- "Let me spell it out for you, Turk... I'm after a thief named Alarich Wallenquist. He hired your boss, Eric Slaughter, to protect him -- from me. Wallenquist witnessed a recent murder -- a murder for which another man has been falsely charged. Unless I can bring Wallenquist to court in the morning, that man will pay for a crime he never committed!"
- ―Daredevil
| "Elektra" | |
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| Daredevil | |
| Title: | "Elektra" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 168 |
| Cover price: | .50 |
| Cover date: | January, 1981 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | Frank Miller |
| Pencilers: | Frank Miller |
| Inkers: | Klaus Janson |
| Cover artists: | Frank Miller |
| Cover inker: | Klaus Janson |
| Colorists: | D.R. Martin |
| Letterers: | Joe Rosen |
| Assistants: | Mark Gruenwald |
| Editors: | Denny O'Neil |
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| Next: | Daredevil #169 |
"Elektra" is the 168th issue of the first ongoing Daredevil comic book series by Marvel Comics. The story was written and illustrated by Frank Miller with finished art and inks provided by Klaus Janson. Miller and Janson also composed the cover art illustration for this issue. The book was colored by D.R. Martin and lettered by Joe Rosen. The story was edited by Denny O'Neil with Mark Gruenwald as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a January, 1981 cover date and a cover price of 50 cents per copy (US).
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Elektra Natchios
- Foggy Nelson (In flashback only)
Villains
- Alarich Wallenquist
- Bilge
- Brutus
- Charles
- Eric Slaughter
- Grotto (1st appearance)
- Mickey
- Turk Barrett
Minor characters
- Athos (In flashback only)
- Demetrios Natchios (In flashback only)
- Hugo Natchios (In flashback only)
Organizations
- Natchios family
Races
Locations
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- Columbia University (In flashback only)
- Greenwich Village
- Lower East Side
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Daredevil was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett. He first appeared in Daredevil #1 in April, 1964.
- The tagline to this issue is "Elecktra - Once he loved her... now she is his most deadly enemy!"
- This issue introduces the character of Elektra Natchios.
- Demetrios Natchios dies in flashback in this issue.
- Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios both attended Columbia University together.
- The character of Athos, who is Elektra Natchios' bodyguard, was named after one of the Musketeers featured in Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers.
- This is the first appearance of Grotto, who is a contemporary of Turk Barrett's. He will make multiple appearances as a minor criminal throughout the series. Grotto takes on a slightly larger role in season one of the Daredevil television series on Netflix where he is given the name Elliot Grote.
- Elektra Natchios' first name is spelled as "Elecktra" on the cover to this issue.