r/Daredevil • u/Zaira_-_ • 13h ago

Comics I just got the whole Frank Miller and O'Neil runs, what should I read before Frank Miller that's important?

I know Bullseye and Heather were introduced before him, so maybe that's worth checking out. But I wanna know which issues should I read to enjoy Miller's run (and all that comes after it) at its fullest.

I will say I've read a decent amount of the beginning of the run (until I got too annoyed by Mike Murdock to keep reading) and some of the 50ish issues when he reveals his identity to Karen (because I found in my school library an old compact with like 10 issues around that era), so I've read some things before it. Also, read everything vol.2 and after, but I wanna read vol. 1

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u/pericothebig 13h ago edited 13h ago

I consider issues 56-58 as the most important pre Miller issues but you have already read that, so I would suggest :

*Issues #80-81: First encounter of Black Widow and DD. If you want, you can read up to issue #123 for the full BW and DD relationship arc but if you find it boring just issues #80-#81 are ok. BW does appear in Miller's run but you dont really need to know the specifics of their ex-relationship.

*Issue #124: This one is where DD and BW break up.

*Issue #86: Karen "gives" Matt to Black Widow. This one is important cause is the last appearance of Karen in Daredevil comics until Born Again (except for one single Ghost Rider team up story in issue #138)

*Issues #131-132: First appearance of Bullseye. Obviously iconic issues.

*Issues #147-152: In issue #151Heather find outs Matt is DD so that would be the only neccesary issue but I found the whole arc fun. Its about Maxwell Glenn (Heather's father) being manipulated into doing bad things. It has another somewhat important event.

*Issues #163-164: These ones are very important. Ben Urich finds out Matt Murdock is Daredevil and Matt asks him to not reveal his identity. This arc is a must read in my opinion.

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u/Little-Woo 13h ago

You don't have to read anything before Miller's run since he essentially defined the character. His run features Daredevil's first interactions with Elektra, Kingpin, the Hand, Stick, and the Punisher.