Issue(s): Daredevil #27
Published Date: Apr 67
Title: "Mike Murdock must die!"
Credits:
Stan Lee - Writer
Gene Colan - Penciler
Frank Giacoia - Inker

Review/plot:
Daredevil is looking for the Masked Marauder and Stilt-Man, and he runs into Spider-Man. Neither crimefighter mentions the letter that Matt received from Spidey saying that he knows that Matt is Daredevil. No "Hey, Spidey! What's with sending a letter talking about my secret identity to my work office? You think my secretary isn't going to open up a letter that's from 'Spider-Man'? Dick." That's pretty bizarre.

This is basically a non-team-up. Spidey fights Stilt-Man for a while but then just sort of leaves. Maybe he thought the guy was just too silly.

Meanwhile the Marauder kidnaps Matt, Foggy, and Karen, knowing that one of them knows who Daredevil is.

Matt immediately says that Daredevil is his brother Mike. He manages to change into Daredevil and the Marauder accidentally kills himself on his own exploding forcefield. Stilt-Man is also defeated.

There's a funny scene in the beginning with the Marauder and Stilt-Man comparing powers but these really are some cheesy bad guys and the Mike Murdock plot is just awful. These Daredevils are really bad.

Quality Rating: D

Historical Significance Rating: 2 - i can barely give it a 2 for "death of the Masked Marauder"

Chronological Placement Considerations: Spider-Man refers to the events here in Amazing Spider-Man #48

References: N/A

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? N

Reprinted In: Marvel Adventure #6

Tom Orzechowski shows up in the letters column.

the first I learned about the Mike Murdock subplot was in Fred Hembeck's column in Marvel Age as a kid and I presumed it was a humor column and didn't know this happened for years and years!