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  Daredevil (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murdock experiences a crisis of faith exacerbated by the discovery that Karen Page has AIDS (later revealed to be a hoax), and her subsequent murder by Bullseye.
Murdock responds by vigorous denials and a libel lawsuit against the newspaper.
Matt is devastated both by the loss of his father and the judicial system's failure to convict the men responsible.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matt_Murdock   (5053 words)

  
 The Sansoniverse - Matt Murdock "Daredevil"
Matt Murdock was wanted for questioning, but Matt had no time to deal with the police and attempted to solve the crime himself.
At first, Matt thought she was much like the other women who had begun pestering him ever since he revealed his identity to the world, drawn to him by the danger and mystique of his life as the man without fear.
Matt can sense that she too knows of the dark places that he has struggled with, and that her experiences range far beyond what you would expect from the life of the pampered daughter of a Greek shipping magnet.
pages.prodigy.net /ted.brengle/daredevil.html   (995 words)

  
 Daredevil Resource: Nelson & Murdock > NELSON VS. MURDOCK
Matt and Foggy are to defend him in court in London along with a British barrister as co-counsel.
Matt is the court-appointed defense counsel for Killgrave.
Matt attempts to get Eddie Brock released from "The Vault." Matt's theory is that the alien (now presumed dead) was the real Venom and Eddie Brock was its prisoner and therefore not responsible for all the evil and violence it perpetrated.
daredevil.dreamhost.com /legalclients.htm   (931 words)

  
 Welcome to Ethics Daily.com!
Matt’s father, Jack “The Devil” Murdock, is a boxer by night and muscle for the mob by day.
Matt is blinded by toxic chemicals during an accident in which Matt sees his father muscling for the mob.
Matt is conflicted because of his drive to bring justice by any means necessary, yet he realizes the harm that he is doing.
ethicsdaily.com /article_detail.cfm?AID=2199   (647 words)

  
 Daredevil - Review - Movie Tome
Matt longs to get close to people (friends, lovers), but is unable to because of his secrets, and his fear, and his guilt.
Matt's spent almost his whole life protecting the innocent; one would think he's entitled to at least one night of love, where he can be the protected, instead of the protector.
Matt confesses the sins he's committed in the name of justice, but the underlying tone suggests that he isn't so much confessing as he is asking permission.
www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/Review/reviewid-35/Daredevil   (1433 words)

  
 Footnote Comics
In Daredevil #36, Murdock announced that he was bringing a libel lawsuit against the Daily Globe for its front-page article that he was in fact Daredevil and that he was faking his blindness.
Murdock shouldn't have brought the lawsuit to begin with, but he definitely should have accepted whatever settlement offer was on the table.
Matt Murdock's potential new girlfriend, Milla Donovan, recounted one of the more popular and colorful theories behind the name when she attributed it to a conversation between a veteran cop, Dutch Fred, and a rookie.
www.newsaic.com /fncddindex.html   (2876 words)

  
 Daredevil: Yellow
That night Matt, as Daredevil, swings through the streets on his way to the bar, musing over how happy he is that Karen expressed how proud she was of him as well as thinking of his newfound hero role.
Matt has the feeling she wasn't being truthful about her story, a feeling that pays off later that same day when the man who she claimed was flmailing her appears at the office.
Matt almost slips and reveals his secret identity to Karen then, a fact that he looks back upon and cannot help but wonder what might have been had he told her right then and there who Daredevil really was.
www.vacuumboy9.com /tlh/yellow.html   (7895 words)

  
 Daredevil, The Blind Can See Again!
When Matt is off the lawyer intense time clock, he uses his abilities as well as his training in acrobatics and martial arts to protect the people of Hell's Kitchen as the pulp hero Daredevil.
His father, Battling Jack Murdock, was a fading boxer and a single father, who occasionally had to hire out as an enforcer for local crime types.
Matt (Daredevil) made good on his promise to his father, and excelled in his law school studies.
www.comic-book-collection-made-easy.com /daredevil.html   (986 words)

  
 Spandex Cinema - "Daredevil"
Matt wakes up alone [super-senses and need for a sensory deprivation chamber to sleep forgotten at this point in the script apparently] but Elektra has left an invitation to the Ball on her pillow.
Matt tells Fisk that he can't represent him because he only takes clients who are innocent [since we are ever told HOW Matt knows that Fisk is dirty, this scene makes Matt look like a rude, self-righteous git instead of noble lawyer that the script wants him to appear].
Matt says that the cops are coming for Kingpin and that he will have a hard time in prison if he reveals he "got beat by a blind man".
sc.thebeholder.org /daredevil.htm   (4992 words)

  
 The religion of Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Catholic superhero
Matt asked Sister Maggie if she as his mother, and although she lied to him and said no, his heightened sense of smell confirmed to him that her scent was so close to his that she was his mother.
Matt (Daredevil) Murdock is a well-established Catholic of Irish descent whose mother is a nun.
At the end of the story Matt Murdock is finally reunited with the former love of his life, Karen Page, the woman who at a low point in her life sold Daredevil's secret identity to the Kingpin for a drug fix, thus triggering the events told in the overall "Born Again" story arc.
www.adherents.com /lit/comics/Daredevil.html   (9359 words)

  
 Comics You Should Own #12: Daredevil (Part I) » PopCultureShock
Matt Murdock, who has lived in the worst part of Manhattan and seen such corruption on a grand and high scale, should be a bleeding heart liberal.
Matt can't see that his law, the foundation of his belief system, might be corrupt, and therefore the entire system is corrupt.
Matt's Catholicism is an interesting part of his character, and although occasionally a Catholic writer will pound us between the eyes with it (if you're thinking of Kevin Smith, so am I), it's nice to see a writer incorporate it into his personality without making it the overwhelming factor in what he does.
www.popcultureshock.com /features.php?id=1320   (5669 words)

  
 Daredevil
History: Young Matt Murdock saw a truck about to hit a blind man, and hurled himself in front of it.
Murdock went on to college, and fell in love with Elektra Natchios.
Although Murdock is blind, he can "see" by means of his "radar sense", which acts not unlike sonar.
www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/d/daredevil.htm   (320 words)

  
 SpiderFan.org - Comics : Reviews : What If? (Vol. 2) #2
Matt arrives at Fisk's office and is led to his room, where along the way Matt "accidentally" stumbles into the guard helping him along.
Matt makes one last effort to get the sense in his life by confronting Richard Fisk, who was just setting out to track him down and kill him.
Everything that was Matt Murdock was taken away during the Born Again storyline, and then Matt Murdock himself was removed from the picture paving way for a misguided man to change his ways.
www.spiderfan.org /comics/reviews/what_if_v2/002.html   (1064 words)

  
 Feature :: Daredevil - Movie
Matt Murdock resides in the heart of Hells Kitchen where crime is an everyday practicality.
Matt Murdock is son to one of the greatest prizefighters Jack “The Devil” Murdock, who also works for a crime Lord in Hell’s Kitchen.
Matt Murdock is dealt by fates hand, a tragic accident that will forever change his entire life.
www.snackbar-games.com /f26.html   (977 words)

  
 Daredevil: The Man Without Fear - Secret Identity
Matt and 'Tasha were on a flight which was skyjacked by the Gladiator.
Matt explains that the original Daredevil was Mike Murdock and the new Daredevil is someone else.
Matt holds a press conference in later issues denying he is Daredevil, but many people still believe the rumours.
www.manwithoutfear.com /ddIDEN.shtml   (1144 words)

  
 DDYELLset
Murdock of all people would know about this and it should at least be mentioned.
The plot in brief: Matt continues his stroll down memory lane as he recalls Nelson and Murdock's first clients and the relationship that he and Foggy had with their secretary Karen Page.
Matt's letter to Karen (a letter which will never be delivered) continues to be a great background narrative device for this series.
members.aol.com /spooon/DDYELLset.htm   (2658 words)

  
 Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 3
Synopsis: Matt Murdock has finally arrived in New York via jetplane, and as he disembarks he is astonished to sense a man in a business suit with his face covered by a mask leaping high up in the air in a bid to escape police pursuit.
Matt heads to his law office after this weird occasion has ended, with explaining where he disappeared after Karen brought him to Madison Square Garden dressed as Daredevil (see DD #22.)
Matt says he left a note for Karen (which she obviously never got) explaining that after the excitement of that day, he decided to go take a rest vacation at the sea-shore.
www.marvelmasterworks.com /dd/dd025.html   (708 words)

  
 Earth-Daredevil's Dad Had Thrown the Big Fight
Matt chose that time to drop out of law school to be with own father, who had taken too many punches for the Fixer, landing him in a coma.
Matt declined, but weeks later, he visited Fisk, now called the Kingpin of Crime, and presented him with evidence that would prove his dealings unless Fisk turned himself in to the police.
Matt tried to get revenge, but was stopped by his old love, Elektra, who impaled the Kingpin on her sais.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix3/earthjackthrewfight.htm   (889 words)

  
 Fractal Matter » Blog Archive » Daredevil: The Bendis-Maleev Years
Murdock must now fight an uphill battle denying that he is Daredevil, simply because if he admits it he will be arrested and jailed.
This story is especially intriguing in that it combines a romance story between Matt Murdock and another blind lady, Mila Donovan, together with a growing tension between Daredevil and the Owl, one of his oldest villains.
Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow, is in hiding from her superiors at S.H.I.E.L.D. She turns to Matt Murdock for a place to lie low.
fractalmatter.com /main/?p=74   (1271 words)

  
 SpiderFan.org - Comics : Reviews : Daredevil (Vol.2) #65
Daredevil's secret identity as Matt Murdock has been revealed by one of the biggest tabloids in the city.
Matt Murdock is now publicly denying his being Daredevil.
Murdock asks Strange if there's anything in the room or if there's anything Strange can do to turn back time or take things back to the way they were.
www.spiderfan.org /comics/reviews/daredevil_v2/065.html   (589 words)

  
 Claude Unger (lawyer, Matt Murdock opponent)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Matt Murdock arrives and tells the press that Braxton wasn't fired because of racism, but because of on-line gambling on company time.
He congratulates Murdock in front of the press, and tells him that he would like a word in private with him.
Matt tells him that he doesn't do his business that way, but Unger is still not convinced and tells him that if he finds out Matt payed someone off in his office, he will make him regret it.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/ungercld.htm   (396 words)

  
 Daredevil - About the Production
Although attorney Matt Murdock is blind, his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness.
At night he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice.
Matt works as a lawyer, but the vigilance he shows during the day turns to vigilantism at night.
www.hollywoodjesus.com /daredevil_about.htm   (1722 words)

  
 Daredevil Resource: Nelson & Murdock > LEGAL CAREERS
Murdock dressed in a suit in the courtroom as much or more than in his superhero duds.
The roots of this can be traced back to his childhood where his father, "Battling" Jack Murdock, made his son promise to work hard at school so that he wouldn't just become another boxer or laborer, but would excel using his wits and his brains rather than his muscles.
This caused Matt to be picked on a lot growing up, so while he kept his promise in spirit to his father, he also found great joy in developing his physical abilities and athletic prowess from a very young age.
daredevil.dreamhost.com /legalcareer.htm   (531 words)

  
 Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire
Brian Bendis has ruined Matt Murdock's life, but in doing so he's given readers some of the most compelling and entertaining "Daredevil" stories in recent years.
Matt Murdock's long string of painful and complicated romances continued in Bendis's run, which saw him marry a woman named Mila Donovan.
Bendis may be done with Matt Murdock, but he does have plans for some of the other reoccurring character that appeared in his run.
www.comicbookresources.com /news/newsitem.cgi?id=6488   (1915 words)

  
 Memorable Quotes from Daredevil (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Matt Murdock: You're going to need to be a little more specific.
Matt Murdock: Oh, that's great, you should be very happy.
Matt Murdock: When it rains, it's like there's a rooftop on the world.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0287978/quotes   (895 words)

  
 Daredevil - Wikiquote
Matt: Mister Lee is a good man, and he-he doesn't have a lot of money, and he goes fishing on the weekends.
Matt Murdock: Uh, I was just looking for some honey.
Fisk: I was raised in the Bronx, Wesley.
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Daredevil   (1979 words)

  
 Daredevil Volume 8: Echo -- Vision Quest - PopMatters Comic Book Review
Known as Echo, she fell in love with Matt Murdock in an earlier Daredevil storyline.
In the interim between storylines, Matt's life has fallen apart and while putting it back together, he became involved with someone else.
Maya lashes out verbally at Matt after he tells her he cannot be with her.
popmatters.com /comics/daredevil-8-echo.shtml   (676 words)

  
 The Red Zone - Plot Ideas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Later Natasha explains the tragic reason why she cannot tie the knot with Matt.
Soon Typhoid Mary (now hired by Kingpin) tries to destroy Matt the civilian and husband.
During all this, Matt & Karen have a baby boy.
members.tripod.com /The_Fazz/daredevil/ideas.htm   (345 words)

  
 AboutFilm.com - Daredevil (2003)
Second offense was the heavy emphasis on the importance of the church in Murdock's life.
The point is we know Murdock has guilt, we know Murdock is conflicted, but there is no need to shove this down our throats and stuff it in our ears.
I realize that Matt Murdock is a comic book character, but it was easy to relate to Peter Parker even when he was running around New York in his atrocious outfit!
www.aboutfilm.com /movies/d/daredevil.htm   (712 words)

  
 Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 3
Synopsis: Matt Murdock, posing as his fake twin brother Mike, is doing his zany best to impress Karen Page.
Amidst his silliness, he explains to Karen that Matt Murdock is due to give a lecture at an upstate college about the flying saucers and space aliens landing on Earth.
Matt flies up to the college and meets with Dean Smith of Carter U. They discuss flying saucers for a moment, with Dean Smith telling Matt about the faculty member who is obssessed with proving their existence, Professor Tom Brewster.
www.marvelmasterworks.com /dd/dd028.html   (728 words)

  
 Happy Hogan - Except Matt Murdock doesn't look like he's stalking her.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Happy Hogan - Except Matt Murdock doesn't look like he's stalking her.
Except Matt Murdock doesn't look like he's stalking her.
Besides, when this issue came out, Murdock had just recently been outed as Daredevil, nessesitating Matt to keep a low profile.
www.comicboards.com /smb/view.php?rpl=050111170618   (186 words)

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