10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About Daredevil

6. That Jack Kirby Helped Create Him

Marvel is good for a lot of things, from being able to keep a fairly consistent and endlessly sprawling universe in check from sixty-some years to finally getting Alan Moore's €“ sorry, The Original Writer's €“ infamous early superhero deconstruction Miracleman back into print. What they're less good about, which is a problem industry-wide in comics, is giving proper credit and monetary remuneration for the people who have created some of their biggest characters. That's kind of an issue, especially with many of these writers and artists entering their twilight years. In the case of Daredevil, of course Smilin' Stan Lee gets the majority of the credit for creating the character. And to be fair, he did write the first fifty or so issues of the book, although apparently artist Gene Colan actually put together most of the stories during his run. Lee's most frequently credited co-creator of Daredevil is artist Bill Everett, didn't do nearly as much. To be honest, Jack Kirby did as much in creating Matt Murdock as Everett did. Kirby also co-created most of the Avengers, mostly with Lee, and doesn't get enough credit for that; but he gets essentially zero credit for inventing the iconic billy club weapon, most of that goofy original costume (later redesigned by Wally Wood), and that's probably not gonna change.