The lower section is a straightforward weighted fighting baton. As Matt Murdock, he keeps it disguised as a blind man’s cane, but it is actually a two-part weapon. His unique fighting style incorporates movements and blows from many disciplines, including boxing, ninjitsu, judo, and various other martial arts.ĭaredevil carries a billy club. Having received partial training as a ninja, Daredevil can control his autonomic functions, such as breathing and blood flow, to a certain degree, giving him the ability to go without air for extended periods.ĭaredevil is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast with the acrobatic ability of a circus performer and the pugilistic skills of a heavyweight prizefighter, as well as phenomenal speed, endurance, and reflexes. His superhuman senses render him extraordinarily vulnerable to excessive sound, odors, etc., which can incapacitate him. He cannot, however, discern pictures or video images, and he can only guess at colors based on the amount of heat they are absorbing or reflecting. Murdock also has a unique "radar sense" that allows him to perceive the proximity and arrangement of objects around him. Daredevil can also tell whether a person is lying by listening to changes in a heartbeat (though he can be fooled by a pacemaker or those able to control their heartbeat) and also identify people by the specific patterns of their heartbeats.ĭaredevil's ability to remember tastes enables him to determine every ingredient of a food or drink he samples, as long as at least 20 milligrams of that substance is present. He can hear a person's heartbeat from more than 20 feet away or people whispering on the other side of a standard soundproofed wall. Daredevil can also track an individual aroma through a crowd of people at a distance of roughly 50 feet. He can also remember and identify any person he spends at least five minutes with by scent alone, no matter how they attempt to mask the smell. His fingertips can feel the faint ink impressions on a printed page, allowing him to read by touch. The terrified criminal died of a heart attack-and Matt realized he had found his second purpose in life.Ĭo-founding a law firm, Matt becomes determined to serve the legal system as best he can as an attorney-but those the law could not reach would have to face him as Daredevil.Ĭompensating for the loss of his sight, Daredevil has four superhuman senses: tactile (touch) olfactory (smell) auditory (hearing) and gustatory (taste). As the vigilante Daredevil, Matt hunted down the members of the Fixer's gang, then pursued the mastermind himself. Creating a costume that hides his real identity, Matt uses the childhood nickname meant to mock him as the basis for his new alter ego. Murdock graduates summa cum laude from Harvard Law School as class valedictorian but decides to go after the Fixer on his own. Later that night, a group of the Fixer's underlings ambush Jack in an alley and kill him.ĭevastated by his father's death, Matt becomes enraged when the legal system fails to bring the Fixer to justice. Not wanting to lose in front of his son, Jack fails to take a dive and wins the match. Past his prime, Jack Murdock receives orders from the Fixer to throw the bout. Soon after, he meets Stick, a blind martial arts master, under whose harsh tutelage Matt comes to understand his newly developed senses and blossoms into a formidable fighter.Īs a college student, Matt attends his father's boxing match. The incident leaves the boy blind, but all his remaining senses are enhanced significantly. A container falls off the truck and breaks open, spilling a radioactive liquid into Matt's eyes. Matt pushes the bystander out of the vehicle's path, which happened to be carrying radioactive materials. Matt's life is changed forever when he sees an out-of-control truck speeding toward a blind older man crossing the street. Matt works out his frustrations at the gym. The young Murdock’s commitment to his studies makes him a target of bullies, who nickname him “Daredevil” when he wouldn’t fight back. Jack makes Matt promise to study hard and never use his fists. While Matt is a natural athlete, Jack seeks to keep him out of his world of violence, hoping that the boy can get an education and escape Hell’s Kitchen. As Jack ages, he feels forced to take work from a local criminal Roscoe Sweeny, AKA Fixer, who eventually coerces the pugilist to work as his enforcer. Matt's mother leaves them at a young age, and his father tells him she died. Matt Murdock grows up as the son of boxer “Battlin’ Jack” Murdock in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. Blinded as a child in an accident that leaves his other senses enhanced to extraordinary levels, Matt Murdock fights relentlessly for the law and justice, both as a crusading attorney and as the hard-hitting costumed crimefighter called Daredevil.
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