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Daredevil 208
Daredevil
Art By David Mazzuchelli & Danny Bulandi
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Daredevil
"The Deadliest Night of My Life"

Issue 208, July 1984, Marvel Comics

story, Harlan Ellison & Arthur Byron Cover
pencils, David Mazzuchelli; inks, Danny Bulandi;
cover,
David Mazzuchelli & Danny Bulandi

"The Deadliest Night Of My Life," which just happened to come out the month I began to collect comic books, tells the story of Daredevils traveling through an abandoned house which is an ever more increasingly difficult collection of death traps. The story is followed up in the following issue, Daredevil #209.

According to as 1984 interview in Amazing Heroes ("Two Men Without Fear" by Bob Sodaro, AH 44, April 1, 1984, Fantagraphics Books) Ellison came to write this issue as a favor to then writer Denny O'Neil who was entering the hospital for a short time (although it mean putting off the story he was supposed to write for Batman editor Julie Schwartz). Working with Arthur Byron Cover, who was more familiar with the then current state of the character, he wrote a 24 page treatment for the issue, complete with dialogue and character motivation. Although he did not write the following issue, Ellison left a "stinger" at the end of the story so that another author could follow the story up later. Cover then continued the story in issue 209 from Ellison's idea.
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