An Intermission (1983-1986) The era after Frank Miller's departure and before his much-celebrated return is not remembered with terrible fondness, whereas Miller's work has become, without exaggeration, the stuff of legend. This is, certainly, an accurate assessment of the relative quality. On the other hand, following Miller was a hard act. Most of this era featured capable, if not excellent work, and there certainly were a number of nice touches along the way, even beyond Miller's involvement in two issues during this time. This was the era in which David Mazzucchelli, still drawing more conventionally than his more famous later work, began on the title, to be inherited upon Miller's return. Moreover, there are certainly many writers worse than Denny O'Neil, whose tenure on the title featured, along with some awkwardness and the disappointingly lackluster love interest of Glorianna O'Breen, the suicide of Heather Glenn, Daredevil's girlfriend from the Miller issues and before. This era was plagued, and occasionally benefited, by changing members of the creative team. Following Frank Miller's departure as writer, Marvel offered a couple of issues with fill-in writers before Denny O'Neil took over the writing chores with #194. The full end of the Miller era, though not its legacy, came with the full departure of artist Klaus Janson, a mainstay during the Miller era, in #198. Mike Carlin assisted O'Neil on the writing for #202, and #203 was written entirely by Steven Grant; O'Neil returned with #204. #206 saw artist David Mazzucchelli's first work on the title, at first as penciller. Though he did not pencil #207, he returned with #208 and stayed for some time. #208 and #209 were written by Arthur Byron Cover, with science fiction legend Harlan Ellison co-writing #208. O'Neil returned with #210, co-written by artist David Mazzucchelli, then as full writer beginning with #211. Starting with #214, Mazzucchelli began inking over his own pencils. He would, however, take #218-219 off, however. #219 also saw Frank Miller return as writer for a fairly lackluster issue (which we should remember as we judge O'Neil's work on the title). Both O'Neil and Mazzucchelli returned with #220, but Mazzucchelli did not ink his own pencils in #222 and #223. #223 had Jim Shooter co-write with O'Neil an issue which crossed over with Secret Wars II. Jim Owsley stepped in as writer for the following issue, #224, with which Mazzucchelli had no involvement. O'Neil and Mazzucchelli returned with #225, with Mazzucchelli pencilling as well as inking. #226, the quite well-written final issue of this era, full of Milleresque narrative flair, was co-written by Frank Miller with O'Neil and had Mazzucchelli pencils but not inks. Frank Miller would begin, with Mazzucchelli, a new -- though brief -- run beginning with #227.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Daredevil #192-195: Klaus Janson art
Daredevil #192-193, 195-196: Klaus Janson cover
	Daredevil (first series) #192	"Promises"; Alan Brennert writing; cover-dated March 1983	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #193	"Bitsy's Revenge"; Larry Hama writing	Needed
Daredevil #194-201, 204-207, 211-218, 220-222, 225: Denny O'Neil writing
	Daredevil (first series) #194	"Judgement"; Ed Hannigan & Klaus Janson cover	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #195	"Betrayal"	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #196	"Enemies"; Wolverine appears; Larry Hama & Klaus Janson pencils; Klaus Janson inks	Needed
Daredevil #197, 204: Bill Sienkiewicz cover
	Daredevil (first series) #197	"Journey"; Larry Hama, Klaus Janson, & William Johnson pencils; Klaus Janson & Mike Mignola inks	Needed
Daredevil #198-201, 205: William Johnson pencils
Daredevil #198-201, 203-206, 208-211, 213: Danny Bulanadi inks
	Daredevil (first series) #198	"Touch Of A Stranger"; Carl Potts cover	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #199	"Daughter Of A Dark Wind"; Luke McDonnell & Bob Wiacek cover	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #200	"Redemption"; John Byrne & Terry Austin cover	Needed
Daredevil #201, 203, 223: John Byrne cover
	Daredevil (first series) #201	"The Day the Devil Didn't Care!"	Needed
Daredevil #202, 224: Bob Layton cover
	Daredevil (first series) #202	features both "Savages" and "A Life In The Day"; Denny O'Neil & Mike Carlin writing; William Johnson & Luke McDonnell pencils; Danny Bulanadi & Luke McDonnell inks; cover-dated January 1984	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #203	"Trumps!"; Steven Grant writing; Geof Isherwood pencils	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #204	"Vengeance of the Victim"; Luke McDonnell pencils	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #205	"The Gael!"; William Johnson cover	Needed
Daredevil #206, 208-217, 220-223, 225-226: David Mazzucchelli pencils
	Daredevil (first series) #206	"Every Good and Perfect Gift..."; Ed Hannigan & Klaus Janson cover	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #207	"Ultimatum!"; William Johnson pencils; Danny Bulanadi & Mel Candido inks; William Johnson & Bill Sienkiewicz cover	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #208	"The Deadliest Night of My Life!"; Harlan Ellison & Arthur Byron Cover writing; David Mazzucchelli & Bob Wiacek cover	Much Needed
Daredevil #209, 211-216, 220-221, 225-226: David Mazzucchelli cover
	Daredevil (first series) #209	"Blast From the Past"; Arthur Byron Cover writing	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #210	"Survivor!"; Denny O'Neil & David Mazzucchelli writing; Mike Zeck & Bob Wiacek cover	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #211	"This Hungry God"	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #212	"Lies"; Danny Bulanadi & Pat Redding inks	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #213	"War on Micah Synn II: The Blindness Men Wish For"	Needed
Daredevil #214-217, 220-221, 225: David Mazzucchelli inks
	Daredevil (first series) #214	"The Crumbling"; cover-dated January 1985	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #215	"Prophecy"; Daredevil dreams of a gunslinger, then travels to Arizona and finds the dream accurate as he battles goons	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #216	"The Second Secret"; the Gael escapes and kills; Matt dates Glorianna O'Breen, then discovers that she is helping the I.R.A.	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #217	"The Sight Stealer"; Daredevil and Black Widow battle the Cossack and the Gael, as Glorianna O'Breen is saved; Barry Windsor-Smith cover	Needed
Daredevil #218, 222: Keith Pollard cover
	Daredevil (first series) #218	"All My Laurels You Have Riven Away"; Sal Buscema pencils; Ian Akin & Brian Garvey inks	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #219	"Badlands"; Frank Miller writing and cover; John Buscema pencils; Gerry Talaoc inks; cover-dated June 1985	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #220	"Fog"; Heather Glenn, spinning down into alcoholism, cries for Matt's attention but he ignores her until she hangs herself; Daredevil goes after those who robbed her apartment, discovering that they did not kill her but simply saw her hanging and didn't save her	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #221	"Behold My Vengeance!"; Daredevil goes to Venice to hunt those who stole from Heather Glenn	Needed
Daredevil #222-223: Kim DeMulder inks
	Daredevil (first series) #222	"Fear in a Handful of Dust"; the plane carrying Glorianna O'Breen crashes, and Daredevil and Black Widow save her as she wanders with criminals in a swamp	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #223	"The Price"; Matt gets to see for a day because of the Beyonder; Denny O'Neil & Jim Shooter writing; cover-dated October 1985	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #224	"Abe"; Jim Owsley writing; Daniel Jurgens & Geof Isherwood pencils; Mel Candido & Bruce Patterson inks	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #225	"...and then you die!"; Daredevil battles the Vulture	Needed
	Daredevil (first series) #226	"Warriors"; quite good Denny O'Neil & Frank Miller writing; Dennis Janke inks; has the Gladiator forced to go back to crime when his girlfriend is kidnapped; cover-dated January 1986	Needed
	Daredevil: Love's Labors Lost	collects Daredevil (first series) #215-217, 219-222, 225-226; prints #219 (the Miller issue, which can stand alone) at the end (leading into Born Again); uses the cover of #220 as its cover; published in 2002 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	B

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