Sunday, January 19, 2020

Daredevil: The complete Federal cover gallery


Here's a cover gallery of my complete run of Federal Comics' Daredevil:

 Daredevil #1, c.May 1984

 Daredevil #2, July 1984

 Daredevil #3, September 1984

 Daredevil #4, November 1984

 Daredevil #5, January 1985

 Daredevil #6, c.April 1985

 Daredevil #7, June 1985

 Daredevil #8, July 1985

 Daredevil #9, September 1985

 Daredevil #10, December 1985 

Daredevil #11, February 1986

The first eight issues are 68-pages in black and white. The rest are in colour - #9 is 36 pages, #'s 10 and 11 are 32-page issues.

I'm confident most of the dates are accurate as they are based on newsagency markings and the interior advertisements, and indeed many are corroborated by multiple copies with newsagency markings. However, there are a couple which may need to be corrected:
  • #1 appears to be from May 1984, which dates it as per the first issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, The incredible Hulk and The Mighty Thor;
  • #6 may be March or May 1984
As per The Amazing Spider-Man, this series ended before it reverted to 68-pages like other Federal series. Nevertheless it managed to run for one issue longer than the Yaffa Daredevil series.

Thanks to Mark Muller for contributing to my dating data.

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