Daredevil (vol. 1) #161 (Nov. 1979):
“To Dare the Devil”
by Roger McKenzie, Frank Miller, Klaus Janson

Daredevil (vol. 1) #161

Title: “To Dare the Devil”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1979

Publisher:
Written by: Roger McKenzie
Art by: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson

14 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (lead character)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Ben Urich	Jewish	[reporter]		19
Turk (Turk Barrett)		black; The Thunderbolts		108
henchmen (details)  Daredevil takes on Bullseye and Slaughter's gang to rescue the Black Widow.		[generic, unnamed henchmen]		1,150
Cutter	manifestly non-religious	[mercenary]		1
Eric Slaughter	manifestly non-religious	[elderly; led group of assassins; hired Bullseye to kill DD]		10
K.O.		[provided Ben Urich info about Jack/Matt Murdock history]		2
Louie		[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #161 (Nov. 1979)]		4
NYPD (cameo)		[police department]		1,396
The Fixer (Roscoe Sweeney) (flashback cameo)		[ordered murder of Daredevil's father]		13
Battlin' Jack Murdock (mentioned in text & seen in picture)  Seen on poster. Ben Urich investigates Daredevil's identity, learning about Jack Murdock at Fogwell's Gym.	Catholic	[Daredevil's father]		82
Fogwell (business/store name)  Ben Urich pays a visit to Fogwell's Gym in his personal quest to uncover Daredevil's identity.	indeterminate	[owner of gym Fixer and henchmen were based out of]		1

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