Marvel Comics Group · Daredevil #19 · August 1966 · 12¢ · 36 pages
Grade: VF+ 8.5
Cover and interior credits unconfirmed from available data for this specific issue.
Issue #19 pits Daredevil against The Gladiator and The Masked Marauder — two villains who had been threading through the book since the mid-teens. The Masked Marauder, a recurring organized crime figure with technological tricks, and The Gladiator, the armored enforcer introduced in #18, both appear here as DD works through their overlapping schemes. Beyond specific story beats I cannot confirm for this exact issue, what's documented is the co-feature billing: both villains share the stage, which tracks with the multi-issue arc running through this stretch of the Stan Lee era.
This is the last gasp of the pre-Colan Daredevil run. Gene Colan came aboard with #20, and his noir-inflected pencils redefined the book's visual identity for years. Issue #19 is the final chapter of the era that built the foundation — collectors who work the early DD run know this boundary well.
The Gladiator's introduction across #18–#19 represents one of the more durable villain additions of the Silver Age DD run — he returned repeatedly through the decades. Issue #19 closes that initial arc and hands the book off to what most collectors consider its definitive artistic period.
Condition VF+ 8.5 — .
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Marvel Comics Group · Daredevil #19 · August 1966 · 12¢ · 36 pages
Grade: VF+ 8.5
Cover and interior credits unconfirmed from available data for this specific issue.
Issue #19 pits Daredevil against The Gladiator and The Masked Marauder — two villains who had been threading through the book since the mid-teens. The Masked Marauder, a recurring organized crime figure with technological tricks, and The Gladiator, the armored enforcer introduced in #18, both appear here as DD works through their overlapping schemes. Beyond specific story beats I cannot confirm for this exact issue, what's documented is the co-feature billing: both villains share the stage, which tracks with the multi-issue arc running through this stretch of the Stan Lee era.
This is the last gasp of the pre-Colan Daredevil run. Gene Colan came aboard with #20, and his noir-inflected pencils redefined the book's visual identity for years. Issue #19 is the final chapter of the era that built the foundation — collectors who work the early DD run know this boundary well.
The Gladiator's introduction across #18–#19 represents one of the more durable villain additions of the Silver Age DD run — he returned repeatedly through the decades. Issue #19 closes that initial arc and hands the book off to what most collectors consider its definitive artistic period.
Condition VF+ 8.5 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
