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DareDevil is a fictional character of the Marvel universe. Created by Stan Lee and first sketched by Bill Everett. He first appeared in his own comic: DareDevil #1(1964). He has fought alongside other heroes including Elektra and Black Widow and also been recruited by the infamous agency S.H.I.E.L.D.



Origins



Matt Murdock (also known as the DareDevil) first acquired his powers at the age of 11 where a passing by vehicle with containers of a highly acidic radioactive substance leaked and sprayed the chemicals directly into his eyes causing him to go blind. The substance little did he know react with his neurons (nerves) within the brain increasing his senses beyond human sensitivity. This massively increased his senses making them become superhuman. His hearing in particular had increased above all others and being so good that his hearing tells him where everything is conjuring an imaginary image and a rough outline of everything in his surroundings in his head indicated by the precision of his hearing. His touch also being so extremly increased as of his hearing that he can run his fingers over the page of a normal book and know what it says by just feeling the immensely thin layer of printed ink.



His father Jack Murdock Matt's father was a boxer and raised him single handedly. A couple of years after the accident of Matt's blindness, When Matt was a teenager after watching one of his father's fights. His father was mugged by a gang of thug’s outside the building and they murdered him leaving Matt to live until adulthood orphaned. From the day his father died he  swore to protect the innocent and fight for justice preventing others from suffering the way he did. He then trained himself testing his senses and training his agility while also training himself in hand to hand combat.



Once becoming an adult and trained himself to maximum potential he became DareDevil. In his early comics he wears a yellow and black suit but soon developed to red. He fought crime and was known by the public gaining the nickname "The Man Without Fear". He suit features two devil horns and a logo baring two D's connected by the bottom and top corner. He is also seen holding a guide stick (Although not needing one) showing the logo along the side and can convert to a grapple and the stick shortening to a handle. He also is seen holding two short red sticks used for combat.



Matt is a lawyer and lives in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York.



Media



Dare Devil has appeared in numerous amounts and forms of media. He first animatedly appeared on television in "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends". Matt Murdock appears in the 1989 television movie: The Trial of The Incredible Hulk. Where David Banner is arrested and Matt tries to prove his innocence and is later followed by a policeman inspiring him to become a hero. He has also appeared in a television series of "TheFantastic Four" and "Spider-Man: The animated series". DareDevil has also appeared in his own movie "DareDevil" starring Ben Affleck as DareDevil and Elektra played by Jennifer Garner. (2003) DareDevil has also featured in many Marvel universe video games. And they are planning on making a remake of the film "DareDevil".

http://.wikipedia.org/wiki/DareDevil-(film)

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