Daredevil #155
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeDaredevil #155 marks the first appearance of Becky Blake, a wheelchair-using secretary at Nelson & Murdock's Storefront Legal Services who grew into one of the most enduring supporting characters in the title's history — eventually earning a law degree, making partner, and anchoring major runs through Ed Brubaker's era and beyond. The issue also lands at a pivotal hinge point in the series' editorial timeline: it is among the last issues before Frank Miller arrived as penciler at #158, at a moment when the bimonthly title was openly under consideration for cancellation, making the character and story seeds planted here part of the surviving foundation that Miller would build on. Its brawl sequence — in which a concussion-rattled Daredevil invades Avengers Mansion and goes hand-to-hand against Captain America, Hercules, the Beast, and Black Widow — is a memorable showcase of the character's raw tenacity and the complicated emotional weight of his history with Natasha Romanoff.
In "The Man Without Fear?", Daredevil's world begins to unravel as unexplained headaches disrupt his already demanding life. With Matt and Foggy welcoming a new secretary named Becky, Daredevil’s focus is tested—especially when he takes drastic action, invading the Avengers’ mansion to confront a visiting Black Widow. Written by R. McKenzie and illustrated by F. Robbins, with inks by Frank Springer and colors by B. Sharen, this 1978 issue features a striking cover by Gene Colan and Frank Springer.
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Writer Roger McKenzie, whose work on the series tends to be overshadowed by what immediately followed, scripted the issue at a time when the Daredevil title was published only bimonthly and Marvel's editorial staff was discussing whether to cancel it outright. Editor Bob Hall oversaw the issue under editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. The art team of penciler Frank Robbins and inker Frank Springer — familiar names from Marvel's Captain America and Invaders titles — handled interior pages, while Gene Colan (who would return on the next issue) provided cover pencils with Springer inking. McKenzie's run would conclude shortly after Miller began penciling at #158, when incoming editor Denny O'Neil ultimately moved McKenzie off the book to allow Miller to take over writing duties as well.
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- First appearance of Becky Blake (Rebecca Blake), introduced as the new secretary at Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson's Storefront Legal Services; she was created by Roger McKenzie and Frank Robbins.
- Becky Blake is depicted from her first appearance as a wheelchair user, a notably early and sustained portrayal of a disabled supporting character in a mainstream superhero title; she later took night classes, earned a law degree, and became a named partner in the firm.
- Story title: 'The Man Without Fear?' — scripted by Roger McKenzie, penciled by Frank Robbins, inked by Frank Springer, colored by Bob Sharen, with lettering by Gaspar Saladino (page 1) and Denise Wohl.
- Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inked by Frank Springer — Colan was the longtime defining artist on the series and returned on interior art the very next issue (#156).
- The main plot is driven by Daredevil suffering unexplained, debilitating headaches (later revealed to stem from a concussion) that impair both his superhero activity and his work as a blind attorney.
- The issue features a four-on-one fight at Avengers Mansion: a concussion-maddened Daredevil battles Captain America, Hercules, the Beast, and Black Widow simultaneously — a sequence notable for dramatizing how DD's heightened senses give him a tactical edge in darkness against even premier Avengers.
- Death-Stalker appears as an antagonist, continuing an ongoing villain thread in McKenzie's run.
- Daredevil debuts a new billy club in this issue. The issue has no letters page.
- This issue sits just three issues before Daredevil #158 (May 1979), Frank Miller's debut on the title as penciler — the beginning of the creative run that rescued the series from cancellation and transformed the character's place in Marvel history.
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↩ Reprints [Marvel Hostess Ads] #30 (1978)
Reprinted in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #272 (1980), L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #273 (1980), Strange #151 (1982), Strange #152 (1982), Coleccionable Daredevil #1 (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #14 (2019), Daredevil Epic Collection #8 (2025)
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