- The Daredevils
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title = The Daredevils
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caption = "The Daredevils #1". Art byPaul Neary
schedule = Monthly
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publisher =Marvel UK
date = January – November 1983
issues = 11
main_char_team =
writers =Alan Moore
Frank MillerStan Lee
artists =Alan Davis Paul Neary
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subcat=Marvel UK
sort=Daredevils"The Daredevils" was a
comic book magazine published byMarvel UK in 1983.It featured
Captain Britain stories byAlan Moore andAlan Davis , as well as newNight Raven text stories and reprints of Frank Miller's "Daredevil" stories. In addition to these regular features, it also included someSpider-Man stories, occasional one-off comic stories and a variety of text articles.The title lasted for eleven issues before merging with "
The Mighty World of Marvel ".A new title bearing the name has since been published by
Panini Comics .Regular features
Aside from the occasional pull-out posters, all contents were printed in black and white, not colour.
Captain Britain
Always the first story in any issue, Captain Britain had just started the "
Jaspers' Warp " storyline when the series transferred to "The Daredevils". It appeared in every issue.Daredevil
The Frank Miller Daredevil run was reprinted in "The Daredevils", giving the series its title. Several of the covers also featured Daredevil.
Night Raven
"The Daredevils" included Night Raven text stories in its later issues, written by Alan Moore with illustrations by Alan Davis.
pider-Man
A number of early Spider-Man stories were reprinted in the first few issues.
Other features
"Daredevils" also included other features, often written by Alan Moore [For example, issue #5 included 23 pages, out of 54, which were written by Moore - almost all of the original content] :
*Reprints of Alan Moore's Time War, originally printed in "Doctor Who Monthly" ["The Daredevils" #5-7] to coincide with the appearance of the
Special Executive "The Daredevils" #5] in "Captain Britain". The same issue also included a poster of the team and a single page article by Moore that provided background on their creation.*"Early Artwork", profiles of artists including
Garry Leach ,"The Daredevils" #1] Jerry Paris,"The Daredevils" #2] John Higgins,"The Daredevils" #4]Dave Gibbons andAlan Davis ."The Daredevils" #8]*Non-fiction articles, a number of which were written by Moore [See a list here:
List of published material by Alan Moore#Non-fiction ] but also featured an article by Steve Moore onHong Kong comics .*"News feature", looking at upcoming
Marvel Comics titles, written by Frank Plowright. It briefly became "Comics publishing boom" which looked at the news from the various American comics publishers.*"Fanzine reviews", written by Moore.
*A letters page
*"Comic mart", where readers could post the comics they had on offer and those they wanted.
Notes
References
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* [http://www.comics-db.com/Marvel_Comics/D/The_Daredevils/index.html The Daredevils] at theBig Comic Book DataBase
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/FRAMES00.HTM?SerNr=1495&Let=M&GrpNr=44&File=MARVUK&SGrNr=12 The Daredevils] at The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
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