Daredevil #10

Oct 1965 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“While the City Sleeps! Part One The Organization!”

★ 1st appearance — Debbie Harris★ 1st appearance — Bird-Man

About this Issue

Daredevil #10 is the debut issue of both the Organizer and the four animal-themed criminals who would eventually be named the Ani-Men — Cat-Man, Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Frog-Man — making it one of the most character-dense first-appearance issues of the Silver Age. The story also kicks off an early multi-part arc (concluding in #11) built around political intrigue and an organized crime scheme, a narrative sophistication that stood apart from the single-issue punch-and-resolve formula common to the period. Equally significant off the page, this is the sole issue of the series where Wally Wood received an official writer's credit, placing it at the center of one of the mid-1960s Marvel Method's most-debated creative-rights disputes. The group debuted here as 'the Organization' but lived on in Marvel continuity for decades, eventually tangling with the X-Men and other characters far removed from their Hell's Kitchen origins.

In "While the City Sleeps! Part One The Organization!", Daredevil races to uncover a web of corruption as Foggy Nelson is drawn into a political campaign with dangerous ties to the mysterious Organizer and his Ani-Men. With Wally Wood’s dynamic art and bold storytelling driving the tension, this early Daredevil tale sets a gritty tone that’s both suspenseful and deeply rooted in the streets of Hell’s Kitchen.

writer, artist, inker Wally Wood · artist Bob Powell · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · cover Wally Wood

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History

Wally Wood had been providing both pencils and de facto plotting on Daredevil since issue #5, but the Marvel Method meant Stan Lee collected the writing credit; Wood's frustration with this arrangement reached a head around issue #10, which Lee publicly framed on the story's opening page as a special experiment — letting Wood write as well as draw. Wood later recalled in interviews with Mark Evanier (as preserved in The Comics Journal) that he had already been doing nearly all the plotting, and that after he handed in his solo script Lee claimed it needed a total rewrite, then used that dispute as a pretext to phase Wood off the title entirely. Bob Powell, who had previously collaborated with Wood on other projects including the Mars Attacks trading card series, handled the panel breakdowns and layouts while Wood provided finished inks — a division of labor that had begun with issue #9 and continued here. The issue's cover date is October 1965, with a Library of Congress on-sale date placing it on newsstands in August 1965.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of the Organizer (secretly Abner Jonas, a Reform Party mayoral candidate) and his four costumed agents: Cat-Man (Townshend Horgan), Ape-Man (Gordon 'Monk' Keefer), Bird-Man (Henry Hawk), and Frog-Man (François LeBlanc).
First appearance of Deborah Harris, Foggy Nelson's junior-high sweetheart, who is revealed to be secretly in league with the Organizer.
The group is referred to as 'the Organization' in this issue and #11; they are not given the name 'Ani-Men' in the comics until X-Men #94 (1975).
Wally Wood is credited as both writer and artist — the only issue of the run where he received an official writing credit — with Bob Powell providing layouts/breakdowns and Artie Simek lettering; Stan Lee is listed as editor.
Story title: 'While the City Sleeps! Part One — The Organization!' — a two-part arc that concludes in Daredevil #11.
Foggy Nelson begins a run for District Attorney for the Reform Party, launching a political subplot that runs across multiple issues.
A UK edition with a 10d cover price was published simultaneously, identical in content to the US edition.
The story has been reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 1 (2003 and subsequent editions), the Daredevil Epic Collection Vol. 1, the Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 1 (2017), and the Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 1 (2021).