Daredevil Vol 1 159

Daredevil Vol 1 #159
Previous Issue	Daredevil #158
Next Issue	Daredevil #160
Art by: Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein
Release Date	April 3, 1979
Cover Date	July, 1979
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "Marked for Murder!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roger McKenzie
Penciler(s)	Frank Miller
Inker(s)	Klaus Janson
Colorist(s)	Glynis Wein
Letterer(s)	Jim Novak
Editor(s)	Mary Jo Duffy Allen Milgrom

 You're good Daredevil, I'll grant you that! But I'm better and I'll prove it! 

—Bullseye

Appearing in "Marked for Murder!"

Featured Characters:

• 🢐 Daredevil (Matt Murdock) 🢒

Supporting Characters:

• Foggy Nelson
• Ben Urich

Antagonists:

• 🢐 Mr. Poindexter (Bullseye) 🢒 (Main story and flashback)
• Eric Slaughter (First appearance)
  • Leach (First and only known appearance; dies)
  • Smitty (First appearance)
  • Stilly (First appearance)
  • Fiver (First appearance)
  • 🢐 Turk Barrett 🢒

Other Characters:

• Judge Coffin (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• New York City
  • Manhattan
    • East River
    • Storefront Legal Services
    • Hell's Kitchen

Items:

• Daredevil's Billy Club

Synopsis for "Marked for Murder!"

Slaughter gathers his men to take out DD; Bullseye decides to strike at Hornhead through the Black Widow.

Notes

• At the end of this story is a one page feature entitled "Daredevil's Billy Club". It provides information on the crimefighter's notorious weapon. For the first time, more emphasis is given on the ability of Daredevil to use his weapon as a projectile.
• "Leach's" name is mistakenly also spelled as "Leech". Regardless, the gentleman appears to drown in this issue.

See Also

• 7 image(s) from Daredevil Vol 1 159
• 6 reprint(s) of Daredevil Vol 1 159

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