he’s the man without fear and is quickly
becoming one of Marvel’s most popular
heroes you sure about that
I’d bet my life welcome to watchmojo.com
and still be counting down our picks for
the top ten
daredevil facts are you aware that
perjury is a crime mr. dishonor for this
list we’re focusing on more real world
facts as opposed to looking at specific
plot points that occurred in the films
or comics apply enough pressure someone
will break sooner or later cover ten
spider-man’s shadow thanks you saved me
actually I was saving Peter Parker
excuse me most avid comic book fans are
aware that daredevil and spider-man are
good friends in the comics one of the
main factors behind their strong
friendship is how similar the two
characters are especially since both of
them are based in New York catch you
later
I’ve got a check on a friend in fact
when daredevil was first introduced he
was considered a lame spider-man
knockoff daredevil even has his own form
of spiney sets allowing him to locate
villains and criminals despite being
blind
the pair also tend to face similar
villains with characters like the
kingpin being considered a major villain
to both heroes this is no game I assure
you it is a demonstration what is going
to happen to the real spider-man number
nine his costume used to be yellow you
are you want a suit like mr. fists no no
I want something very special
like most superheroes daredevil is
instantly recognizable by his iconic
costume but what you may not know is
that his original costume wasn’t
actually read it was yellow more
accurately it was a combination of
yellow black and red not everyone
deserves a happy ending due to poor
sales numbers however Marvel decided to
make several changes to the character
which included changing his costume to
the red version we know and love today
that is the other one right here kingpin
and the names daredevil it was later
revealed that daredevil had made the
original yellow costume from his dad’s
boxing gear number eight ben affleck
originally auditioned for bull’s eye go
to hell Diablo okay
oh you’ll beat me there Ben Affleck’s
portrayal of the man without fear
received a lot of criticism from fans of
the comics but would things have been
different if he had been cast as
bullseye instead probably not but that
was the character whom Affleck initially
auditioned for I don’t like being
touched which time we could do like
we’ll start there okay another weird
twist before the studio decided to cast
Affleck as daredevil they considered
casting Colin Farrell
the man who would eventually play
bullseye first ones a warning Padre did
Diesel Guy Pearce and Matt Damon all
turned down the role before he was
eventually given to Affleck maybe
casting the guy who wanted to play
another character and was your fifth
choice wasn’t the best decision oh well
you are so good
number seven he is based on a prototype
for Batman this is way past what I
signed up for what exactly do you think
that was you might find it hard to
believe that daredevil who was created
in the 1960s served as a prototype for
Batman a character that has been around
since the 1930s but it’s actually true
some days you just can’t get rid of a
bomb the original Batman comics were
very light-hearted and goofy
it wasn’t until Frank Miller took over
that Batman adopted his Dark Knight
persona before he began writing Batman
comics however Miller worked on
daredevil transforming him into one of
Marvel’s most popular characters by
incorporating darker themes and story
lines essentially Miller used his
experience from writing daredevil to
mold his version of The Dark Knight
you’re under arrest mister you just
crippled that man is young
he’ll Walker dead but you’ll stay scared
won’t you punk
number six Stan Lee had reservations
about introducing the character
sometimes we have to do things we aren’t
proud of yep this can’t become what we
do like many of Marvel’s famous heroes
daredevil was created by Stan Lee with
the help of Bill Everett and the one and
only Jack Kirby Lee was nervous about
creating a blind character however as he
feared that the series might offend the
blind community by creating a character
that could do things that they couldn’t
he eventually decided to do it but tools
Marvel executives that if there was any
sort of backlash he would immediately
scrap the character
luckily the character didn’t receive any
criticism but that hasn’t prevented the
writers from trying to distance Matt
Murdock from ordinary blind people
that’s what I’m talking about okay I
find a guy in a dumpster who turns out
to be some kind of blind vigilantes and
do all this really weird number
five a real-life mugging is why Frank
Miller gave the story’s a serious tone
you gonna spray you way too much when
Frank Miller took over the series in the
early 1980s he changed the tone of the
series to the darken series one we know
today one of the biggest changes he made
was putting a lot more focus on street
crime the reason for this change while
working on the series Miller was mugged
twice in New York City Jesus what
happened your eye Omar you okay yeah
yeah I’m fine I just wasn’t paying
attention last night Miller was quoted
in saying after I got mugged I was
really eager to see criminals shot on
sight
thus he gave readers a superhero who
wasn’t afraid to cripple street thugs
would be ashamed be they have to watch
what they judges number four
daredevil indirectly helped create the
Avengers I’m here to talk to you about
the Avenger initiative although
daredevil would turn down an invitation
to join the Avengers on multiple
occasions the team may never have
existed without him Marvel was in full
panic mode when they realized that
daredevil number one wasn’t going to be
ready in time for print even though the
artists had been working on the comic
for over six months desperate and facing
a tight deadline Stan Lee suggested that
they group several existing Marvel
characters together to create a team I
fear the Avengers
that’s what we call ourselves sort of
like a team Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
this would allow the characters to jump
right into a brand new series without
needing an origin story the rest as they
say is history
number three daredevil inspired the
creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles kidsí created by Kevin Eastman
and Peter Laird the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles were actually intended to be a
sort of homage to daredevil among
several other comics there are many
direct allusions to the daredevil series
most of which relate to the origins of
the turtles I came upon a shattered
glass jaw and fought baby turtle that
was us oh no in fact the origin story is
essentially the same as in both comics a
canister full of radioactive material
flies off the back of a truck and gives
the characters their respective powers
furthermore splinter the turtles mentor
is an Amash to stick daredevil sensei
anger is a spark good rage is a wildfire
and finally Daredevils ninja villains
the hand inspired The Foot Clan I’m not
so sure if this is structurally speaking
such a good time for your buddies to
drop in
number two there was another hero called
daredevil in the 1940s I’m gonna kill
you take your shot lead please in
publications beat Laurel to the punch
when they introduced a character called
daredevil in September of 1940 similar
to Captain America this version of
daredevil helped America fight the Nazis
during World War two
you don’t hear me whining about it do
you no although this character is a
completely separate entity from Marvel’s
daredevil it is interesting to note that
both characters share a disability
instead of being blind however this
character is deaf
of course the Man Without Fear has long
overshadowed this version of daredevil
what if it already has then we wouldn’t
be sitting here one way before we unveil
our number one pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one daredevil number 47 is Dan
Lee’s favorite comic I never studied
look order got me Stan Lee was one of
the creators of daredevil but it isn’t
the series he’s best known for
in fact the series wouldn’t really take
off until Frank Miller took over in the
1980s despite this Lee has stated that
daredevil number 47 is his favorite
comic book the story begins with
daredevil visiting American troops in
Vietnam he ends up meeting a former cop
who is unjustly discharged and then
blinded while fighting feeling
sympathetic to his cause Matt Murdock
takes the soldiers case and clears his
name even if it’s not the most epic
superhero story of all time it is about
as human and humble as they come
do you agree with our list there’s
something not right about this case I
can feel it what’s your favorite
daredevil fact for more great top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you’ve never done this
before if you were to hire us then yes
you would be our first client
becoming one of Marvel’s most popular
heroes you sure about that
I’d bet my life welcome to watchmojo.com
and still be counting down our picks for
the top ten
daredevil facts are you aware that
perjury is a crime mr. dishonor for this
list we’re focusing on more real world
facts as opposed to looking at specific
plot points that occurred in the films
or comics apply enough pressure someone
will break sooner or later cover ten
spider-man’s shadow thanks you saved me
actually I was saving Peter Parker
excuse me most avid comic book fans are
aware that daredevil and spider-man are
good friends in the comics one of the
main factors behind their strong
friendship is how similar the two
characters are especially since both of
them are based in New York catch you
later
I’ve got a check on a friend in fact
when daredevil was first introduced he
was considered a lame spider-man
knockoff daredevil even has his own form
of spiney sets allowing him to locate
villains and criminals despite being
blind
the pair also tend to face similar
villains with characters like the
kingpin being considered a major villain
to both heroes this is no game I assure
you it is a demonstration what is going
to happen to the real spider-man number
nine his costume used to be yellow you
are you want a suit like mr. fists no no
I want something very special
like most superheroes daredevil is
instantly recognizable by his iconic
costume but what you may not know is
that his original costume wasn’t
actually read it was yellow more
accurately it was a combination of
yellow black and red not everyone
deserves a happy ending due to poor
sales numbers however Marvel decided to
make several changes to the character
which included changing his costume to
the red version we know and love today
that is the other one right here kingpin
and the names daredevil it was later
revealed that daredevil had made the
original yellow costume from his dad’s
boxing gear number eight ben affleck
originally auditioned for bull’s eye go
to hell Diablo okay
oh you’ll beat me there Ben Affleck’s
portrayal of the man without fear
received a lot of criticism from fans of
the comics but would things have been
different if he had been cast as
bullseye instead probably not but that
was the character whom Affleck initially
auditioned for I don’t like being
touched which time we could do like
we’ll start there okay another weird
twist before the studio decided to cast
Affleck as daredevil they considered
casting Colin Farrell
the man who would eventually play
bullseye first ones a warning Padre did
Diesel Guy Pearce and Matt Damon all
turned down the role before he was
eventually given to Affleck maybe
casting the guy who wanted to play
another character and was your fifth
choice wasn’t the best decision oh well
you are so good
number seven he is based on a prototype
for Batman this is way past what I
signed up for what exactly do you think
that was you might find it hard to
believe that daredevil who was created
in the 1960s served as a prototype for
Batman a character that has been around
since the 1930s but it’s actually true
some days you just can’t get rid of a
bomb the original Batman comics were
very light-hearted and goofy
it wasn’t until Frank Miller took over
that Batman adopted his Dark Knight
persona before he began writing Batman
comics however Miller worked on
daredevil transforming him into one of
Marvel’s most popular characters by
incorporating darker themes and story
lines essentially Miller used his
experience from writing daredevil to
mold his version of The Dark Knight
you’re under arrest mister you just
crippled that man is young
he’ll Walker dead but you’ll stay scared
won’t you punk
number six Stan Lee had reservations
about introducing the character
sometimes we have to do things we aren’t
proud of yep this can’t become what we
do like many of Marvel’s famous heroes
daredevil was created by Stan Lee with
the help of Bill Everett and the one and
only Jack Kirby Lee was nervous about
creating a blind character however as he
feared that the series might offend the
blind community by creating a character
that could do things that they couldn’t
he eventually decided to do it but tools
Marvel executives that if there was any
sort of backlash he would immediately
scrap the character
luckily the character didn’t receive any
criticism but that hasn’t prevented the
writers from trying to distance Matt
Murdock from ordinary blind people
that’s what I’m talking about okay I
find a guy in a dumpster who turns out
to be some kind of blind vigilantes and
do all this really weird number
five a real-life mugging is why Frank
Miller gave the story’s a serious tone
you gonna spray you way too much when
Frank Miller took over the series in the
early 1980s he changed the tone of the
series to the darken series one we know
today one of the biggest changes he made
was putting a lot more focus on street
crime the reason for this change while
working on the series Miller was mugged
twice in New York City Jesus what
happened your eye Omar you okay yeah
yeah I’m fine I just wasn’t paying
attention last night Miller was quoted
in saying after I got mugged I was
really eager to see criminals shot on
sight
thus he gave readers a superhero who
wasn’t afraid to cripple street thugs
would be ashamed be they have to watch
what they judges number four
daredevil indirectly helped create the
Avengers I’m here to talk to you about
the Avenger initiative although
daredevil would turn down an invitation
to join the Avengers on multiple
occasions the team may never have
existed without him Marvel was in full
panic mode when they realized that
daredevil number one wasn’t going to be
ready in time for print even though the
artists had been working on the comic
for over six months desperate and facing
a tight deadline Stan Lee suggested that
they group several existing Marvel
characters together to create a team I
fear the Avengers
that’s what we call ourselves sort of
like a team Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
this would allow the characters to jump
right into a brand new series without
needing an origin story the rest as they
say is history
number three daredevil inspired the
creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles kidsí created by Kevin Eastman
and Peter Laird the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles were actually intended to be a
sort of homage to daredevil among
several other comics there are many
direct allusions to the daredevil series
most of which relate to the origins of
the turtles I came upon a shattered
glass jaw and fought baby turtle that
was us oh no in fact the origin story is
essentially the same as in both comics a
canister full of radioactive material
flies off the back of a truck and gives
the characters their respective powers
furthermore splinter the turtles mentor
is an Amash to stick daredevil sensei
anger is a spark good rage is a wildfire
and finally Daredevils ninja villains
the hand inspired The Foot Clan I’m not
so sure if this is structurally speaking
such a good time for your buddies to
drop in
number two there was another hero called
daredevil in the 1940s I’m gonna kill
you take your shot lead please in
publications beat Laurel to the punch
when they introduced a character called
daredevil in September of 1940 similar
to Captain America this version of
daredevil helped America fight the Nazis
during World War two
you don’t hear me whining about it do
you no although this character is a
completely separate entity from Marvel’s
daredevil it is interesting to note that
both characters share a disability
instead of being blind however this
character is deaf
of course the Man Without Fear has long
overshadowed this version of daredevil
what if it already has then we wouldn’t
be sitting here one way before we unveil
our number one pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one daredevil number 47 is Dan
Lee’s favorite comic I never studied
look order got me Stan Lee was one of
the creators of daredevil but it isn’t
the series he’s best known for
in fact the series wouldn’t really take
off until Frank Miller took over in the
1980s despite this Lee has stated that
daredevil number 47 is his favorite
comic book the story begins with
daredevil visiting American troops in
Vietnam he ends up meeting a former cop
who is unjustly discharged and then
blinded while fighting feeling
sympathetic to his cause Matt Murdock
takes the soldiers case and clears his
name even if it’s not the most epic
superhero story of all time it is about
as human and humble as they come
do you agree with our list there’s
something not right about this case I
can feel it what’s your favorite
daredevil fact for more great top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you’ve never done this
before if you were to hire us then yes
you would be our first client
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