Marvel Studios does not miss one. After having experimented with Daredevil on Netflix and later joining The Defenders along with the rest of the characters that had a series on that platform, everything points to the fact that Disney is already working on a reboot that would allow Matt Murdock to land directly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He already did it as a cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and very soon he will officially do so also played by Charlie Cox. if you want to know all about this character, such as its powers, its origin and how it came about in the comics, sit back and join us for the next few lines.
Daredevil Origins
Character creation
Daredevil was created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett. His first appearance was in Daredevil #1 (April 1964). The design of the character also had part of the design of Jack Kirby, who contributed quite a few ideas, although Everett also shaped them in his own way.
Stan Lee's idea was replicate the success of Spider-Man with a somewhat more complicated superhero and with a handicap. That's how they decided that Daredevil would be blind, which would end up giving the character a more human and less mutant touch. As a curiosity, Daredevil He wasn't the first blind superhero. That title belongs to DC's Doctor Midnight, but it was the Marvel character that would end up taking the cake. In fact, the two characters have their resemblance. Midnight was a doctor, while Murdock is a lawyer when he doesn't wear the superhero suit. Both professions, closely linked to the fact of helping others.
However, Daredevil did not achieve the success that its creators sought. Many considered it a bad copy of a blind Spider-Man, and at the end of the 70s, it was very close to being cancelled. However, the stage of Frank Miller in charge of the character was a ray of light for the superhero, because he ended up giving him that human touch and that identity that Daredevil so lacked. Miller managed to make a contradictory character, a Catholic gentleman who promises to comply with the law by day, but who dispenses justice with his own hand at night dressed as the devil.
Daredevil Biography
Matt Murdock was born in Manhattan, New York, in a neighborhood called Hell's kitchen, a place dominated by mafias and the corruption of police, politicians and businessmen. Murdock was abandoned by his mother, and his father is a down-on-his-luck boxer. However, he did not want his son to be influenced by violence, so he always tried to ensure his good and prevent her from following in his footsteps. His idea was always that his son could study and become a good person.
Matt grew up and took refuge in books. Because of this, the kids from his school made him bullying, they beat him and insulted him calling him 'Daredevil'. When he couldn't take it anymore, he decided train secretly in his father's gym without him noticing.
Where do your skills come from?
Murdock gains powers due to a accident while he was still a child. The boy tried to save a blind man who was going to be hit by a truck. Avoiding it, the truck overturns, releasing the load it was carrying, which were radioactive waste. This material falls into Matt's eyes, and he goes blind. However, he acquires a series of extraordinary powers as we will tell you later. In some adaptations, this storyline has been altered, but ultimately, Daredevil has always been blinded and given his powers in the same accident involving radioactive material, regardless of the cause of the accident.
Exposure to radioactivity isn't enough for Murdock to develop to his full potential. Later, the boy would meet The Caste, an order of warriors. Stick, the leader of this group and also blind, would teach Matt to harness the full power of his new abilities through martial arts. Luckily, he had previously trained boxing, so his style will be completely unmatched.
Daredevil Powers
The powers of the man without fear are quite varied and different from the rest of the superheroes, since they are well balanced and, in addition, there are numerous weaknesses that make it difficult for the character to face criminals.
enhanced senses
Daredevil compensates for his lack of vision with ultra-sensitive hearing, a superhuman sense of smell, or a sense of touch that even allows him to predict rain.
radar sense
Daredevil can't see with his eyes, but he does have a mental map of his surroundings thanks to this kind of "enhanced spider-sense". This is achieved basically thanks to its perfected ear. Interestingly, this ability is inspired by the ability of the truly blind, who, with proper training, are able to guide themselves by measuring the return of sound with their ears, just like bats. However, Stan Lee was greatly concerned that this exaggeration might offend a blind person. Well, quite the opposite, since the creator of the character came to receive letters from organizations of blind people who read the Daredevil comics and who thanked him for the impact, as well as being identified by the superhero.
On the other hand, Daredevil's great asset is that his enemies don't have to know that he is blind. While they do not know this fact, Murdock has the advantage. This was a major flaw in the character design of Daredevil (2003), played by Ben Affleck, who made it clear that the superhero could not see.
On the other hand, this power allows the superhero on occasions perceive information through walls, as well as create a mental map of 360 degrees around you, what is known as “omnidirectional vision”. Come on, the blind superhero, actually the one who can see the most, but with his added problems.
Financial
Matt Murdock is a genius, and he has a brilliant mind which he uses mainly for his profession. Thanks to this ability, Murdock is considered one of the best in the legal field, and known throughout the country.
Daredevil Weaknesses
In addition, being blind, powers are also the weakness of the fearless man. Having extremely sensitive senses, Daredevil can be attacked in this way, for example with strong smells or extremely high-pitched and powerful sounds, which leave him dazed and out of action at the moment. disable your radar sense.
On the other hand, in the radar sense it has its limitations and is far from perfect. For example, Daredevil cannot perceive visual information from screens or photographs. You can read normal text as long as the print has made some kind of relief with the paper so that you can read it with your touch.
On the other hand, radioactivity did not give Daredevil a better physical shape, something very repeated in the obtaining of powers of most of the superheroes we know. Luckily, this lack is made up for thanks to his intelligence and his ability to train martial arts, as well as his cane, designed and created by himself, which serves both to guide himself when he is in civilian clothes and to use it as a weapon when he is out. find yourself in trouble.