The Marvel Comics character Daredevil (the mantle assumed by Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios) first appeared in 1964 in Daredevil #1, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Bill Everett.
The character's various appearances have been collated into hundreds of trade paperback, hardcover and omnibus collections.
Collected editions by era Marvel's first attempt at chronologically collecting the core title was in 1991, with the Marvel Masterworks premium hardcover line. The series reprinted 10-12 comics per book.
The next try was the Essential Marvel line, which reproduced comics in black and white. These books were released from 1996 to 2013, before being replaced by the full-color Epic Collections.
Other than those, many other issues have been republished in collected form.
Volume 1 (1964-1998) The first volume of Daredevil is defined by the 30 issues worked on by Frank Miller. "It's not an exaggeration to say that Miller created a whole new mythos for Daredevil," writes Comic Book Resources. "Miller's run resulted in an unofficial edict for Daredevil writers that "Matt Murdock must suffer.""
After Miller, Ann Nocenti became the first woman to write the character, inventing the villain, Typhoid Mary, and redefining the role of Murdock's love interest, Karen Page. Described as "Daredevil's Most Underrated Writer", Nocenti "reimagined Karen Page as a three-dimensional character who was just as heroic, if not more, than Daredevil himself". This was in contrast to Miller's depiction that made "Karen undesirable and a damsel in distress, incapable of helping herself or anyone else around her."
As well as the below, the full run of Volume One was reproduced through Marvel's Epic Collection.
# Title Material collectedFormat Pages ReleasedISBNTrade PaperbacksDaredevil vs. BullseyeDaredevil #131–132, 146, 169, 181, 191TPB1441Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 1Daredevil #158–161, 163–167TPB1762Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 2Daredevil #168–182TPB3683Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 3Daredevil #183–191; Bizarre Adventures #28; What If? #28, 35TPB272Daredevil: Marked For DeathDaredevil #159–161, 163–164TPB96Daredevil: Gang WarDaredevil #169–172, 180TPB114Daredevil/Punisher: Child's PlayDaredevil #182–184TPBunknownDaredevil: Love's Labor LostDaredevil #215–217, 219–222, 225–226TPB208Daredevil: Born AgainDaredevil #226–233TPB2482Daredevil Legends: Born AgainDaredevil #227–233TPB1764Daredevil Legends: Typhoid MaryDaredevil #254–257, 259–263TPB224Daredevil: Lone StrangerDaredevil #265–273TPB216Daredevil: The Fall Of The KingpinDaredevil #297–300TPB96Daredevil: Fall From GraceDaredevil #319–325 (with added pages)TPB206 Marvel Premiere Classic Hardcover19Born AgainDaredevil #226-233HC248Bookstore cover: Direct Market cover: Gallery HardcoverBorn AgainDaredevil #226-233Gallery HC248Premier CollectionBorn AgainDaredevil #226-233Digest280Omnibuses1Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 1Daredevil #1–41, Annual (1967); Fantastic Four #73; Not Brand Echh #4Omnibus1,088Alex Ross cover: Jack Kirby DM cover: 2Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 2Daredevil #42–74, Iron Man #35, material from #36Omnibus800Gene Colan cover: Gene Colan Unmasked DM cover: 3Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 3Daredevil #75–119, Avengers #111, Marvel Two In One #3, material from Amazing Adventures #1-8Omnibus1,160Rich Buckler cover: John Romita Sr. DM cover: 4Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 4Daredevil ##120-158, Annual #4; Ghost Rider #20; Marvel Premiere (1972) #39-40, #43; material from What If...? #8Omnibus976Gil Kane cover: Gene Colan DM cover: Women Of Marvel OmnibusDaredevil #108–112, and other materialOmnibus1,160Olivier Coipel cover: Ramona Fradon DM cover: Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus JansonDaredevil #158–161, 163–191; What If? #28Omnibus840Frank Miller red & black cover: Daredevil #181 cover: Frank Miller red & black cover: Frank Miller red & black cover: Frank Miller poster cover: Daredevil #181 cover: Daredevil by Frank Miller CompanionDaredevil #219, 226–233; Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1–5; Daredevil: Love And War, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider–Man #27–28Omnibus608David Mazzucchelli Apocalypse cover: Frank Miller red & black DM cover: Frank Miller red & black cover: Frank Miller red & black cover: David Mazzucchelli Apocalypse DM cover: 1Daredevil by Nocenti & Romita Jr Vol.1Daredevil #234-266, Punisher (1987) #10Omnibus856John Romita Jr cover: Keith Pollard DM cover: 2Daredevil by Nocenti & Romita Jr. Vol. 2Daredevil #267-291, Annual #5-6; Spectacular Spider-Man #213-214; material from Marvel Comics Presents #109-116, 123-130, 150-151; Marvel Holiday Special #2Omnibus992John Romita Jr cover: Mark Bagley DM cover:
Volume 2 (1998-2009, Marvel Knights Era) In 1998, Daredevil was cancelled and relaunched, with a new #1. Filmmaker Kevin Smith served as writer and Joe Quesada as artist. This relaunch "set the tone for the entire Marvel Knights line, directly inspired subsequent depictions of the character in film and television and set the template for how to relaunch a Marvel character."
The rest of the volume was dominated by Brian Michael Bendis' 55 issues, then 33 from Ed Brubaker. Bendis said: "I plan for the biggest, most elaborate feast I can do and dive in and hope for the best. Also it's Daredevil. I've been thinking about it like since I could read and Daredevil's one of those books that a lot of my heroes didn't just work on, but they did their masterpiece on."
As well as the below, the full run of Volume Two was reproduced through Marvel's Modern Era Epic Collection.
# Title Material collected LegacyFormat Pages ReleasedISBNTrade Paperbacks1Guardian DevilDaredevil (vol. 2) #1–8#381-388HC232TPB1922Parts Of A HoleDaredevil (vol. 2) #9–15#389-395HC176TPB3Wake UpDaredevil (vol. 2) #16–19#396-399TPB96Issues #20-25 were not reprinted during the initial run4UnderbossDaredevil (vol. 2) #26–31#406-411TPB1445OutDaredevil (vol. 2) #32–40#412-420TPB2086LowlifeDaredevil (vol. 2) #41–45#421-425TPB1207HardcoreDaredevil (vol. 2) #46–50#426-430TPB1208Echo – Vision QuestDaredevil (vol. 2) #51–55#431-435TPB1209The King Of Hell's KitchenDaredevil (vol. 2) #56–60#436-440TPB12010The WidowDaredevil (vol. 2) #61–65; Daredevil (vol. 1) #81#441-445TPB16011Golden AgeDaredevil (vol. 2) #66–70#446-450TPB12012DecalogueDaredevil (vol. 2) #71–75#451-455TPB13613The Murdock PapersDaredevil (vol. 2) #76–81#456-461TPB152Ed Brubaker takes over as main writer1The Devil Inside And Out Vol. 1Daredevil (vol. 2) #82–87#462-467TPB1442The Devil Inside And Out Vol. 2Daredevil (vol. 2) #88–93#468-473TPB1443Daredevil: Hell To Pay Vol. 1Daredevil (vol. 2) #94–99#474-479TPB1444Daredevil: Hell To Pay Vol. 2Daredevil (vol. 2) #100–105#480-485TPB1605Daredevil: Cruel And UnusualDaredevil (vol. 2) #106–110#486-490TPB1206Daredevil: Lady BullseyeDaredevil (vol. 2) #111–115TPB1207Return Of The KingDaredevil (vol. 2) #116–119; Daredevil #500TPB144Andy Diggle takes over as main writer1The Devil's HandDaredevil #501–507; Daredevil: Dark Reign – The List#501-507TPB1922ShadowlandDaredevil #508–512; Shadowland: After The Fall#508-512TPB96Marvel Knights Collections1Marvel Knights Daredevil by Smith & Quesada: Guardian DevilDaredevil (vol. 2) #1–8, #½#381-388TPB2322Marvel Knights Daredevil by Mack & Quesada: Parts Of A HoleDaredevil (vol. 2) #9–15#389-395TPB1763Marvel Knights Daredevil by Bendis, Jenkins, Gale, & Mack: Unusual SuspectsDaredevil (vol. 2) #20–25, 51–55, Daredevil: Ninja #1–3, Daredevil/Spider–Man #1–4, Spider–Man/Daredevil #1 #431-435TPB4724Marvel Knights Daredevil by Bendis & Maleev: UnderbossDaredevil (vol. 2) #26–31#406-411TPB152Ultimate Collections1Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Ultimate Collection Book 1Daredevil (vol. 2) #16–19, 26–40 #406-420TPB4882Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Ultimate Collection Book 2Daredevil (vol. 2) #41–50, 56–65 #436-445TPB5123Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Ultimate Collection Book 3Daredevil (vol. 2) #66–81, What If... Karen Page Had Lived?, Ultimate Marvel Team–Up #6–8#446-461TPB5121Daredevil By Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Ultimate Collection Book 1Daredevil (vol. 2) #82–93#462-473TPB3042Daredevil By Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Ultimate Collection Book 2Daredevil (vol. 2) #94–105#474-485TPB3043Daredevil By Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Ultimate Collection Book 3Daredevil (vol. 2) #106–119, 500#486-500TPB384Gallery HardcoverGuardian DevilDaredevil (vol. 2) #1-8, #½#381-388Gallery HC296Oversized Hardcovers1Daredevil (vol. 2) #1–15, #½#381-395OHC3362Daredevil (vol. 2) #26-37#406-417OHC2883Daredevil (vol. 2) #38-50#418-430OHC3204Daredevil (vol. 2) #56-65#436-445OHC2805Daredevil Vol. 5Daredevil (vol. 2) #66-75#446-455OHC2566Daredevil (vol. 2) #16-19, #76-81 #456-461OHC304OmnibusesMarvel Knights by Joe QuesadaDaredevil (vol. 2) #1–15, #½, Daredevil: Father #1–6, Marvel Authentix: Daredevil #1, material from Marvel Knights Double–Shot #1#381-395Omnibus7201Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev, Vol. 1Daredevil (vol. 2) #16–19, 26–50, 56–60#396-440Omnibus848Alex Maleev cover: David Mack DM cover: 2Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev, Vol. 2Daredevil (vol. 2) #61–81; What If... Karen Page Had Lived?; Ultimate Marvel Team–Up #6–8#441-461Omnibus656Alex Maleev cover: Joe Quesada DM cover: 1Daredevil by Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Vol. 1Daredevil (vol. 2) #82–105#462-485Omnibus608Marko Djurdjevic cover: David Finch DM cover: 2Daredevil by Ed Brubaker & Michael Lark Vol. 2Daredevil (vol. 2) #106–119, Annual #1; Daredevil #500; Blood of the Tarantula#486-500Omnibus472Marko Djurdjevic cover: Joe Quesada DM cover: Daredevil: Shadowland OmnibusDaredevil (vol. 2) #501–512; Dark Reign: The List – Daredevil #1, Shadowland #1–5; Shadowland: Elektra, Bullseye, Ghost Rider, Spider–Man, After the Fall; Shadowland: Moon Knight #1–3; Shadowland: Blood on the Streets #1–4; Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow #1–3; Shadowland: Power Man #1–4; Thunderbolts (1997) #148–149; Daredevil: Reborn #1–4#501-512Omnibus1,112John Cassaday cover: Billy Tan DM cover: John Cassaday cover: Billy Tan DM cover:
Volumes 3 & 4 (2011-2014, Mark Waid Era) Mark Waid became the writer of Daredevil in 2011. The third and fourth volumes largely tell a continuing story, despite the #1.
On the transition, Waid said: "We were willing to take chances as storytellers and that (Marvel) would back us. We were making such a huge paradigm shift for the character and his world and his entire method of operation. We'd actually been given the chance to renumber last year, around the time of issue 22-23, but we said "no" then because it truly would have been an artificial break. This time, it makes sense.