler , Professor X , Rogue , Storm , Wolverine , and Lockheed
1638-623: Is secretly Abner Jonas, a candidate running to become mayor of New York City, and he sends the Ani-Men to go on missions itended to undermine the standing of the current administration. Daredevil defeats them and the Ani-Men and the Organizer all go to prison. Some time after that, Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man form a team called the "Unholy Three" and work with the Exterminator . Count Nefaria has Ape-Man, Bird-Man, Cat-Man, Frog-Man, and their new female member Dragonfly be submitted to
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#17327805275481716-650: The All-New, All-Different Marvel branding, written by Charles Soule with art by Ron Garney with the first two issues released in December 2015. Charles Soule released his final Daredevil storyline "Death of Daredevil" during the October and November 2018 releases, in a 4-part bimonthly release which ended the series. Afterwards the series went on hiatus for two months and resumed distribution in February 2019, with
1794-862: The Great Lakes Avengers for help. By the time the Great Lakes Avengers show up, the actual Avengers are there and tell them to sit this one out so that they will not get hurt. The Ani-Men are defeated by the Avengers. In the Earth X universe, the Ani-Men were animals in the Wakandan preserve that were mutated when the Terrigen Crystals were detonated in the atmosphere. In the Ultimate Marvel universe, there
1872-640: The Lizard , the Molecule Man , Titania , Ultron , Volcana , and the Wrecking Crew . The cosmic entity Galactus also appears as a villain who immediately becomes a non-aligned entity. The heroes (the X-Men choose to remain a separate unit) and villains have several skirmishes. Ultron is drained of energy by Galactus, who tries to confront the Beyonder with Doctor Doom, but both are easily defeated. When everyone else reaches Battleworld, Magneto leaves
1950-625: The status quo with their "Fall From Grace" storyline in issues #319–325 (August 1993 – February 1994). Elektra , who was resurrected in #190 but had not been seen since, finally returned. Under writers Karl Kesel and later Joe Kelly , the title gained a lighter tone, with Daredevil returning to the lighthearted, wisecracking hero depicted by earlier writers. Gene Colan returned to the series during this time, but though initially enthusiastic about drawing Daredevil again, he quit after seven issues, complaining that Kesel and Kelly's scripts were too " retro ". In 1998, Daredevil ' s numbering
2028-448: The Ani-Men (consisting of Ape-Man , Bird-Man , Cat-Man and Frog-Man ) are recruited by a man calling himself the Organizer where they are given costumes that are themed after their codenames. Gordon "Monk" Keefer became Ape-Man because of his great strength, Henry Hawk became Bird-Man, Towshend Horgan became Cat-Man because of his "feline agility", and François LeBlanc became Frog-Man who had Olympic-level leaping abilities. The Organizer
2106-730: The Ani-Men to a laboratory operated by his former assistant Miles Warren (the Jackal ) to clean up Warren's files. After three weeks, the Ani-Men are almost done with their cleanup and have spread a virus into all of Warren's files, but they are discovered by the Scarlet Spider . When the High Evolutionary teleports the Ani-Men back to his home base at Wundagore, the Scarlet Spider is accidentally brought with them, having stuck himself to Crushtacean with his webbing. Later,
2184-729: The Death-Stalker murders Ape-Man and Cat-Man upon the completion of their mission. Bird-Man is later murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld in the "Bar with No Name" incident. A new group wearing the name Ani-Men are a bunch of New Men created by the High Evolutionary that carries out his orders. The High Evolutionary's Ani-Men included Buzzard (an evolved hawk ), Crushtacean (an evolved crab ), Flying Fox (an evolved bat ), Komodo (an evolved Komodo dragon ), and Spinneret (an evolved spider ). The Evolutionary dispatches
2262-704: The Dragon ). Magneto is featured as a hero, but immediately becomes non-aligned when the Avengers question his presence. In 2015, Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars revealed that Deadpool was also a chosen hero, but the Wasp accidentally caused the other characters to forget his involvement. The villains include the Absorbing Man , Doctor Doom , Doctor Octopus , the Enchantress , Kang the Conqueror , Klaw ,
2340-623: The Fantastic Four. Concerning the Black Widow, he said, "I was a fan of Natasha [Romanoff, the Black Widow], and thought she and Daredevil would have interesting chemistry." She served as Daredevil's co-star and love interest from #81–124 (November 1971–August 1975), of which #92-107 were cover-titled Daredevil and the Black Widow . The series had been suffering from slowly declining popularity, and in November 1971 Marvel announced that Daredevil and Iron Man would be combined into
2418-513: The Hulk has an injured leg from Ultron and the savage side is re-emerging (to culminate in a totally animalistic, inarticulate and mindless Hulk in #299–300). Secret Wars was a best-seller when it was published in 1984, selling more copies than any other comic in the previous 25 years. While it was a financial success, it was not well received by critics when it was published, being criticized for its uninspired and juvenile content. An announcement of
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2496-531: The Lizard but is gravely wounded by the Wrecking Crew before being returned to the heroes. The second Spider-Woman , Julia Carpenter, is introduced. The X-Men win another battle against the villains. Galactus sends Doom back to his base, where he notices the volcanoes and tries to fix the planet. Professor X tells Captain America to fight the villains while they take care of Galactus. Zsaji revives Wasp. In
2574-620: The Marvel Universe (designated Earth-19529) where characters aged in real time and debuted in the same year as their first issue publications, the Secret Wars began in 1984 when a number of United States-based superheroes were transported to Battleworld by the Beyonder. This causes the start of the "Russian War" (the World War III of this reality) on Earth due to the absence of the majority of America's superheroes. Among them
2652-420: The Marvel Universe by introducing the symbiote and new characters. In 2011, Alex Zalben of MTV News ranked Secret Wars as the second biggest comic event ever, after only DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths event. Zalben praised Secret Wars' story and lasting effect on the Marvel universe, as well as honoring the storyline as the "semi-official first Event Comics ever". One year later, Secret Wars II
2730-493: The Scarlet Spider home, but Crushtacean foolishly touches a ball of impact webbing the hero has left behind, covering himself and the other Ani-Men with webbing, much to their embarrassment. During the Secret Wars storyline, a new version of the Ani-Men (consisting of a new Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Frog Man) commit crimes while the heroes are on Battleworld . They obtain the equipment of the original Ani-Men and use it to rob
2808-513: The Scarlet Spider joins members of the Cult of the Jackal in sneaking into the citadel of the High Evolutionary in an attempt to learn the truth about Warren's involvement with the High Evolutionary. The Ani-Men come to face the cult members and the Scarlet Spider, but the fight is brought to an end after the Scarlet Spider is able to learn the truth from the High Evolutionary. The High Evolutionary sends
2886-627: The Secret Wars: In May 2015, Marvel published a new Secret Wars miniseries, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Esad Ribić , that picked up from where the "Time Runs Out" storyline running in Avengers and New Avengers at the time had ended. The storyline involved the Marvel Universe combining with other alternate universes, including the Ultimate Universe , as well as the 2099 Universe , to form Battleworld,
2964-507: The Widow from the series. Wolfman's 20-issue run included the introduction of one of Daredevil's most popular villains, Bullseye . He was dissatisfied with his work and quit, later explaining, "I felt DD needed something more than I was giving him. I was never very happy with my DD—I never found the thing that made him mine the way Frank Miller did a year or two later. So I was trying to find things to do that interested me and therefore, I hoped,
3042-425: The acclaimed " Daredevil: Born Again " storyline in #227–233. Miller intended to produce an additional two-part story with artist Walt Simonson but the story was never completed and remains unpublished . Three fill-in issues followed before Steve Englehart (under the pseudonym "John Harkness") took the post of writer, only to lose it after one issue due to a plot conflict with one of the fill-ins. Ann Nocenti
3120-509: The animals they represent. This group consists of Giraffe-Man (a humanoid giraffe ), Great Horned Owl-Man (a humanoid great horned owl ), Pig-Man (a humanoid pig ), and Rabbit-Woman (a humanoid rabbit ). They attack the Milwaukee Convention Center, holding humans responsible for transgressions against the animal kingdom. Model Ashley Crawford (a.k.a. Big Bertha) is at a modeling shoot there and phones her teammates in
3198-426: The character as a "compelling, layered and visually striking character". IGN ranked Daredevil as the third best series from Marvel Comics in 2006 Comic Book Resources ranked Daredevil as the 13th-best Marvel superhero, but said it had the best overall comic runs because "writers have been able to craft their vision as intended, which isn't always possible with more well-known titles". The series has also won
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3276-413: The conversation to refer to while drawing the issue, leaving Lee to add the script in afterwards. Though Colan is consistently credited as penciler only, Lee would typically give him the freedom to fill in details of the plot as he saw fit. Lee explained "If I would tell Gene who the villain was and what the problem was, how the problem should be resolved and where it would take place, Gene could fill in all
3354-723: The course of issues #153–163. Halfway through his run, McKenzie was joined by penciler Frank Miller , who had previously drawn Daredevil in The Spectacular Spider-Man #27 (February 1979), with issue #158 (May 1979). Sales had been declining since the end of the Wolfman/Brown run, and by the time Miller became Daredevil's penciler, the series was in danger of cancellation. Moreover, Miller disliked Roger McKenzie's scripts, and Jim Shooter (who had since become Marvel's editor-in-chief) had to talk him out of quitting. Seeking to appease Miller, and impressed by
3432-412: The details. Which made it very interesting for me to write because when I got the artwork back and had to put in the copy, I was seeing things that I'd not expected." The 31-issue Lee/Colan run on the series included Daredevil #47, in which Murdock defends a blind Vietnam veteran against a frameup ; Lee has cited it as the story he is most proud of out of his entire career. With issue #51, Lee turned
3510-469: The energy from the Beyonder that was released has turned Battleworld into a place where wishes are granted. Soon Mr. Fantastic builds a portal that can take everyone home. However, the Thing, having gained the ability to revert to his original human form of Ben Grimm at will, chooses to remain on Battleworld for a year to explore the galaxy. The next issues of series tie-ins with Secret Wars open right after
3588-423: The following awards: Daredevil's comic series has been collected into many trade paperbacks, hardcovers and omnibuses. Secret Wars Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars , commonly known as Secret Wars , is a 12-issue American comic book crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics . The series was written by Jim Shooter , with art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton . It
3666-474: The gig mostly because there didn't seem to be (m)any other viable candidates for it." He continued McKenzie and Miller's noir take on the series, but backed away from the antihero depiction of the character. Janson left shortly after Miller, replaced initially by penciler William Johnson and inker Danny Bulanadi, who were both supplanted by David Mazzucchelli . Miller returned as the title's regular writer, co-writing #226 with O'Neil. Miller and Mazzucchelli crafted
3744-491: The greatest creative tenures in Marvel history" and commented that it rivaled Frank Miller 's work. Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Michael Lark became the new creative team with Daredevil vol. 2 #82 (February 2006), no longer under the Marvel Knights imprint. The series returned to its original numbering with issue #500 (October 2009), which followed vol. 2 #119 (August 2009). New writer Andy Diggle revised
3822-409: The headquarters of Captain America 's Secret Avengers. Iron Man and the S.H.I.E.L.D. unit break in, and a huge fight breaks out. The battle results in arrests, injuries and death, but it is unrevealed if any of those apply to the new Ani-Men. This Ani-Men assemblage has no known connection to any prior incarnations or any info on their history except for the fact that they resemble humanoid versions of
3900-520: The heroes feeling rejected and Kang blasts Doctor Doom to the heroes' base when he tries to rally the villains. The heroes win the first skirmish, causing the villains to fall back, only to be assaulted by Ultron, having been rebuilt by Doctor Doom. The heroes then attack Magneto, but he captures Wasp and takes her to his fortress where they are trapped by the weather; the X-Men decide to join Magneto. Doom creates villainesses Titania and Volcana, then leads
3978-489: The inconsistencies. An additional four-issue miniseries Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld has been announced to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original crossover, beginning in November 2023. The mini-series will star Spider-Man and Fantastic Four member the Human Torch and promises to "expose never-before-told secrets" from the iconic 1984 comic storyline. Some issues of What If? revolve around
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#17327805275484056-458: The most iconic and reprinted stories of the series. Issue #12 began a brief run by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Romita Sr. The issue marked Romita's return to superhero penciling after a decade of working exclusively as a romance -comic artist for DC. Romita had felt he no longer wanted to pencil, in favor of being solely an inker. He recalled in 1999, I had inked an Avengers job for Stan, and I told him I just wanted to ink. I felt like I
4134-469: The original event. These tales include him receiving the Beyonder's power and creating "New Parker City", Spider-Man and the Thing spying on Dr. Doom, and a story featuring Spider-Man's suspicions concerning the Hulk. It was released in conjunction with Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet and Captain America & The Korvac Saga , similar self-contained, all-ages re-imaginations of past events, that appear to take place in their own separate continuities in
4212-469: The readers. Ultimately, I couldn't find anything that made DD unique to me and asked off the title." His departure coincided with Brown's death from leukemia . With issue #144, Jim Shooter became the writer and was joined by a series of short-term pencilers, including Gil Kane , who had been penciling most of Daredevil's covers since #80 but had never before worked on the comic's interior. The series's once-solid sales began dropping during this period, and
4290-531: The remaining villains in a successful assault on the heroes and their base, which they bury under a mountain. After Thor and the Enchantress return from elsewhere, Thor vanishes trying to fight the villains. Doom also has Ultron kill Kang as payback. When the X-Men arrive to fight Magneto, they form an alliance but Wasp leaves. The Hulk is revealed to have saved everyone from the mountain. Thor also returns, having hidden his escape with lightning. The heroes find
4368-467: The return of the Marvel combatants. Immediate developments include: the Thing replaced by the She-Hulk in the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man has a new costume initially unaware that it is actually an alien symbiote (the symbiote would subsequently bond with journalist Eddie Brock , giving birth to the villain known as Venom ), Colossus ends his romantic relationship with a heartbroken Kitty Pryde , and
4446-452: The series and sent him off after only five issues, planning to write it himself. Instead, he ended up handing both writing and editing jobs to his friend Marv Wolfman with issue #124, which introduced inker Klaus Janson to the title. It also wrote the Black Widow out of the series and returned Daredevil to Hell's Kitchen; the post-Conway writers had all felt that Daredevil worked better as a solo hero, and had been working to gradually remove
4524-760: The seven-issue "Parts of a Hole" (vol. 2 #9–15). David Mack brought independent-comics colleague Brian Michael Bendis to Marvel to co-write the following arc, "Wake Up" in vol. 2 #16–19 (May 2001 – August 2001). Following Mack and Bendis were Back to the Future screenwriter Bob Gale and artists Phil Winslade and David Ross for the story "Playing to the Camera". Mack continued to contribute covers, while Brian Michael Bendis wrote further stories such as Daredevil: Ninja . Issue #26 (December 2001) brought back Brian Michael Bendis , working this time with artist Alex Maleev . IGN called Bendis's four-year-run "one of
4602-413: The standard "Marvel Adventures" manner. The four-issue miniseries Deadpool 's Secret Secret Wars was released during the 2015 Secret Wars event . It retold the events of the original miniseries from Deadpool's point of view and used retroactive continuity to fix inconsistencies with later stories. In the end, the Wasp accidentally caused everyone to forget his involvement in the storyline, creating
4680-561: The status quo, with Daredevil assuming leadership of the ninja army the Hand . Following this came the crossover story arc " Shadowland ". Murdock then leaves New York, leaving his territory in the hands of the Black Panther in the briefly retitled series' Black Panther: Man Without Fear #513–523. In July 2011, Daredevil relaunched with vol. 3 #1 (September 2011), with writer Mark Waid and penciler Paolo Rivera . Waid said he
4758-501: The title in a similar vein to McKenzie. Resuming the drastic metamorphosis the previous writer had begun, Miller took the step of essentially ignoring all of Daredevil's continuity prior to his run on the series; on the occasions where older villains and supporting cast were used, their characterizations and history with Daredevil were reworked or overwritten. Spider-Man villain Kingpin was introduced as Daredevil's new nemesis, displacing most of his large rogues gallery. Daredevil himself
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#17327805275484836-621: The title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe . Daredevil debuted in Marvel Comics ' Daredevil #1 ( cover date April 1964), created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett , with character design input from Jack Kirby , who devised Daredevil's billy club. When Everett turned in his first-issue pencils extremely late, Marvel production manager Sol Brodsky and Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko inked
4914-435: The villain's base, Hulk and Thor show Spider-Man an alien device that they have used to recreate their clothing. Spider-Man finds and wears his black costume for the first time. Galactus begins to devour the planet. Mr. Fantastic suggests they let him, then the Beyonder will take away his eternal hunger, but Captain America and everyone else convinces him against it. Back at the heroes' base, Doctor Doom uses Klaw's body to create
4992-692: The words 'wars' and 'secret'. Mattel's involvement influenced the storyline and character design, including making Doctor Doom and Iron Man's armor more high-tech to appeal to kids. They also requested new fortresses, vehicles, and weapons to increase play value and promote playsets. Shooter believed he was the only one capable of writing the series. Crossover titles include The Amazing Spider-Man #249–252, The Avengers #242–243, Captain America #292, The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #294–295, Iron Man #181–183, The Thing #10–22, Fantastic Four #265, Marvel Team-Up #141, The Uncanny X-Men , #178–181. and Thor #341. In 1987, Thor #383
5070-598: The writing chores over to Roy Thomas (who succeeded him on a number of Marvel's titles), but would remain on board as editor for another 40 issues. 18-year-old Gerry Conway took over as writer with issue #72, and turned the series in a pulp science fiction direction. He also moved Daredevil to San Francisco beginning with Daredevil #87, and simultaneously brought on the Black Widow as co-star. Conway explained, I’d just spent some time in San Francisco
5148-540: Was Spider-Man, who received the Venom symbiote/black costume like his Earth-616 counterpart. A film titled Avengers: Secret Wars is in development and will be released on May 7, 2027. It will be the sixth Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The mobile game Marvel Realm of Champions is loosely based on the 1984 Secret Wars storyline. In 2016, a novelization of Secret Wars
5226-621: Was announced Zdarsky's time on Daredevil would end in August 2023. In May 2023, it was announced that Saladin Ahmed would serve as the writer of Daredevil vol. 8 and that Aaron Kuder serving as illustrator. The first issue is set to debut in September 2023. Empire praised Frank Miller's era, and referenced Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb, and Kevin Smith's tenures on the series, describing
5304-456: Was brought on as a fill-in writer but became the series's longest-running regular writer, with a four-and-a-quarter-year run from #238 to #291 (January 1987 – April 1991). The shuffle of short-term artists continued for her first year, until John Romita Jr. joined as penciller from #250 to #282 (January 1988 – July 1990) alongside inker Al Williamson , who stayed on through #300. The team returned Murdock to law by co-founding with Page
5382-420: Was burned out as a penciller after eight years of romance work. I didn't want to pencil any more; in fact, I couldn't work at home any more – I couldn't discipline myself to do it. He said, 'Okay,' but the first chance he had he shows me this Daredevil story somebody had started and he didn't like it, and he wanted somebody else to do it. Romita later elaborated: Stan showed me Dick Ayers ' splash page for
5460-444: Was downgraded to bi-monthly status with issue #147. Shooter still had difficulty keeping up with the schedule, and the writing chores were shortly turned over to Roger McKenzie . McKenzie's work on Daredevil reflected his background in horror comics, and the stories and even the character himself took on a much darker tone. McKenzie created chain-smoking Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich , who deduces Daredevil's secret identity over
5538-454: Was gradually developed into an antihero . Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "Almost immediately, [Miller] began to attract attention with his terse tales of urban crime." Miller's revamping of the title was controversial among fans, but it clicked with new readers, and sales began soaring, the comic returning to monthly status just three issues after Miller came on as writer. Miller introduced previously unseen characters who had played
5616-473: Was interested in "tweaking the adventure-to-depression ratio a bit and letting Matt win again". Daredevil vol. 3 ended at issue #36 in February 2014. Daredevil vol. 4 launched under Waid and Chris Samnee with a new issue #1 (March 2014) as part of the All-New Marvel NOW! storyline. Daredevil vol. 4 officially ended with issue #18 in September 2015. Daredevil vol. 5 began as part of
5694-545: Was presented as a previously untold tale from Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars . A cosmic entity, the Beyonder , becomes fascinated with Earth's superheroes in the mainstream Marvel universe . He creates " Battleworld ", a planet in a distant galaxy, and stocks it with weapons and technology. He teleports groups of heroes and supervillains against their will to Battleworld, declaring: "I am from beyond! Slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of
5772-456: Was published by Marvel. Written by Dwayne McDuffie and illustrated by Scott Kolins, it referred back to the original Secret Wars event with a similar premise as Beyonder again transported superheroes and supervillains of Earth to fight on Battleworld. Spider-Man & the Secret Wars , a Marvel Adventures all-ages non-canonical miniseries, was released in 2010. It tells the story from Spider-Man's perspective and features major discrepancies with
5850-415: Was published, with the Beyonder visiting Earth and having a tie-in with almost every Marvel comic book written at the time. Marvel published a third Secret Wars tale written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Keith Pollard within two issues of the Fantastic Four series: the " Secret Wars III " story in Fantastic Four #318–319 (September–October 1988). In 2006, a six issue series entitled Beyond!
5928-534: Was rebooted, with the title "canceled" with issue #380 and revived a month later as part of the Marvel Knights imprint. Joe Quesada drew the new series, written by filmmaker Kevin Smith . Its first story arc, " Guardian Devil ", depicts Daredevil struggling to protect a child whom he is told could either be the Messiah or the Anti-Christ . Smith was succeeded by writer-artist David Mack , who contributed
6006-503: Was taken away by Nova . He kills all the heroes with a bolt when they refuse to join him and attack. Zsaji revives them at the cost of her life, and they battle Klaw and monsters he created, including Ultron, while Doom's powers go out of control thanks to Klaw convincing him to use them again. While Wasp destroys Ultron and the others take care of the rest, the Beyonder, who had possessed Klaw, takes back his powers and teleports Doom and Klaw away. After Zsaji's funeral, everyone finds out that
6084-510: Was tied in with a similarly-named toy line from Mattel and a role-playing game of the same name from TSR, Inc. The series was conceived by Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. The series was announced as Cosmic Champions in the eleventh issue of the Marvel Age news magazine, cover dated February 1984. The series was renamed following feedback from Mattel's focus group, which indicated that children responded positively to
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