Daredevil Annual #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Gene Colan - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Daredevil Annual (Marvel, 1967 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September 1967
Key date: 1967-09-00
On-sale date: 1967-06-29
Indicia publisher: Olympia Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Gene Colan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Electro and His Emissaries of Evil!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Daredevil, Wilbur Day, Max Dillon, Electro, Manuel Eloganto, Gladiator, Leap-Frog, Matador, Matt Murdock, Vincent Patilio, Melvin Potter, Stilt-Man
1	-	table of contents	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan, Marie Severin; inks: John Tartaglione, Marie Severin; letters: Artie Simek	Daredevil, Wilbur Day, Max Dillon, Electro, Manuel Eloganto, Leap-Frog, Matador, Matt Murdock, Vincent Patilio, Stilt-Man
2	Electro and the Emissaries of Evil!	comic story	39	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Daredevil, Wilbur Day, Max Dillon, Electro, Manuel Eloganto, Gladiator, Leap-Frog, Matador, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Vincent Patilio, Melvin Potter, Stilt-Man
3	Inside Daredevil!	character profile	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Daredevil, Gladiator, Matt Murdock, Melvin Potter
4	An Explanation!	comic story	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Daredevil, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page
5	A Colorful Collection of DD's Cast of Characters!	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Matt Murdock, Karen Page
6	A Colorful Collection of DD's Cast of Characters!	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page
7	A Colorful Collection of DD's Cast of Characters!	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Ka-Zar, Kevin Plunder, Zabu
8	A Colorful Collection of DD's Cast of Characters!	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Daredevil, Matt Murdock
9	The Galvanizing Gladiator	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Gladiator, Melvin Potter
10	The Larcenous Leap Frog	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Leap-Frog, Vincent Patilio
11	The Ominous Owl	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione, John Verpoorten; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Owl, Leland Owlsley
12	The Masked Marauder	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Frank Farnum, Masked Marauder
13	Blueprint For an All-Purpose Billy Club!	character profile	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Daredevil, Matt Murdock
14	At the Stroke of Midnight!	comic story	3	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Gene Colan First, Stan Lee

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Daredevil #1	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Daredevil #2 ISBN 0-7851-1462-9	2004	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #3 ISBN 0-7851-1696-6	2005	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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