Daredevil (Matt Murdock) is a superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett in Daredevil vol. 1, #1 (April 1964), he is notable as being among the few superheroes with a disability. Blinded during his youth, his other four senses developed to compensate, and he also obtained a radar-like ability to perceive his surroundings.
Although Daredevil had been home to the work of many legendary comic-book artists — Everett, Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, John Romita, Sr., and Gene Colan, among others — it was not until Frank Miller's entrance on the title in the late 1970s that Daredevil was regarded as either popular or influential. The introduction of drastic change, following Miller's example, became the title's hallmark; as writer Brian Michael Bendis described, "This is the book where the audience is built into expecting something unique. Every run on Daredevil has been a unique statement from that person and a lot of chances were taken."