What is the origin of the Daredevil?
Origin Irish-American Matthew Murdock was raised by single father and fading boxer “Battling Jack” Murdock in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. In the hopes of giving his son a better life than the one he led, the elder Murdock instilled in Matt the importance of education and non-violence. Matt, taunted by bullies who called the bookish youth “Daredevil” but unable to respond for fear of disappointing his father, vented his frustration and anger by working out in secret. While saving a blind man from an oncoming truck, Matt was blinded by radioactive material. Though the act of heroism had robbed him of his sight, Murdock found the radioactive exposure had heightened his remaining senses beyond normal human thresholds, and had additionally given him a sixth “radar sense”, as he termed it, that enabled him to detect the shape and location of objects around him. A mysterious man named Stick became the young Murdock’s mentor, teaching him how to control his new abilities
