60 Fun Facts About Daredevil

How was Matt Murdock blinded as a child?

In the 2003 film it is radioactive waste from a truck; either way his other senses were sharpened.

What is Matt Murdock's day job?

He runs a firm with his college roommate.

Which New York neighbourhood is Daredevil's home turf?

The 2003 film ignored it and shot mostly on the West Coast.

Who created Daredevil in 1964?

Kirby had some input and co-designed the first costume; Everett had created Namor decades earlier.

What real-life experience inspired Daredevil's heightened senses?

Wendy Everett found her hearing was more acute; the blind-vigilante idea probably also drew on the symbol of blind justice.

What colours was Daredevil's original 1964 costume?

Wally Wood introduced the standard red costume in issue #7 and the radar sense in issue #5.

Who was Matt's blind martial-arts mentor in the comics?

He was introduced in the early 1980s as leader of the Chaste; Scott Glenn played him on Netflix.

Which writer-artist's early-1980s run brought film noir and ninjas to Daredevil and made the title a hit?

Miller says the book was near cancellation when he was hired for the art.

Which writer introduced Bullseye during a 20-issue run starting in 1975?

Wolfman also brought Daredevil back to New York and introduced Heather Glenn.

In Miller and Mazzucchelli's 'Born Again', who sells Daredevil's secret identity for drug money?

The Kingpin uses the information to strip Murdock of his law licence.

Which villain with dissociative identity disorder did Ann Nocenti introduce?

Nocenti wrote over 50 issues from 1986 to 1991, often with feminist themes.

Which filmmaker wrote 'Guardian Devil', the 1998 Marvel Knights relaunch drawn by Joe Quesada?

He then cameoed in the 2003 film as a forensics assistant named 'Jack Kirby'.

Who first played Daredevil on screen, in the 1989 TV film The Trial of the Incredible Hulk?

It was fourteen years before the feature film.

Who plays Matt Murdock in the 2003 film?

All three of the others were considered or offered the part; Damon said he 'didn't quite believe in the script or the director'.

Who wrote and directed the 2003 Daredevil film?

He went on to make Ghost Rider; Rob Bowman directed the Elektra spin-off.

Who plays Elektra Natchios in the 2003 film?

She wore black leather instead of the comics' red satin to hide a harness, and reprised the role in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Who plays the Kingpin in the 2003 film?

He was asked to gain 40 pounds on top of his 290, and worried fans would object to a Black actor in a traditionally white role.

Colin Farrell's Bullseye keeps his Irish accent. What is his weapon of choice in his own words?

Farrell read the classic 1980s comics to capture how over-the-top the character is.

Why does reporter Ben Urich work for the New York Post in the film rather than his comics paper?

Joe Pantoliano plays him; Vondie Curtis-Hall played a New York Bulletin version on Netflix.

Which future Iron Man director plays Matt's law partner in the 2003 film?

Seth Rogen auditioned but was deemed too young.

Where was the 2003 film mostly shot, despite its Manhattan setting?

Rhythm and Hues handled the CGI and Graeme Revell scored it.

Which band's 'Bring Me to Life' features on Daredevil: The Album?

'My Immortal' by the same band is on there too, along with Fuel and The Calling.

Which rapper's subplot was restored in the R-rated 2004 director's cut?

Kevin Feige, an executive producer, hoped the longer, darker cut would win over doubters; Empire called it a considerable improvement.

Roughly how much did the 2003 film gross worldwide, on a $78M budget?

It was the second-biggest February release to that point.

Which studio released the 2003 Daredevil film?

Development started at Fox in 1997, moved to Columbia in 1999, then New Regency picked up the rights in 2000.

Who plays Matt Murdock in the Netflix series and the MCU?

When he first auditioned, the producers thought he was a better fit for Matt's law partner.

Who plays Wilson Fisk in the Netflix series and Born Again?

He hoped his would be the definitive portrayal, and gained 40 pounds for it.

Who created the Netflix Daredevil series, with Steven S. DeKnight as first-season showrunner?

Goddard was hired in December 2013, a year after the rights returned to Marvel, and stayed on as a consultant.

Which True Blood alumna plays Matt's secretary-turned-partner in the Netflix series and Born Again?

Fresh from True Blood, she deliberately steered away from her Jessica Hamby persona.

Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple is an amalgam of Temple and which comics character?

She was going to be Night Nurse outright until Marvel Studios claimed the character for its films.

Who joined season two as Frank Castle / The Punisher?

The three others all played the Punisher in earlier films; Bernthal got his own spin-off in 2017.

Who plays Elektra in the Netflix series?

Showrunner Doug Petrie called her 'the best bad girlfriend you can possibly have'.

Which agency does Wilson Bethel's Benjamin 'Dex' Poindexter work for when introduced in season three?

He masquerades as Daredevil for Fisk; Fisk then breaks his back, and surgery enhances his body before Born Again.

Which season one episode contains the show's first single-take hallway fight?

Season two's 'New York's Finest' and season three's 'Blindsided' continued the tradition.

Who designed the red Daredevil suit introduced at the end of season one?

Quesada, a former Daredevil artist, gathered ideas from the whole Marvel Studios design team and one of Meinerding's was chosen.

What Rotten Tomatoes rating did the first season of Netflix's Daredevil earn?

Season two dipped to 81% and season three bounced back to 97%.

Which crossover miniseries did Daredevil lead into in 2017?

Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist followed Daredevil as the other Netflix leads.

When did Netflix cancel Daredevil?

Showrunner Erik Oleson had just pitched a fourth season; the shows left Netflix in March 2022.

In which 2021 film did the Netflix Daredevil first return for Marvel Studios?

Kevin Feige had called him in June 2020; D'Onofrio came back in Hawkeye the same year.

On which service did Daredevil: Born Again premiere in March 2025?

Its nine-episode first season closed out Phase Five of the MCU.

What office does Wilson Fisk win in Daredevil: Born Again?

It puts him and Murdock on a collision course while Matt tries to stay retired from vigilantism.

Which character's killing by Bullseye drove Matt to give up being Daredevil before Born Again begins?

Matt tries to kill Dex in return, the 'line' he crossed.

Margarita Levieva's Heather Glenn eventually takes on the mantle of which masked serial killer?

She is Matt's therapist girlfriend and later Fisk's Commissioner of Mental Health.

Which vigilante, powered by a mystical amulet, does Murdock defend in court in Born Again?

Kamar de los Reyes played him in one of his final roles.

Who took over as showrunner of Born Again in the late-2023 creative overhaul?

He had written on The Punisher; the planned 18 episodes were split into two seasons and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead became lead directors.

Born Again takes its subtitle from a 1986 comics storyline by which creative team?

The series does not actually adapt that story.

Which artist introduced Daredevil's standard red costume, in issue #7?

Wood had already added the radar sense in issue #5, his first on the title, before Gene Colan settled in for a long run.

What third identity did Matt adopt in the 1960s to protect his secret?

Wisecracking 'Mike' was dropped in issues #41-42, when Daredevil faked his death and claimed to have trained a replacement.

Which writer moved Daredevil to San Francisco in 1971 and paired him with the Black Widow?

The book was briefly retitled Daredevil and the Black Widow; she left in issue #124, feeling overshadowed.

Which horror-comics writer created chain-smoking Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich?

McKenzie's darker stories from 1978 were joined by penciller Frank Miller with issue #158.

In Brian Michael Bendis's run, who is the blind woman Matt Murdock meets and marries?

That run, drawn by Alex Maleev, saw Daredevil's identity leaked to the FBI and press and ended with Murdock in prison.

In Ed Brubaker's run, which friend is revealed to be masquerading as Daredevil while Matt is jailed?

Brubaker also introduced Lady Bullseye and Master Izo, and won three Eisner Awards for Best Writer during the period.

How does Charles Soule's run explain Murdock regaining his secret identity?

Murdock then wins a Supreme Court precedent letting superheroes testify without unmasking.

In Chip Zdarsky's 2019 run, why does Daredevil temporarily give up crime-fighting?

He later confesses, serves prison time behind his mask, and Elektra takes up the Daredevil costume in his absence.

Saladin Ahmed's 2023 volume begins with Matt Murdock reborn in what role?

He runs a Hell's Kitchen youth centre while Elektra continues as Daredevil; Stephanie Phillips's 2026 run makes him a law professor.

Which new villain debuted in Stephanie Phillips's 2026 Daredevil run?

Phillips is only the second woman to write a sustained run on the title, after Ann Nocenti.

How can a person fool Daredevil's heartbeat lie detection?

The artificially regular heartbeat gives him nothing to read; he can also read print by touch and navigate by smell.

What does Daredevil's baton disguise itself as when Matt is in civilian clothes?

It contains a cable and grappling hook and splits into a fighting stick and a hooked half.

Which hero took over Hell's Kitchen in the briefly retitled issue #513, 'Man Without Fear'?

It followed the 'Shadowland' arc, in which a demon-possessed Murdock turned a city block into a fortress for the Hand.

Which writer's Daredevil tenure eventually surpassed Bendis's as the longest in the series' history?

Waid's 2011 relaunch revived Stan Lee's lighter tone and introduced lawyer Kirsten McDuffie; he won an Eisner in 2012.