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Darkdevil (Reilly Tyne) is a
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appearing in
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s published by
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. Created by
Tom DeFalco Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comic book writer and editor well known for his association with Marvel Comics, with long runs on ''Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Thor (comic book), Thor'', ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' ...
and
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, the character first appeared in ''Spider-Girl'' #2 (November
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
). Darkdevil primarily appears in the Marvel Comics 2 future of the
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.


Publication history

Darkkdevil debuted in ''Spider-Girl'' #2 (November
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
), by writer
Tom DeFalco Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comic book writer and editor well known for his association with Marvel Comics, with long runs on ''Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Thor (comic book), Thor'', ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' ...
and artist
Pat Olliffe Patrick Olliffe is an American comic book artist and penciller. His most notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Publishing, and AfterShock Comics, Aftershock Comics. Career Olliffe is best known for ...
. He appeared in the 2000 ''Darkdevil'' series, his first solo
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. He appeared in the 2005 '' Last Hero Standing'' series.


Fictional character biography

Reilly Tyne is the son of
Ben Reilly Benjamin "Ben" Reilly (), also known as the Scarlet Spider, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Grown in a lab by Jackal (Marvel Comics character), Miles Warren/Jackal, he is a Human cloning, clone of Spi ...
(
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's clone) and Elizabeth Tyne. 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. Darkdevil has fought alongside
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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. 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, a sly nod by writers to the fact that Maguire played
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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. 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. Darkdevil was also present with the
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and
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battling Silvio Barraca/Silverback. 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".


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.


Reception


Critical response

Darby Hart of ''
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'' included Darkdevil in their "9 Best Daredevil Variants From Marvel Comics" list.


References


External links


Darkdevil biography
at DD Resource

at a Spider-girl fansite

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