Daredevil #176 for Sale - First Appearance of Stick - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series)
Issue: #176
Publication date: November 1981
Key date: 1981-11-00
On-sale date: 1981-07-28
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Stick - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mauler - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stewart Schmidt - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Kirigi.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller	Daredevil, Kirigi, Matt Murdock, Elektra
1	Hunters	comic story	21	script: Miller; pencils: Miller; inks: Janson; colors: Wein; letters: Rosen	Turk Barrett, Daredevil, Heather Glenn, Grotto, Josie, Kirigi Death, Mauler First, Matt Murdock, Elektra, Joseph Pike, Stick First, Stewart Schmidt First
5	-	letters page	0.8	letters: typeset
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.2		Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Power Man, Danny Rand

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860245911
British	price 0.20 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Elektra Saga #2	1984	On eBay ›
Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller #2 ISBN 0-7851-0771-1	2001	On eBay ›
USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set #[nn]	2007	On eBay ›
Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-2343-1	2007	On eBay ›
Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-3474-9	2008	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #175176 of 381#177 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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