Reception
Daredevil was named Empire's 37th Greatest Comic Book Character, citing him as "a compelling, layered and visually striking character". Empire praised Frank Miller's era, and referenced Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb, and Kevin Smith's tenures on the series. Wizard magazine ranked Daredevil 21st among their list of the 200 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time, and comic book readers polled through the website Comic Book Resources voted the character the third best of the Marvel Comics stable. IGN ranked Daredevil as the third best series from Marvel Comics in 2006 and in 2011 ranked Daredevil as #10 on their list of "Top 100 Comic Book Heroes".
The series has won the following awards as well:
- Daredevil #227: "Apocalypse", Best Single Issue - 1986 Kirby Awards
- Daredevil: Born Again, Best Writer/Artist (single or team), Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli - 1987 Kirby Awards
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series - 1993 Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award
- Daredevil by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev, 2003 Eisner Awards (for works published in 2002)
- Daredevil, Best Writer, Ed Brubaker - 2007 Harvey Award
- Daredevil #7, Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) - 2012 Eisner Awards (for works published in 2011)
- Daredevil by Mark Waid, Marcos MartÃn, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera, Best Continuing Series - 2012 Eisner Awards
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