Location:Frank Miller, Joe Quesada and MORE Daredevil Art Title: Daredevil #6 Story Page 9 Original Art by Wally Wood! - 1st Appearance of Mr. Fear! Artist:Wally Wood (All)
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So excited to have this Daredevil #6 page by the GREAT Wally Wood! It's pure 100% Wally Wood! Daredevil is one of my two favorite Marvel characters, and Wally Wood is up there as one of the best artists who touched the character! And this is the LAST issue with DD's Yellow costume AND the first appearance of Mr. Fear!
"I did discover something after all! Something I never expected! I've found a way to fill any foe with indescribable fear!!" Mister Fear
Origin and first appearance of Mr. Fear! While Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, and Karen Page visit a wax museum featuring sculptures of superheroes and villains, including the Thing, Vulture, Dr. Octopus, Dr. Strange, and Loki, Matt notices the presence of Mr. Fear's gas and the Ox, Mr. Fear's henchman. This prompts a visit from Daredevil later that night.
Synopsis for "Trapped by... the Fellowship of Fear!" Witnessing a break-in of a bank, by Ox and the Eel being filmed by a movie crew, Daredevil's senses tell him that it's really a cover for a real robbery. When DD gets into a fight with both the Ox and the Eel he is shot at by their employer: Mr. Fear, who's fear pellets cause Daredevil to experience pure fear and is compelled to flee the fight.
As Daredevil resumes his civilian guise and news spreads around town about the event, we meet Mr. Fear's true identity, Zoltan Drago, who's hideout is in a wax museum. He recounts the events that led him to discover his fear gas and the invention of his costumed identity of Mr. Fear, and how he recruited the Eel and the Ox to become members in his Fellowship of Fear. Returning to the present, Mr. Fear gathers his cohorts together to figure out how they will destroy Daredevil.
Opening the wax museum with a new display, showcasing Daredevil, Matt, Foggy and Karen go to check out the display. During the viewing, both Foggy and Matt notice the presence of the Ox in the museum. While Matt returns as Daredevil, Foggy arrives for his own investigation and walks in on Daredevil fighting the Eel and the Ox. Foggy is injured during the fight, and DD is forced to flee again to bring Foggy to a hospital. There he alerts Karen to the accident and meets her at the hospital as Matt Murdock.
Changing back into his guise of Daredevil to watch over Foggy, he stops the Fellowship from attacking Foggy in the hospital forcing them to flee. The Fellowship returns to the wax museum where Daredevil is waiting for them, pretending to be his own wax statue, and fights all three Fellowship members, and defeating them all and turning them over to the police. As Matt Murdock, DD returns to the hospital to see that Foggy is all right and later Foggy is discharged from the hospital.
Wood really approached those issues of Daredevil without fear. He totally redesigned and redefined the character. Who doesn't love Wood's inks? Great pickup, .12 cents is my opening bid Friday!
" Wood really approached those issues of Daredevil without fear. He totally redesigned and redefined the character. Who doesn't love Wood's inks? Great pickup, .12 cents is my opening bid Friday!
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Wow this page really has it all! Matt in his civilian AND costumed identities (love those last three panels) plus Foggy and Karen plus an array of other popular Marvel characters (in wax form) PLUS the introduction of a brand new villain? WINNER!!!
Stunning Wally Wood Daredevil page! What a beautiful page! I've always wanted a Wally Wood piece--I love his unique style and his unerring ability to tell a story visually! Just a fabulous pick-up, Nick! I am seriously jealous!
A pure lesson in storytelling! My favorite being panel 6 with its low angle view of DD on a tight rope: such a perfectly balanced image that it was reinterpreted for a Mighty Marvel Masterwork slightly later... Huge congrats for that gem!