EXCLUSIVE: The Man Without Fear’s 1964 first appearance rates the full-on reprint treatment…
Marvel pioneered the modern-day Facsimile Edition and has to date published approximately 1,000,006 full-on reprints of various comics featuring first appearances, landmark moments and seminal storylines.
But one classic yet to get the treatment is 1964’s Daredevil #1, by Stan Lee and Bill Everett, with a Jack Kirby and Everett cover.
Until this February, that is.
Dig the solicitation info, due to be formally released by Marvel later this week:
DAREDEVIL #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by STAN LEE • Penciled by BILL EVERETT
COVER BY JACK KIRBY & BILL EVERETT • VARIANT COVER BY TBA
FOIL VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
Here comes Daredevil…the Man Without Fear! When young Matt Murdock, son of prizefighter “Battlin’” Jack Murdock, heroically saves a man’s life by pushing him out of the way of a chemical truck, he is splashed with radioactive waste that robs him of his sight! But as the boy recovers, he soon realizes that his other senses have compensated for the loss – including a new, uncanny radar sense! Growing up, Matt studies law and becomes an attorney – but when tragedy strikes his family, he puts his skills to use and dons a colorful costume to take vengeance on the crime boss known as the Fixer! Hell’s Kitchen will never be the same now that Daredevil is on the scene! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting DAREDEVIL (1963) #1.
On Sale 2/26/25
Price: $4.99
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A few thoughts:
— It is rather remarkable that we’ve not gotten this Facsimile yet. I think I checked four different ways to confirm that’s the case because I couldn’t believe it.
— February 2024 was DD’s 60th anniversary, so why didn’t we get one of these then? My guess is the House of Ideas was waiting for the premiere of the new Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again, which is now scheduled for March 2025. That’s how these Facsimiles often work.
— I don’t care what anyone says: The yellow outfit is bitchin’.
— There are two other Facsimile Editions coming from Marvel in February. Click here for the lowdown.
— Obligatory Price Comparison: An unslabbed, very nice copy of an original Daredevil #1 recently sold on eBay for $3,085.
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MORE
— MARVEL Sets Dates For February FANTASTIC FOUR and X-MEN Facsimile Editions. Click here.
— DAREDEVIL AT 60: The 13 Ingredients That Made the MAN WITHOUT FEAR a Star. Click here.
