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Issue: Daredevil Epic Collection #15
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Title: Last Rites
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/18/2020
Volume: 15
Pages: 508
ISBN: 9781302925635
UPC/EAN: 978130292563553999
Price: $49.99 CAD
$39.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 56 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Maia Loy (assistant managing editor); Lisa Montalbano (assistant managing editor)
Disclose Notes: Collects Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #283-300, and Daredevil Annual (Marvel, 1967 series) #7.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
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Epic Collection

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Daredevil the Man Without Fear!: Last Rites

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Daredevil: Last Rites

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Against Such a Crushing Weight, Even the Power of Captain America May Not Save Them!

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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The American Nightmare

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; The Inhumans [Gorgon; Karnak]; Number Nine; Pope; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Daredevil and Captain America try to help a small town inventor who dreams his amazing creations.
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Daredevil next in Captain America #374.
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Who Is the Man in Black?

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Bullseye
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The Outsider

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Bullseye (villain); Babyface (villain); Kingpin (cameo flashback); Karen Page (cameo flashback); Typhoid Mary (cameo flashback); Mephisto (cameo flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback)
Daredevil returns from Hell with his memories scrambled. Not knowing who he really is, he assumes the identity of Jack Murdock. Bullseye finds out about the confusion and decides to take advantage of the situation.
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The Man Without Mercy!

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Daredevil [Bullseye] (in disguise)
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The Shadowman

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (also as Jack Murdock); Daredevil [Bullseye] (in disguise, villain); Nyla Skin
Matt tries to figure out who he is while Bullseye hits the streets as Daredevil.
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The Man Without Mercy!

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The Thief

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (also as Jack Murdock); Nyla Skin; Ben Urich; Daredevil [Bullseye] (villain, in disguise)
This court sits in judgment.
Nyla begins training Matt how to be a thief. Bullseye starts stealing while wearing the Daredevil costume. Matt is hired as a boxer.
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And in This Corner

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Matt Murdock
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The Fighter

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock, also as Jack Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Ben Urich; J. Jonah Jameson; Nyla Skin; Elektra (dream); Stick (dream); Bullseye [as Daredevil] (villain, in disguise); Kingpin (villain)
Bullseye decides to try his hand at being a hero. Kingpin goes to the fights and recognizes Matt Murdock in the ring.
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Whatever Happened to Matt Murdock?

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Kingpin; Bullseye
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The Student

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock, also as Jack Murdock]; Nyla Skin; Ben Urich; Elektra (dream); Stick (dream); Bullseye [also as Daredevil] (villain); Kingpin (villain)
It's back to the way it was meant to be...
Dreams of Elektra and Stick start to remind Matt of who he is. Kingpin contacts Bullseye for a special job.
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Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

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Matt Murdock; Daredevil [Bullseye]; Kingpin
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The Hero

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Ben Urich; Nyla Skin; Daredevil [Bullseye] (in disguise, villain); Kingpin (villain); Battling Jack Murdock (cameo flashback)
Kingpin has Nyla kidnapped and tells Matt to throw a fight to win her back. Matt refuses and wins the bout (just like dear old dad) and remembers who he is with the help of Urich.
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He's Back--

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Bullseye; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]
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Bullseye!

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Bullseye [Daredevil; Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Daredevil [Bullseye] (villain); Kingpin (villain); Glorianna O'Breen (cameo, in photo)
Matt dons the Bullseye costume to take down Bullseye wearing the Daredevil duds.
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Rematch! D.D. versus Bullet!

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Bullet
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All the News That Fits

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; J. Jonah Jameson; Ben Urich; Foggy Nelson; Lance; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Bullet (villain); Elektra (cameo, as photo); Heather Glenn (cameo, as photo)
Daredevil takes on Bullet one last time and reunites with Foggy. Matt returns to his old life once again.
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End of Ann Nocenti's run as writer.
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The Von Strucker Gambit Part 1

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Sathan
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The Von Strucker Gambit Part 1

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Daredevil Origin

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (Origin)
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The Von Strucker Gambit Prologue

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Guillotine (introduction); Romulus (introduction); Sathan (introduction); Baron Von Strucker; Takimoto (introduction); Crippler [Striklan] (introduction); Dakini (introduction); Hydra
Strucker sends three assassins after a trio of super-powered experiments that have escaped from Hydra.
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The Von Strucker Gambit Part 1: Crippling Death

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Nick Fury; Ben Urich; Agent Pierce; Baron Von Strucker; Crippler [Striklan]; Sathan (Death); Guillotine; Romulus; Takimoto; Dakini
Daredevil tries to keep Strucker's assassin, a masochistic madman known as Crippler, from killing a mysterious tiger woman who has the power to raise zombies from the dead. Crippler breaks his Hydra control and takes off.
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The Von Strucker Gambit continues in Punisher Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #4.
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The Dark Lady

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Ben Urich; Doris Urich; Kingpin; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]
Kingpin tries to blackmail Urich using one of his lost loves.
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Malicious Justice...Or Injustice?

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Crippler (Origin); Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Baron Von Strucker (flashback); Hydra (flashback)
Crippler brings his twisted brand of justice to the criminals of New York City.
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Crippler later joined Silver Sable's Wild Pack.
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Guns Don't Kill...

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Fatboys Gang
Daredevil helps the kids in the Fatboys gang learn a hard lesson about the reality of guns.
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In Battle with the Punisher

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Body Count

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Ernie Saltes (dies); Peter Chin (dies); bus driver (dies); Mad Dog Cass [Larry Cass]; Garotte [Tyrannus Cordin] (as "Colonel Strang"); Taskmaster [Tony Masters]; Tombstone [Lonnie Lincoln]; Typhoid Mary [Mary Walker]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
Daredevil tries to find out who murdered a local martial arts master, and all fingers point to the Taskmaster. When he tracks the villain down, he finds that Taskmaster and Tombstone have been competing in a twisted hitman contest with each other. Before Daredevil can decide how to intervene, the Punisher swings in with guns blazing.
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Special Thanks given to Steve Buccellato and Erik Saltzgaber.
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A Bullet for the Punisher

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Punisher [Frank Castle]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]
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Murder by Numbers

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Taskmaster (villain); Tombstone (villain); Kingpin (villain); Jonin (cameo); The Hand (cameo); Baron Strucker (cameo)
Daredevil tries to take on Taskmaster and Tombstone while simultaneously trying to keep the Punisher from killing the two villains.
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When Strikes-- The Hand!

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Izanami
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The Infernal Mysteries

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Ben Urich; Kingpin (villain); Typhoid Mary (villain); Izanami (villain); Jonin (villain); The Hand (villain)
Matt tries to have a heart-to-heart discussion with Karen but is rebuffed. Kingpin starts up his own television station. Daredevil fights the Hand.
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Daredevil: the Fall of the Kingpin TPB

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Daredevil #293 Cover Art

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Side by Side with the Ghost Rider

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Through The Eyes Of The Enemy

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Chain link and cold concrete.
With prominent New Yorkers being kidnapped by the ninja assassins, Daredevil and Ghost Rider take on the Hand.
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Marvel Age #106

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Crushed by the Hand!

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Balancing Act

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Karen Page; The Chaste [Stone; Wing; Star; Flame]; Kingpin (villain); Izanami (villain, death); Spear (villain); Jonin (villain)
Stick's old students show up to help Daredevil in his final showdown with the Hand.
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Last Rites Part I of IV: The Termination of Typhoid!

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Passion Part I

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Kingpin (villain); Typhoid Mary (villain)
Daredevil has a little chat with the Kingpin and plants the seeds of creating a rift between the mob boss and Typhoid. Matt has dinner with Karen. Daredevil manipulates Typhoid into bed and tricks her into reverting to her Mary persona right before he calls in the guys with the straitjackets.
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Last Rites Part II of IV

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Nick Fury
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Part 2: Turnabout

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Baron Strucker; Agent Pierce; S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nick Fury pulls in Matt Murdock and sets him up with the information he needs to link the Kingpin's new media empire with Hydra.
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Last Rites Part III of IV

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Part 3: Regicide

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Karen Page; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Kingpin (villain); Baron Strucker (villain)
The noose tightens as DD offers to deliver the Kingpin to the police and as Hydra tears up Fisk's operations from the inside.
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Last Rites Part IV of IV

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Part 4: Long Live the King

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Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; J. Jonah Jameson; Kingpin (villain, origin, details); Peter Parker [Spider-Man] (cameo); Mary Jane Parker (cameo)
With his empire crumbled to dust and the law closing in, Kingpin tries to play his last card against Daredevil and ends up being exposed for the criminal he is. Matt gets his law license back.
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Special Thanks given to Mark Gruenwald & Bill Battle.
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Giving Daredevil His Due

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Let's Level About Daredevil

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"A Prize-Fighter's Son"

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Article by "Ben Urich" about Matt Murdock and Battlin' Jack Murdock. Illustration from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #164.
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Epic Collection

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The Fall of the Kingpin!

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