History
Early History[]
David Jarrett was a young boy living in Ohio when all of humanity mutated due to the release of the Terrigen Mist into Earth's atmosphere. As a result of the chaos that erupted in the aftermath of humanity's mutation, David's parents were killed and he was left to care for his sister and grandmother. When his mutated sister left him, and his grandmother died, David decided to travel to New York City where the heroes he so admired lived.[3]
Despite everyone else on Earth mutating, David was at first seemingly unaffected. He was rescued from a group of mutated humans by Johnathon Blaze, who gave him a lift to New York. When yet another pack of mutates attacked them, Blaze revealed himself as the Ghost Rider and scared them off. Unaware of who the Ghost Rider was, a frightened David fled. After wandering the streets of New York, he was found and rescued by Spider-Man.[4]
Aided by Daredevil, who took a liking to David, the three of them attempted to reach Reed Richards inside of the Baxter Building, all the while being pursued by Kraven the Hunter. While walking home, Spider-Man and David were ambushed by Kraven, who incapacitated Spider-Man and kidnapped David, hoping to trick David into killing him, believing that he needed to die at the hands of the last human.[5]
David was rescued, and finally brought to the Baxter Building where Reed Richards and his super-scientist colleagues attempted to find the answers to reversing the mutation of humanity. When the Baxter building was stormed by a mob, David was killed in the resulting battle.[1]
The precognitive hero Nighthawk, following a vision, went to his grave and dug him up after realizing that the boy's power was regeneration. David then took the identity of Daredevil and became a member of a circus that operated on the west coast of the United States, and due to his inability to die, he soon became the star attraction, eventually gaining (at least) national acclaim. Daredevil was backed up by a group of mutated humans who later became members of the X-Men led by Mr. S.
While doing death defying stunts for fame and cheating death time and time again, Daredevil made it no secret that he actually wished to die.[6]
The Skull[]
When the Skull began using his powers to enslave all those he came across in a bid to conquer America, Daredevil's living was affected. His last show was interrupted by an attack of the Skull's troops, led by Iron Maiden, who were sent there to rob the circus attendees and warn them of their master's coming.[6]
Soon after, Daredevil and his troupe met Captain America, who had recently traveled to the West Coast to investigate what he thought was a return of the long deceased Red Skull. Having come across the Skull, Captain America tried to reason with him, only for the Skull to laugh at him. Deciding to enslave his partner Wyatt Wingfoot, but to leave Captain America alone as the only person with free will in a world dominated by the Skull, Captain America was left despondent.[7]
Daredevil convinced Cap to stand up against the Skull and asked to be Cap's sidekick. When asked why he would want to fight along someone whose sidekicks had a history of being killed, Daredevil replied that that was the very reason why he wanted to fight alongside Cap, as he was sure that Cap would lose.[7]
Daredevil traveled with Captain America to New York City where he joined him in amassing an army against the Skull, who had just assassinated President Osborn. During the battle, Daredevil went up against a recently possessed Hulk in hopes that the Hulk's frenzied blows would put him out of his misery. However, in spite of his best efforts, Daredevil managed to survive the battle, and was later seen bitterly envying Tony Stark after he sacrificed his life defending the Earth from the Celestials.[8] [9]
Universe X[]
Following the death of the Skull and the defeat of the Celestials by Galactus, Daredevil returned to his life as a circus performer, drawing sold-out audiences everywhere he went. [10] While he did find the time to attend the funeral of Captain America (long enough to envy Cap's demise at least), he did not involve himself in the affairs of the superhuman community.[11]
Daredevil was later approached by Ransak the Reject who was looking for Reed Richards. By this point, Daredevil's fortunes had reversed again, and he was performing for an empty stadium. After giving Ransak the information he sought, Daredevil wandered into Mr. Church and the followers of the Church of Immortus, in the midst of trying to destroy one of Richards' Human Torch devices. Daredevil goaded them into attacking him, hoping they'd succeed in killing him, and was torn to shreds.[12]
Daredevil did not die, but the parts of his body somehow regenerated into multiple version of himself. These Daredevils then attacked the Church of Immortus' followers prior to the final assembly of the Absorbing Man by the Tong of Creel. During the ensuing battle, the Daredevils took to the sidelines until the battle against Creel was over.[13]
Paradise X[]
Following Creel's defeat, the Daredevils went back on the road with their now multiple man show, however some of these Daredevils did stray away from the pack, as one was seen serving drinks to the guests at Buckingham Palace during the wedding of Medusa and King Britain. At some point after this, the Daredevils troupe was infiltrated by Mephisto who disguised himself as one of them.[14] [15]
During a tour stop in Latveria, the Daredevils became involved in Reed Richards' quest to find a new Death following the death of the original, which had prevented people from dying. When the group determined their best hope was a being named Jude (whom had battled the Thing and Captain America years ago) the Daredevils traveled along in hopes of finally getting the death they so wanted to achieve.[16]
Upon finding the crystal statue that Jude had sealed himself in, the members of Richards' exploration team begged Jude to return to life to bring his gift of death. Upon his awakening, Jude showed his power by touching one of the Daredevils, causing him to crumble into dust. He was then trapped in a force-field of Reed Richards' design and was transported back to Castle Doom in Latveria, where Richards planned to synthesize the entropic effect of Jude's touch so that he could create a synthetic version of Death.[16]
Richards tested his synthetic death on the various Daredevil duplicates until he found one that worked. However, Richards never got to use it as Mephisto freed Jude and sent him to kill Susan Richards, who had cheated death once before.[17]
During his rampage, the Daredevils asked Jude to kill them. He complied, killing all except for the original Daredevil, who ran and hid within the castle after hearing his last duplicate scream in agony when touched by Jude.
Left alone in the castle, Daredevil was soon approached by X-51 who came to Earth to ask Daredevil why he hid from Jude. X-51 learned that Daredevil was in fact a coward who was afraid to face death despite all the years of actively trying to attain it. X-51 surmised that perhaps Daredevil's cowardice stemmed from his lack of compassion for others and his need to become famous as opposed to using his powers for self-less acts of heroism.
When Daredevil couldn't get X-51's point, X-51 tried to explain to Daredevil who the hero he named himself after was like, and the sacrifices he made to become a hero. When telling him of the original Daredevil made David hostile, X-51 determined that his words were falling on deaf ears, leaving the cowardly Daredevil alone in the castle once more.
It is unknown what happened to Daredevil after this point.Attributes
Powers
- Immortality: After being exposed to the Terrigen Mist, Daredevil has been cursed with the inability to die, no matter how severe the injuries he attains.
- Self-Regeneration: His body's ability to regenerate damaged and lost tissue is almost instantaneous to the point where even the most severe damage heals and/or regenerates in a matter of moments. He has been set ablaze, impaled through the chest, stood on top of a speeding train as it passed into a tunnel, battled numerous super humans, been shot, stabbed, and even survived eating a live grenade that exploded upon swallowing.
- Duplicate Generation: In at least once instance, when he was torn apart by the followers of the Church of Immortus, the parts of Daredevil's body regenerated into individual Daredevils who were exactly identical to the original in physical appearance and personality (if not more eager to be killed) and retained the same superhuman abilities as the original.
- Absorption Failure: It seems, however, that the Daredevil is unable to reabsorb his duplicates back into himself.
Weaknesses
Paraphernalia
Weapons
Transportation
Notes
- First full appearance of the multiple Daredevils was Universe X #10.
- Daredevil shares similar traits to Madcap, namely his showmanship, desire to die, instant healing factor, and inability to feel pain.
Trivia
- Prior to the revelation of his identity, it was suggested that he could be any number of people, one source suggested that he could be Matt Murdock's former partner in law, Foggy Nelson (Earth X Preview book.) The Thing guessed that Daredevil could be Curt Connors (formerly the Lizard), Wade Wilson (formerly Deadpool) or even a Skrull. For his part, Daredevil has displayed annoyance at people assuming that he is someone they know.
See Also
- 25 appearance(s) of David Jarrett (Earth-9997)
- 1 minor appearance(s) of David Jarrett (Earth-9997)
- 14 image(s) of David Jarrett (Earth-9997)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by David Jarrett (Earth-9997)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marvels X #6
- ↑ Earth X Trilogy Companion #1
- ↑ Marvels X #1
- ↑ Marvels X #2
- ↑ Marvels X #4
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Earth X #2
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Earth X #5
- ↑ Earth X #11
- ↑ Earth X #10
- ↑ Universe X #0
- ↑ Universe X #5
- ↑ Universe X #8
- ↑ Universe X #11
- ↑ Paradise X #0
- ↑ Paradise X #3
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Paradise X: Devils #1
- ↑ Paradise X #7
- ↑ [2]