Matt Murdoch (Daredevil). Matt Murdock and Karen Page. Matt Murdoch and Claire

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The tragedy that happened to him, oddly enough, made him stronger. His senses have sharpened, and he already knows how to use this feature. Matt Murdock is a crime fighter by night and the most honest lawyer by day. Who is he? And what is he capable of?

Accident

Matt Murdoch's childhood is not cloudless. He lost his mother early, so he was raised alone by his father, Jack Murdoch. And although he himself was a boxer, he wanted a different future for his son. In his dreams, the guy was a good doctor or lawyer, so instead of going out with friends, Jack forced his son to study. Although the father should have been more careful, since secretly little Matt Murdock often visited the gym. But then he did not yet suspect how it would be useful to him in the future.

An accident was waiting for Matt on the street when he decided to save a blind man crossing the road. He, one might say, pulled it out from under the wheels of a huge truck filled with radioactive waste. Both survived, but some of the waste hit the guy in the face, blinding him forever.

A few days after Matt Murdoch,deprived of sight, was taken to the hospital, he felt an aggravation of some feelings. His sense of touch, smell, hearing and taste have increased, not to mention the appearance of “radar vision”, which allows you to feel the environment in the smallest details. Quickly realizing his superiority, the guy firmly decided to send him to fight crime in the city. Just didn't know how yet.

A little later, fate de alt the young man another blow, depriving him of his father. Jack was then told to drop the fight, but he didn't. For this, he paid with his life, and Matt Murdock ended up in St. Agnes's orphanage.

Meanwhile, the boy's feelings continued to intensify, which caused him great discomfort. Therefore, when one of the nuns noticed his torment, she introduced the boy to Stick, who was engaged in gifted children. And he helped Murdoch by teaching him martial arts and controlling his senses.

Fighting Crime

After school, Matt entered law school, where he met Foggy Nelson, who later became his best friend. Later they would open the Nelson and Murdoch Law Office. But that's not what we're talking about now. While still in the shelter, Matt Murdock (Daredevil) clearly understood that he would by all means extinguish the hotbed of crime that had engulfed his hometown. And one night it started.

The first target was his neighbor. Once he heard him pestering his daughter while his mother was not at home. Matt calls the relevant authorities, who eventually release the villain. Then the guy decided thatwhere the law is powerless, someone else must figure it out. The next night, he caught a neighbor and gave him a "dark". And although he didn’t show it, he probably liked it. He even made himself a suit for his next outings.

Friendship

Daredevil's first real friend was Foggy Nelson. They met while studying at Columbia University and from that moment became very friendly. And it is clear why - Matt saved him from offenders and helped in his studies. On the other hand, it was still a sincere friendship, because Foggy really worried about him. For example, when the future hero started dating Elektra Nachios, a friend warned him not to trust her. And by the way, he was right. Their communication did not stop even after the university. They started working together, starting a law firm.

A girl named Karen also became a close person for a guy at one time. Matt Murdock and Karen Page met when she came to their office for help. Then she was charged with murder, but the guy, thanks to his "supersensory", immediately realized that she was innocent, so he decided to help her. In the end, she was acquitted, and she remained to work in their firm. The girl even fell in love with Matt, but she also liked Daredevil.

Fighting crime often pushed the superhero on dangerous adventures. And more than once he found himself on the verge of death. Therefore, he needed his own people from medicine. And such a person for him was Dr. Temple, who worked in one of the hospitals"Hell's Kitchen". Moreover, the circumstances under which Matt Murdock and Claire met are not standard.

One day a girl helped a man her neighbor found on the street. He was badly beaten, but Claire healed his wounds. That person was Daredevil. He failed to hide his identity, because the girl saw his face. But it would be better if she forgot him right away, because the rare opportunity to meet a superhero cost her a lot.

Enemies

Matt's certain lifestyle did not allow him to have many friends. It was much easier for him to make enemies.

Kingpin. His worst enemy was Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) - a crime boss. He was born into a poor family. He was constantly teased at school for being overweight, but he quickly found a use for it. Fisk began to engage in wrestling and achieved excellent results. His physical strength was intimidating to many, so Kingpin quickly put his team together.

A little later, he began to guard an influential crime boss - Don Rigoletto. And having achieved the position of "right hand", he got rid of it by taking possession of his gang.

Owl. The second most important enemy of the Daredevil character was Owl (Leland Owsley), an experienced financial investor. But that was before. When Matt Murdock met him, he was already a dangerous criminal.

In addition to superhuman physical strength, Owl has certain superpowers and mutations, which he acquired thanks to a special serum. He has sharp fangs thatable to tear the victim apart, and can also fly short distances. But experiments on the body were not in vain and contributed to clouding the mind. Now he looks more like an animal than a man. Likes to eat mice and wash them down with expensive wine.

Mr. Fear. Once Zoltan Drago was the owner of the wax museum. Being a good chemist, he tried to create a potion that would turn his statues into living beings. But he didn't succeed. But his mixture caused fear in those who inhaled it. So he created a costume for himself and called himself Mister Fear.

To commit his dirty deeds, he began to use the strongest volatile pheromones. They caused panic, anxiety and horror in people. The cunning villain filled them with special balls, which he later shot at the victim. The effect was so strong that it would incapacitate anyone for 15 minutes.

Gladiator. And this villain was one of the first on the list of Daredevil. Previously, Melvin Potter worked as an ordinary fashion designer. He made costumes for heroes and villains, but he hated them. After some time, he created an armored suit for himself. Since then, he has had several fights with Daredevil. And somehow, fighting with the Gladiator, Matt Murdock got into a rather dangerous situation. He almost drowned, but, thank God, he survived.

Gladiator has no superhuman abilities. But there is a very durable suit, helmet and metal gloves with blades mounted on them, which can be detached and used inas a throwing weapon. They can also rotate thanks to small rotors.

Potter isn't exactly a hopeless villain, actually. Therefore, having been a bit of an antagonist, he rethought his actions and went over to the side of the hero. But this does not happen often, usually the villains are not imbued with such love for the avenger.

Superpowers

An accident involving a truck filled with radioactive waste changed Matt Murdock a lot. He was blinded, but in return he received several abilities related to a sharp increase in feelings:

1. Tactile sensitivity. It allows Murdoch to feel even the smallest surface irregularities, changes in atmospheric pressure and distinguish air temperature. Due to this feature, he feels less pain and can control his body.
2. Smell. This is not a simple human sense of smell. Matt Murdock can smell and smell from a distance.
3. Rumor. More correctly, an incredible ear. He can hear the beating of the heart, and the creak of the bones to determine the degree of fracture.

Also, Daredevil can smell lies from a mile away and is able to taste the components of food. And by combining all the senses, he can single out the most important from the many details surrounding him.

Skills

In addition to the above capabilities of the character, he also has other strengths that he trained himself:

1. Superhero speaks two languages: Spanish and English.
2. He is a good lawyer. Proof of this is our own law firm.
3. Knows martial arts. This is the result of training with the Stick and self-teaching at his father's boxing gym. To be clear, this is not only about hand-to-hand combat. Daredevil is excellent with sticks and various types of melee weapons, and his acrobatic abilities are simply amazing.

Weapons and equipment

Daredevil uses a club as a weapon, which is attached to the character's thigh. It consists of two parts connected by a cable. Therefore, at the request of the character, he can transform into other types of weapons: manriki-kusari, nunchaku or a cable with a hook.

In total, the Avenger's outfit included four suits. There was a black and yellow and a red suit. Then for some time he walked in a black and red armored outfit. Well, when he was possessed by the Beast, he wore a pure black suit.

Weaknesses

You need to understand that all his abilities and skills do not make the guy completely invulnerable. He has weaknesses, and the most serious of them is blindness.

Besides this, he is an ordinary person who feels pain, albeit not fully, and is also susceptible to illness and injury. That is why he had to defeat many villains with his intellect.

His super sense also has its downsides. Many irritants can not only disrupt his work, but also hurt Matt.

Daredevil in movies and TV

In 2003, a positive character from comics and animated series migratedin a feature film starring Ben Affleck as the avenger. In 2015, Matt Murdock appeared on TV screens. Charlie Cox this time played a blind lawyer who turns into an avenger at night to fight crime in his own city.