Darkdevil

Not to be confused with Daredevil (Marvel Comics character).

Darkdevil (Reilly Tyne) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe, the character first appeared in Spider-Girl #2 (November 1998).^[1] Darkdevil primarily appears in the Marvel Comics 2 future of the Marvel Universe.^[2][3]

Darkdevil
Darkdevil as depicted in Darkdevil #1 (November 2000). Art by Ron Frenz.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Spider-Girl #2 (November 1998)
Created by	Tom DeFalco Pat Olliffe
In-story information
Alter ego	Reilly Tyne
Species	Human mutate / Demon hybrid
Team affiliations	New Warriors
Notable aliases	Hornhead Daredevil Darkdevil
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, and agility Ability to create flaming constructs Regenerative healing factor Precognitive "Spider-Sense" Wall-crawling Teleportation

Publication history

Darkkdevil debuted in Spider-Girl #2 (November 1998), by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Pat Olliffe. He appeared in the 2000 Darkdevil series, his first solo comic book series. He appeared in the 2005 Last Hero Standing series.

Fictional character biography

Reilly Tyne is the son of Ben Reilly (Spider-Man's clone) and Elizabeth Tyne.^[4] Before he reached his teens, his inherited powers began to manifest but brought with them clonal degeneration. Kaine, the degenerated first clone of Peter Parker, found him, and placed him within a regeneration tank to slow the process. Kaine attempts to use Reilly to resurrect Daredevil, but this causes part of Daredevil and Zarathos' souls to enter Reilly, giving him a demonic appearance and abilities and aging him into a young adult. After learning to assume a human form, Reilly becomes an attorney and the superhero Darkdevil, taking after Daredevil.^[5]

Darkdevil has fought alongside Spider-Girl several times, as well as the semi-retired Spider-Man. Neither Spider-Man nor Spider-Girl are aware of his genetic relation to them, but Darkdevil has hinted that he owes his existence to the original Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Kaine.^[6] Mary Jane noticed Reilly at Normie Osborn and Brenda Drago's wedding party and attempted to point out to her husband the boy that resembled him. Peter Parker cluelessly mentions that Reilly resembles Tobey Maguire,^[7] a sly nod by writers to the fact that Maguire played Spider-Man in four films.

When Doc Magus, Sorcerer Supreme (successor to Doctor Strange), delved into Darkdevil's mind, he found it had three inhabitants: Reilly himself as a young teen, Daredevil, and Zarathos in the form of Ghost Rider.^[8]

Recently he has been seen working alongside Kaine, going as far as to refer to the man as Uncle Kaine, thus confirming that he is fully aware of his relation to both Kaine, Spider-Girl and her father Peter Parker. During a clone debacle which resulted in there being two May Parkers (one being a symbiote hybrid), Darkdevil assists Spider-Girl in her rescue attempt only to be confronted by the Goblin Queen and the clone Spider-Girl.^[9] Darkdevil was also present with the New Warriors and American Dream battling Silvio Barraca/Silverback.^[10]

After the Spider-Verse event, Darkdevil was later seen with the New Warriors (and Uncle Ben/Spider-Man of Earth-3145) on helping Spider-Girl (now known as Spider-Woman) stopping Hope Pym/Red Queen and Entralla by freeing mind controlled A-Next. During the battle, Entralla's powers were ineffective against Darkdevil, due to his own demonic powers, and Mayday Parker/Spider-Woman is aware of her family relations with Reilly Tyne/Darkdevil, as she referred to him as "coz".^[11]

Powers and abilities

Darkdevil possesses abilities similar to Spider-Man, including superhuman physical abilities, a healing factor, and a precognitive "Spider-Sense". Due to possessing part of Zarathos' soul, he is also able to generate fire and teleport.^[12]

Reception

Critical response

Darby Hart of Screen Rant included Darkdevil in their "9 Best Daredevil Variants From Marvel Comics" list.^[13]

References

1. Zachary, Brandon (July 19, 2021). "The New Spider-Man's Son Became the Daredevil of Marvel's Next Generation". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
2. Schedeen, Jesse (October 16, 2014). "The Many Heroes of Marvel's New Secret Wars Comic". IGN. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
3. Steinbeiser, Andrew (February 2, 2017). "Who's Who in Marvel's Secret Wars". ComicBook.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
4. Jung, Michael (June 15, 2020). "The Version of Spider-Man Who Became DAREDEVIL Instead". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
5. Darkdevil #1-3
6. Spider-Girl #17
7. Spider-Girl #82
8. Last Hero Standing #1-5
9. The Spectacular Spider-Girl #3-7
10. The Spectacular Spider-Girl vol. 2 #4
11. Spider-Island #4-5 (2015)
12. Chrysostomou, George (October 17, 2019). "The 10 Most Powerful Marvel MC2 Characters, Ranked". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
13. Harn, Darby (August 10, 2022). "9 Best Daredevil Variants From Marvel Comics". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 3, 2023.

External links

• Darkdevil biography at DD Resource
• Profile at a Spider-girl fansite
• Synopsis and Reviews of Darkdevil miniseries Archived 2006-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at spiderfan.org
• Darkdevil on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki