''The Daredevils'' was a

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and

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published by Marvel UK in

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. Aimed for a more sophisticated audience than typical light superhero adventures, ''The Daredevils'' featured Captain Britain stories by Alan Moore and

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, as well as new Night Raven text stories, and reprints of Frank Miller's ''

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'' stories. In addition to these regular features, it also included some

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stories, occasional one-off comic stories, and a variety of text articles. The title lasted eleven issues before merging with '' The Mighty World of Marvel''.

Regular features

Aside from the occasional pull-out posters, all contents were printed in black-and-white, not colour. * Captain Britain — always the first story in any issue, Captain Britain had just started the "

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" storyline when the series transferred to ''The Daredevils''. It appeared in every issue. * Daredevil — the Frank Miller ''

'' run was reprinted in ''The Daredevils'', giving the series its title. Several of the covers also featured Daredevil. * Night Raven — ''The Daredevils'' included Night Raven text stories in #6-11, written by Alan Moore with illustrations by

. * Spider-Man — a number of early

stories were reprinted in the first few issues.

Other features

''Daredevils'' also included other features, often written by Alan Moore: *Reprints of Moore's Time War — originally printed in ''

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'' to coincide with the appearance of the

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''The Daredevils'' #5. in ''Captain Britain''. The same issue also included a poster of the team and a single page article by Moore that provided background on their creation. *"Early Artwork" — profiles of artists including Garry Leach,''The Daredevils'' #1 Jerry Paris,''The Daredevils'' #2 John Higgins,''The Daredevils'' #4 Dave Gibbons and

.''The Daredevils'' #8 *Nonfiction articles — a number of which were written by MooreSee a list here: List of works by Alan Moore#Non-fiction but also featured an article by Steve Moore on Hong Kong comics. *"News Feature" — looking at upcoming Marvel Comics titles, written by Frank Plowright. It briefly became "Comics Publishing Boom," which looked at the news from the various American comics publishers. *"Fanzine Reviews" — written by Moore. *A

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*"Comic Mart" — where readers could post the comics they had on offer and those they wanted.

Notes

References

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