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In "L'homme sans peur," a young Matt—once a troublemaker in Hell's Kitchen—finds his life upended after losing his sight saving a man from a truck. Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by John Romita Jr., with inks by Al Williamson and colors by Christie Scheele, this 1994 issue follows Matt as he’s drawn into the world of boxing, where aging champ Battling Murdock is forced into a deadly game by a mobster. As a mysterious janitor named Stick begins to train the blind youth in the ways of the warrior, the stakes rise with a rigged fight that ends in tragedy. The cover, by John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson, captures the intensity of a moment that changes everything.
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Matt is a young troublemaker in Hell's Kitchen before saving a man's life from an oncoming truck takes his sight. Battling Jack Murdock is a down on his luck aging boxer who gets involved with a mobster who makes him part of his protection racket. Stick is a janitor at Jack's gym and begins to teach the sightless Matt the ways of the warrior. Fixer tells Jack to throw a big fight, but when Battling Murdock wins, the Fixer kills him.
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