Subject Matter
Genres:
superhero
Feature(s):
Daredevil
Character(s):
Matt Murdock [Daredevil; as a boy]; Battling Jack Murdock (death); Sister Maggie Murdock; Stick; Fixer (villain); McHale; Gillian (villain); Slade (villain); Marcello (villain); Angelo (villain)
Synopsis:
Matt is a young troublemaker in Hell's Kitchen before saving a man's life from an oncoming truck takes his sight. Battling Jack Murdock is a down on his luck aging boxer who gets involved with a mobster who makes him part of his protection racket. Stick is a janitor at Jack's gym and begins to teach the sightless Matt the ways of the warrior. Fixer tells Jack to throw a big fight, but when Battling Murdock wins, the Fixer kills him.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
27
Notes:
This origin update has Stick involved in Matt's training much earlier than supposed. It also has the Fixer himself shooting Jack Murdock (in Daredevil #1, Slade is the trigger man).