Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, is a unique kind of superhero who helps people as both a lawyer and crimefighter. He lost his sight during childhood when radioactive material hit his eyes. If that wasn’t shocking enough, Matt gained superhuman senses that compensated for his loss of vision. He can track people by their scent, hear a person’s heartbeat from over 20 feet away, and hear cries for help from across city blocks. Matt’s greatest ally is the radar sense he uses to perceive distance and locate objects around him.

His origin expanded to include training by Stick, a martial arts expert who is also blind. Stick taught him combat skills and how to use his newly acquired heightened senses. The Man Without Fear uses these abilities and skills to skip across rooftops, jump off edifices, and dodge attacks to protect his home and community of Hell’s Kitchen.

When Stan Lee and Bill Everett introduced Matt in Daredevil #1 (April 1964), it carried a cover price of 12¢. When Robert M. Overstreet published The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #1 in 1970, a Near Mint copy was valued at $6. Ten years later in the Guide #10, it took a significant jump to $90. That momentum continued, and in 1990’s the Guide #20 it was up to $525.

Over the next decade, Daredevil #1 nearly quadrupled in value to $1,900 in the Guide #30. It was approaching the $10,000 mark in 2010’s the Guide #40, landing at $7,500. After another ten years, the first appearance of Daredevil was up to $12,500 in the Guide #50. In just six years, Daredevil #1 more than doubled in value with a Near Mint copy valued at $30,000 in 2026’s the Guide #55.