Daredevil #21 (683) for Sale - First Appearance of Lionsmane - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Daredevil (Marvel, 2023 series)
Issue: #21 (683)
Publication date: July 2025
Key date: 2025-07-00
On-sale date: 2025-05-14
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960620531802111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Justin Stromwyn - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Marcio Menyz	Daredevil, Matt Murdock
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Rites of Reconciliation: Part Two	comic story	20	script: Saladin Ahmed; pencils: José Luis Soares, Carlos Nieto; inks: Oren Junior, Carlos Nieto; colors: Jesus Aburtov; letters: VC's Clayton Cowles	Daredevil, Matt Murdock, Nyla Skin, Lionsmane First, Justin Stromwyn First
3	-	letters page	1	script: Devin Lewis
4	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Richard Isanove

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Sergio Davila Cover	barcode 75960620531802131
Alex Ross Cover	barcode 75960620531802121
Jackson Sze Marvel Television Wraparound Cover	barcode 75960620531802141
Alex Ross Sketch Cover	barcode 75960620531802116

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Rites of Reconciliation ISBN 978-1-302-96148-0	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #20 (682)21 of 25#22 (684) ›

Sources

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

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