LATE TO THE PARTY in the mid-1960s was the final addition to Stan Lee's classic superhero lineup, Daredevil. And with this one, Stan took his concept of "a hero with a flaw" even further and gave Matthew Murdock a disability: he made him blind. I've mentioned in an earlier entry in this blog that in 1965 I marvelled at the idea of a blind superhero . Maybe because losing one's sight is one of our great primal fears - often the cover subject of the more extreme 1950s horror comics - and certainly something that scared me silly when I was a kid. Perhaps because of that, that issue of Daredevil , where he battles the Matador, made quite an impression on my ten year old self. Nowhere on the cover does it mention Daredevil's Unique Selling Point. However, Stan does mention that the interior art is by Wally Wood. Is this the first time Stan cover credited an artist? Though I'm quite sure that Daredevil 5 (Dec 1964) was the first issue of that title I saw, I do...
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