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Daredevil #134
Issue(s): Daredevil #134
Cover Date: Jun 76
Title: "There's Trouble in New York City... That's Trouble with a capital 'T' which rhymes with 'D' that stands for Daredevil!"
Credits:
Marv Wolfman - Writer
Bob Brown - Penciler
Jim Mooney - Inker
Review/plot:
Daredevil is wanted by the police due to the machinations of a character called the Jester, who is mostly behind the scenes this issue.
When the Chameleon commits a robbery while testing out upgrades to his costume (it allows his entire body to change appearance, not just his face)...
...the loser super-hero called the Torpedo goes after him.
It's not surprising that the Torpedo believes the worst about Daredevil, after their last encounter. There's nothing here about Torpedo's mission from that appearance, though.
All of this nonsense ruins Matt Murdock's nice date with Heather Glenn, which he ends by giving Heather a nerve pinch!
Also in this issue, Foggy Nelson goes to Glenn Industries regarding their ownership of slum apartments, but he gets the bum rush from a stooge named Stone.
Quality Rating: C-
Historical Significance Rating: 2 - Chameleon gets a power upgrade
Chronological Placement Considerations: Pushing this back just a bit in publication time so that Daredevil #138 can sync up with Ghost Rider #20. Needs to take place before Iron Man #84-85 thanks to a newspaper headline in that arc.
References:
- The Torpedo last appeared in Daredevil #127.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: Bert Rose, Blake Tower, Chameleon, Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Heather Glenn, Jester (Jonathan Powers), Maxwell Glenn, Stone (Glenn Industries), Torpedo 1976 / Box 10 / EiC Upheaval Previous:
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Comments
I saw the Jester in an issue of Spidey Super Stories back then, and I was led to believe that he was a Joker-type supreme archenemy of Daredevil. It was surprising to learn he only appeared in two stories, albeit multi-chapter ones.
The title is derived from some lyrics to a song in the 1960s film musical "The Music Man".
Wolfman admitted in FOOM#13 that Murdock and Nelson's storefront law offices couldn't legally exist.
Why is that?
I think there's some tight regulations about how law firms are supposed to present themselves(don't know if it's federal level or just NYC).
