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Daredevil #27

Mike Murdock Must Die!

Featuring: Daredevil
Release: February 14, 1967
Cover: April 1967
12 cents
By– Stan (The Man) Lee and Gentleman Gene Colan
Indescribable inking by Fearless Frank Giacoia
Level-headed lettering by Adorable Artie Simek
20 pages

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All that matters is– Mike Murdock must die!

Last issue, Stilt-Man tried to team up with Leap-Frog, but that fizzled. Leap-Frog was arrested again, but Stilt-Man escaped with the Masked Marauder, who stands revealed as Frank Farnum, the building manager.

This issue, Daredevil runs into Spider-Man. It’s a small city.

This is our first chance to see Gene handling Spider-Man. He has a good take on the character.

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Daredevil #26

Stilt-Man Strikes Again

Featuring: Daredevil
Release: January 10, 1967
Cover: March 1967
12 cents
Pulse-pounding presentation by: Smilin’ Stan Lee and Genial Gene Colan
Lots of little lettering by: Artie Simek
20 pages

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“Oh! Another superhero!”
“In this town, you can’t turn around without tripping over one of ’em!”

We come to story #666 in our Marvel reading. Daredevil seems an appropriate character for the occasion.

The title is Stilt-Man Strikes Again. We’ve already discussed at some length that I think “Hero fights ___ again” is one of the weakest possible premises for a comic. So hopefully there’s more going on here.

Unfortunately there is more going on, and it involves Mike Murdock.

When spelled correctly, Alec Guinness is an anagram for “genuine class”.

Last issue, to protect his secret identity, Matt invented an imaginary twin brother whom he could pretend to be, to convince Foggy and Karen that this guy, Mike, and not he, was Daredevil.

At some point it seems easier to just tell them the truth.

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Daredevil #25

Enter: The Leap-Frog!

Featuring: Daredevil
Release: December 8, 1966
Cover: February 1967
12 cents
A Stan Lee * Gene Colan epic extravaganza!
Inked by: Frank Giacoia
Lettered by: Art Simek
20 pages

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We’re both lawyers, Matt! You know how thin that story sounds!

Where were we? Matt had the weirdest plan yet to protect his secret for Karen. Strong, strong emphasis on the word “yet” there. He thought he would put on a Daredevil costume in front of her and pretend to be pretending to be Daredevil to diffuse a hostage situation. Over the course of events, “Matt in disguise as Daredevil” disappears and the “real Daredevil” appears. And then finds himself transported to Europe and trapped there for a bit.

Fortunately that whole act seemed to basically have Karen fooled. But now Matt has disappeared along with Daredevil. And she opened a letter written to Matt from Spider-Man which said that Spidey knew Matt was Daredevil but would keep his secret.

Not very well, apparently.

Now, Matt is back from Europe and will need to scramble to explain his disappearance and protect his secret. He’ll need a plan even crazier than the last one.

Meanwhile, Leap-Frog is a new menace on par with Dr. Doom.

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