- "Daredevil! Hear me! Franklin Nelson and his secretary Karen Page are in the arena! Surrender immediately -- or they die! This is my final ultimatum!"
- ―The Masked Marauder
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| Daredevil | |
| Title: | "The Tri-Man Lives!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 22 |
| Cover price: | .12 |
| Cover date: | November, 1966 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Stan Lee |
| Writers: | Stan Lee |
| Pencilers: | Gene Colan |
| Inkers: | Frank Giacoia; Dick Ayers |
| Cover artists: | Gene Colan [1] |
| Cover inker: | Frank Giacoia [1] |
| Cover colorist: | Stan Goldberg [1] |
| Cover letterer: | Morrie Kuramoto [1] |
| Colorists: | Stan Goldberg [1] |
| Letterers: | Sam Rosen |
| Editors: | Stan Lee |
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| Previous: | Daredevil #21 |
| Next: | Daredevil #23 |
"The Tri-Man Lives!" is the twenty-second issue of the first Daredevil ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was written by Stan Lee with artwork by Gene Colan and inks by Frank Giacoia & Dick Ayers. It was colored by Stan Goldberg and lettered by Sam Rosen. The cover art illustration was rendered by Gene Colan & Frank Giacoia. The story was edited by Stan Lee. This issue shipped with a November, 1966 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.
"The Tri-Man Lives!"[]
Commandeering the Owl's owl-ship, Daredevil safely guides it back to Long Island, along with Judge Elton Lewis. The Owl sets off a bomb that he had hidden on his ship, but Daredevil and Lewis are able to safely land before it explodes. The Owl meanwhile, gets away.
Back at Nelson & Murdock, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page talk shop and Foggy asks her out to dinner. Karen relents, but there is clearly no enthusiasm in her voice. Her thoughts are only of Matt Murdock. These thoughts are echoed by Murdock himself, who is biding his time, waiting for the proper moment to confess his love to Karen Page.
In a secret laboratory lair, the Masked Marauder conspires with Gladiator. He tells him about his scheme to convince the Maggia to let him become their leader by promising them to defeat Daredevil. To this end, he uses his levitation ray to abduct three low-level criminals; a wrestler named "The Mangler", a safe-cracker known as Dancer, and a strategist known as The Brain. He brings them to his lab, where he uses his scientific wizardry to channel their unique aptitudes to power an android creation that he calls the Tri-Android. The Tri-Android comes to life, gifted with the Mangler's strength, Dancer's swiftness, and the Brain's intellect.
The Masked Marauder sends the Tri-Man to Madison Square Garden where he disrupts a boxing match. After tossing the two competitors out of the ring, the Tri-Man issues a challenge across TV and radio channels, demanding Daredevil to come and face him. If he does not, then the Tri-Man is going to destroy the entire arena. Two of the spectators in the audience are Foggy Nelson and Karen Page.
Daredevil arrives and finds that he cannot physically overpower the Tri-Man. Instead, he uses wits, cunning, and his own acrobatic skill to keep the Tri-Man off his feet. The Masked Marauder, watching the spectacle from afar, sees that the Tri-Man is unable to defeat Daredevil. Broadcasting through a loudspeaker, he orders Daredevil to submit to the Tri-Man or else he will Foggy and Karen.
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
- The Brain, Wilder Berne (1st appearance)
- Dancer (1st appearance)
- Gladiator, Melvin Potter
- Mangler, Tobe Levine (1st appearance)
- Masked Marauder, Frank Farnum
- The Owl, Leland Owlsley
- Tri-Man (1st appearance)
Minor characters
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Daredevil was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett. He first appeared in Daredevil #1 in April, 1964.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- According to the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, this issue shipped to retailers on September 1st, 1966.
- Pages 1-5 and 7-11 of this issue were reprinted in Mighty World of Marvel #107. Pages 8, and 12-20 were reprinted in Mighty World of Marvel #108. Both issues are U.K. publications in magazine format.
- This issue is reprinted in black and white in Essential Daredevil, Volume 1, released in October, 2002.
- This issue is reprinted with remastered coloring in hardcover format in Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil, Volume 3 in February, 2005. This volume was re-released in April, 2012.
- This issue is reprinted in color in Daredevil Omnibus, Volume 1 in February, 2017.
- This issue is reprinted in the Daredevil Epic Collection: Mike Murdock Must Die! trade paperback edition in February, 2018.
- The beginning of this issue closes out the story from Daredevil #21.
- Reference is made to Aleksei Sytsevich, the Rhino and his latest rampage. Spider-Man is dealing with him over in Amazing Spider-Man #43.
- The Masked Marauder indicates that the Maggia is now leaderless. It has been this way since Count Luchino Nefaria and his costumed cronies were defeated by the X-Men in X-Men #23 (released four months prior to this issue).
- Gladiator compares the Masked Marauder's experiments to something out of the Bride of Frankenstein. This is a reference to the 1935 horror movie by director James Whale, which is the first sequel to Frankenstein from 1931, also directed by Whale. The role of the Bride was played by actress Elsa Lanchester in the film.
- The Masked Marauder refers to his creation as the Tri-Android, even though it is identified as the Tri-Man on the cover.
- Masked Marauder keeps uses a device called a Levitation ray to abduct his victims. In truth however, it is actually a teleportation beam.
- Madison Square Garden is referred to as the Garden Arena in this issue.
- For reasons unknown, Daredevil's billy club does not make an appearance in this issue.
Recommended Reading[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Daredevil, Volume 1 #22 at MDP
- Daredevil, Volume 1 #22 at Comics.org
- Daredevil, Volume 1 #22 at Comic Vine
- Daredevil, Volume 1 #22 at Marvel.com