...though over a dozen Daredevil-related comics professionals were acknowledged in the series credits, the late, legendary creator who, most in-the-know people say, did as much as Stan Lee and Bill Everett, who first launched Daredevil in 1964, is outrageously slighted.
No one is more important to Daredevil than Wallace “Wally” Wood!
After leaving his historic 12-year hit run on MAD Magazine, in 1964, Wood took over the then foundering, near-cancellation fledgling Daredevil comic after issue #4. Wood created the RED Daredevil character design, the interlocking double-D logo (which inspired the nickname “DD”), developed the visualization of the Radar Sense, created the grappling-hook cane/Billy-club cable, technological enhancements to DD’s senses, themes used through the Frank Miller run, and beyond.-----
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Well, he contributed some visual elements, but the essentials were already in place, weren't they? Blind lawyer/superhero, supporting characters, nature of powers, etc. Does suggesting a colour change to the costume AFTER the character has already appeared for six issues really qualify someone as a 'creator'? However, if a load of other people who worked on the book over the years are credited on the TV show, then Wally deserves a mention as much as any of them, I suppose.
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