To celebrate this week's release of DAREDEVIL, Marvel.com is looking back at the five DAREDEVIL #1 issues that have preceded it...

Fifty-five years ago, Stan Lee and Bill Everett unleashed DAREDEVIL #1, which neatly set up Matt Murdock’s backstory. As a young boy, Matt was blinded in an accident that also gave him enhanced radar senses. Matt’s father, Battlin’ Jack Murdock, was also murdered when he refused to take a dive in a big fight. As Daredevil, Matt finally avenged his father years later.

It’s such a perfect origin that it’s been largely unchanged in the five decades since it was told. Even the cover for DAREDEVIL #1 was brilliantly set up to introduce Matt and his supporting cast, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page, while reminding readers of Marvel’s other hit series. It’s a classic in every way.