You'd struggle to find a character in Marvel's library as revered as Matthew Murdock. Lawyer by day, vigilante by night, the Man Without Fear has watched over Hell's Kitchen since the 1960s and has since become one of Marvel's most storied characters, boasting a memorable selection of stories few other superheroes could match.
He's the best, but Stan Lee and Bill Everett's creation hasn't always enjoyed the position he currently has. Today, Daredevil is one of the most recognisable figures of the superhero genre, with appearances across a wide variety of mediums having cemented him as a true A-lister, able to hold his own against the likes of Captain America, Spider-Man and Earth's other Mightiest Heroes both on the page and off it.
But with the advent of new adaptations - as well as the character's resurgent popularity - misconceptions are bound to occur. Unfortunately there are quite a few things about Matt Murdock that people seem to misapprehend, either as a result of an adaptation altering the source material, or just because an element from the comics hasn't been telegraphed as loud as it possibly could've been.
So what in particular do people keep seem to be getting wrong? Let's find out...
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
