In the character's first appearance, his origin was said to have been told to the artist of the story by someone named "Captain Cook..."

The story was that, as a child, Bart Hill was witness to his parents' brutal murder. The murderer also branded Bart with a hot iron, leaving a boomerang-shaped scar on the left side of his chest. This traumatic experience left the boy mute. He trained his entire life in the art of the boomerang, eventually becoming a master boomerang marksman. He then donned a costume and took to the streets as the vigilante crime-fighter known as Daredevil. In addition to his boomerang, Daredevil was a master acrobat and possessed a fighter plane called the Airdevil that first appeared in Silver Streak Comics #8.

However... It appears Captain Cook lied, for Bart Hill/Daredevil's second appearance showed him able to speak and it was later revealed that his parents, John Hill and Mary Hill, were killed while in Australia, with Bart then raised by a tribe of aborigines who taught him the art of using boomerangs. As an adult, he returned to the U.S. and fought crime as Daredevil.

Tonia Saunders is his girlfriend and knows his secret identity. Tonia has been kidnapped by villains like the Claw, who tried to manipulate her in his schemes, and has been tricked into believing she committed murders by her butler. She also endures dangerous situations alongside Bart, including being hunted for sport by a dictator on a private island.

*Silver Streak Comics #6-17
*Daredevil Battles Hitler
*Daredevil Comics #2-69, 79-80
*Boy Comics #5

*In ''Silver Streak Comics'' #9, Daredevil has an unnamed brother who sacrificed his life by impersonating him in order to stop the Claw. This brother was never referred to in either origin, or subsequent story since.
*Strangely enough, ''Silver Streak Comics'' was also the comic where Dynamo Hill, whose real name was also Bart Hill, first appeared.
*The character, renamed Death Defying 'Devil, appears in Dynamite Entertainment's ''Project Superpowers''.
*Daredevil, renamed Daring Devil, is played by Matt Roeling in the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2186881/ ''Legacy of the Masque''] web series.
*Bart Hill/Daredevil, renamed Doubledare, is played by Andre Givogue in the 2010 film, ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1619016/ Avenging Force: The Scarab]''.
*In 2014, artist Bob Pierre created a modern reinterpretation of the character dubbed "''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1j-qw5sbQ Devil May Dare]''", which was subsequently released into the public domain.
*In Comic Book Artist #9 (2000), Pete Morisi said he tried to buy the 1940s Daredevil from Lev Gleason Publications. Although approved by the publisher, Charles Biro wanted a profit share, so Morisi declined and instead created Thunderbolt with a similar red-and-blue costume.

*[https://comichouse.fandom.com/wiki/Daredevil Comic House Database]
*[http://imagecomics.wikia.com/wiki/Daredevil Image Database]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200813013432/http://free-universe.myartsonline.com/Daredevil.html Free Universe (Archived)]
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/d/daredevl.htm International Hero]
*[http://www.toonopedia.com/daredev1.htm Toonopedia]
*Wikipedia
*[http://www.comicvine.com/death-defying-devil/29-25994/ ComicVine]
*[http://www.herogoggles.com/Heroes/D_heroes.htm Mystery Men & Women]
*[https://projectsuperpowers.wikia.com/wiki/Bart_Hill Project Superpowers Wikia]
*[https://www.comics.org/feature/1749/ GCD]
*[https://wiki.jennyeverywhere.net/wiki/Bart_Hill Jenny Everywhere Wiki]
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