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Cover: Charles Biro & Bob Wood

Daredevil #1

Jul 1941 · Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
📊 ~84,500 copies sold its debut month
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Daredevil #1 (1941) kicks off with a high-stakes mission as the masked hero crashes into Hitler’s secret meeting at Berchtesgaden, disrupting plans for an invasion of England—only to find himself hunted through the Nazi stronghold. Written and drawn by Charles Biro, with cover art by Biro and Bob Wood, the story unfolds with wartime urgency as Daredevil teams up with the Silver Streak and Churchill to investigate a mysterious cottage on the Downs, leading to a dramatic naval clash.

Contains 7 stories
Daredevil Battles Hitler (Chapter 1)
16 pp · Superhero
Daredevil [Bart Hill]Silver Streak [unnamed taxi cab driver]Whiz (Silver Streak's falcon)Prime Minister Winston ChurchillAdolf Hitler (villain)Joseph Goebbels (villain)Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring (villain)Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler (villain)Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (villain)Field Marshall Walter von Brauchitsch (villain)Benito Mussolini (villain)Putzie (villain, Nazi fortune teller)Lord Garnett (villain, member of Parliament)Jack (villain)Lord Hee Haw (villain, voice only)the Nazis (villains, some die)

In "Daredevil Battles Hitler (Chapter 1)," Daredevil crashes into Hitler’s secret meeting at Berchtesgaden, disrupting plans for a Channel invasion, then must outrun Nazi forces across the Bavarian countryside. Meanwhile, Churchill recruits Daredevil and the Silver Streak to guard a mysterious cottage on the Downs, setting the stage for a fierce naval confrontation with enemy forces.

The Claw Double Crosses Hitler! (Chapter 2)
7 pp · Superhero
Daredevil [Bart Hill]The Claw (villain)Adolf Hitler (villain)the Japanese (villains, some die)

In "The Claw Double Crosses Hitler! (Chapter 2)," Hitler seeks the Claw’s aid in a coordinated assault on Singapore, aiming to crush British forces. Daredevil, posing as a lieutenant in the Claw’s ranks, infiltrates enemy lines to thwart the attack from within.

Fighting Hitler and His Jungle Hordes (Chapter 3)
7 pp · Superhero
Daredevil [Bart Hill]Lance HaleAdolf Hitler (villain)General von Sputt (villain)Schmidt (villain)the Nazis (villains)
Smash Goebbels' Spy Net (Chapter 4)
7 pp · Superhero
Daredevil [Bart Hill]Dickie Dean [Richard Dean]Zip Toddunnamed British Intelligence OfficerAdolf Hitler (villain)Joseph Goebbels (villain)

In "Smash Goebbels' Spy Net (Chapter 4)," Dickie races against time after his revolutionary decoding machine is stolen by Nazi agents in Washington D.C., setting off a high-stakes chase across the city as Dean, Todd, and Daredevil close in. The fate of the device—and the intelligence it holds—hangs in the balance as the clock ticks toward Berlin.

Wreck Goering's Sky-Fighters (ch. 5)
7 pp · Superhero
Daredevil [Bart Hill]Cloud CurtisReichsmarshall Hermann Göring (villain)Adolf Hitler (villain)the Nazis (villains, some die)

In "Wreck Goering's Sky-Fighters (ch. 5)," Daredevil and the mysterious Cloud join forces with the RAF to thwart a deadly Nazi air assault, culminating in a high-stakes aerial duel between Cloud and the fanatical Reichsmarshall, who agrees to settle their clash in the skies above.

Von Roeder, Nazi Sea Raider (Chapter 6)
7 pp · Superhero
Daredevil [Bart Hill]The Pirate PrinceAdolf Hitler (villain)Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (villain)

In the shadowed waters of the English Channel, Daredevil and the Pirate Prince stand against a relentless Nazi naval campaign, racing to protect Allied ships from a Grand Admiral's nightly onslaught. With the fate of the sea hanging in the balance, their daring mission tests courage and cunning in the sixth chapter of this wartime thriller.

The Man of Hate Adolf Hitler - Dictator of Germany!
9 pp · Biography, War
HansChancellor Englebert Dollfuss (of Austria)Edward Benes (Czech President)Adolf Hitler (villain)Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg (death)Mars (villain, god of war)the Nazis (villains)

In this stark, historically grounded biography from Daredevil #1 (1941), the rise of Adolf Hitler is traced from his early days as a struggling artist to his service in World War I and his eventual ascent to Chancellor—driven by ambition and a hunger for global domination. A chilling portrait of a man shaped by war and ideology, this nine-page story captures the grim trajectory of one of history’s most infamous figures.

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $29
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $1,505*
CGC 9.4 · 6 in census $963*
CGC 9.2 · 3 in census $618*
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $429*
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $300*
CGC 8.0 · 5 in census $235*
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CGC 7.5 · 5 in census $189*
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $157*
CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $131*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $114*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $96*
CGC 5.0 · 4 in census $91*
CGC 4.5 · 8 in census $78*
CGC 4.0 · 6 in census $67*
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $60*
CGC 3.0 · 5 in census $53*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $43*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $37*
CGC 1.5 · 4 in census $30*
CGC 1.0 · 2 in census $30*
CGC 0.5 · 4 in census $30*
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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Charles Biro
cover pencils Charles Biro
cover inks Bob Wood

Reprints

Reprinted in Flashback #1 (1973), Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory #1 (1997), All Hitler Comics #[nn] (2000), Great American Comic Books #[nn] (2001), Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] (2011), The Original Daredevil Archives #1 (2013), Étranges Aventures #1 (2013), Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] (2017), Étranges Aventures #2 (2017), Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series #[nn] (2022), L'âge merveilleux des Comics #1

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