Daredevil #18

Title:"There Shall Come A Gladiator!"
Writer:Denny O'Neil/Stan Lee
Penciler:John Romita Sr.
Inker:Frank Giacoia
Cover:John Romita Sr.
Colours:Unknown
Letters:Sam Rosen
Editor:Stan Lee
Assistant Editor:None
Date:July 1966
Cover Price:0.12

Characters

Daredevil
Foggy Nelson
Gladiator I
Karen Page
Matt Murdock
Melvin Potter
Mr. Dunn

Daredevil #17


Daredevil #19

Denny O'Neil
Volume 1 - 18 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 204 205 206 207 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 220 221 222 223 225 226
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Frank Giacoia
Volume 1 - 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 36 38 101 102 112
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John Romita Sr.
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Volume 2 - 0.5 50 94 100 500
Volume 3 - 1
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Volume 5 - 600
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Stan Lee
Volume 1 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 53
Volume 2 - 20
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Issue Summary

Summary/Review by Michael Deeley

Foggy wants to buy a Daredevil costume to convince Karen page he really is Daredevil. He visits the shop of Melvin Potter, who suggests a clever ruse. Foggy, as Daredevil, should stage a fight with a phony super-villain. Foggy agrees, not knowing Potter will be the villain! Potter is jealous of superheroes and belives their powers lie with their costumes. He's secretly built an armored costume of his own. Armed with wrist-mounted buzzsaws, razor boots, and a gimmicked mask, Potter will become the infamous Gladiator!

Meanwhile, Matt Murdock is trying to think of the best way to expose Foggy's lie without hurting his pride. As Daredevil, he watches Foggy's apartment. After Foggy picks up his costume, DD follows him to Karen's apartment. Foggy takes Karen to a foggy dock where he means to fight a "supervillain".

When the Gladiator appears, Foggy goes into "action" as Daredevil! But just changing clothes and thinking of witty repartee proves more difficult than he thought. Foggy goes down in one blow, and Karen runs for help. The real Daredevil leaps into action, throwing punch after useless punch against the Gladiator's armored costume. It isn't until he finds an exposed spot on Gladiator's neck that he delivers a knockout blow. DD ducks out just as the police Karen called arrive. They see Foggy in his DD disguise get up. They, and the Gladiator, assume Foggy was Daredevil the whole time! Frustrated, Murdock decides to confront Foggy tomorrow and abandon the charade.

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