u/Lucky_Strike-85

So, this is gonna sound silly but I was just looking for clarification about the title of this masterpiece...

Turns out that, apparently, most of Waid's stories went untitled because Waid's Daredevil run initially had a faux Daily Bugle newspaper at the start of the comic that worked as a credits for the comic and a recap, but as a result, the stories weren't titled. I didn't know this and was curious about what the story was called...

When I checked CBR forums, someone said the title was:

"A Christmas Journey" - Fair enough, I guess... it fits!

Then to confirm I went to Comic Vine and asked and they said the story was called:

"The Blind Orphans of Cresskill!" - that also fits and has a nice ring to it.

Then, when I went to Marvel forums, they informed me that it was officially untitled BUT that Marvel used the title of the newspaper headline as the official title which was:

"Daredevil Faces Off with Five Crime Organizations at Once"

which may be related to the previous issue because it has nothing to do with this one. Anyway, mystery solved...

Waid's masterpiece issue, #7, officially has no title.

Sorry for being anal retentive and weird about it!

Whenever I scour back issue bins at my LCS, I have serious FOMO... I come online to get recommendations for 70s and 80s Marvel (beyond the usual O'neil/Englehart Batman/Frank Miller Daredevil/John Byrne FF)... I'm looking for hidden gems.

All I ever see anyone recommend is either the latest stuff, stuff from 15 or 20 years ago... and if it is older, it's marquee stuff.

How do I find old, hidden gems and why is comic book fandom so shortsighted?

I consider him to be the 4th best Spider-man writer behind Roger Stern, Stan Lee, and Gerry Conway (not necessarily in that order. His run on Spectacular should be experienced in full.

He wrote my fav. issue of Hulk ever, Incredible Hulk #300 (1984)...

his work on Micronauts and ROM remembered for good reason. I think he's one of Marvel's all-time greats. His accident was obviously a terrible tragedy.

What do you think about his work?