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78July 1971
$0.15

Daredevil #78

Marvel · July 1971 · on sale 1971-05-04

First appearance: Man-BullFirst appearance: Bull TaurusFirst appearance: Mr. Kline1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series)
Issue
#78
Publication date
July 1971
Key date
1971-07-00
On-sale date
1971-05-04
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

First appearance of MK-9 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0On the Horns of the Man-Bull!cover1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenDaredevil, Matt Murdock
1The Horns of the Bull!comic story19script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Sam RosenDaredevil, Freak-Face First, Phil Hichok First, Itch First, Mr. Kline First, Man-Bull First, MK-9 First, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, The Professor First, Bull Taurus First
2-in-house column0.4letters: typeset
4Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About the Bullpen, But Were Afraid to Ask!in-house column1script: Stan Lee
5-letters page1.67pencils: John Romita, Gene Colan, Marie Severin, Jack Kirby; inks: John Romita, Vince Colletta, Marie Severin, Tom PalmerDaredevil
6The Keepers of the Crypt!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Morrie KuramotoConan

Plus 0.6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Daredevil #4
ISBN 0-7851-2762-3		2007On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #8
ISBN 978-0-7851-8841-4		2014On eBay ›
A Woman Called Widow
ISBN 978-1-302-92034-0		2019On eBay ›
Daredevil Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-302-95518-2		2024On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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