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Daredevil
Matt Murdock
Blind, with every remaining sense amplified past human limit — the disability and the power are the same event.
Powers
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- debut · 1964
Daredevil #1 Marvel Comics
First appearance, blinded and sensory-enhanced by the same accident - key
Daredevil Marvel Comics
The Frank Miller run that redefined the book as urban crime fiction
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Daredevil's radar sense is a separate power from his other senses.
Actually It is built from hearing — a sonar reading of echoes. That is why loud environments blind him completely, and why the radar and the hearing cannot be treated as independent abilities.
The feat ledger
A radar sense built from hearing that maps a room in three dimensions
Detects a lie by heartbeat, which the stories use as an interrogation tool
Sensory overload is his standing weakness — a loud enough environment blinds him completely
Hearing sharp enough to navigate a room in complete darkness
Smell and touch are amplified alongside hearing, not just the radar sense
Reads ordinary print by feeling the ink's impression on the page
The accident that blinded him is the same one that amplified everything else
Tracks a target through a crowd by heartbeat alone
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