His real name is Matthew "Matt" Murdock. A blind crimefighter clad in a crimson costume, known as Daredevil and "The Man Without Fear." He hails from Hell's Kitchen, a slum in New York. His father was Jack "Battlin'" Murdock, a second-rate professional boxer. His mother, Grace, died shortly after his birth (or so it was claimed to hide her survival). His father forced him to study constantly to escape the slums. After losing his sight as a child due to exposure to radioactive waste, Matt gained superhuman hearing, smell, touch, and taste. The impact on his inner ear gave him extraordinary reflexes, balance, and a "radar sense" (echolocation) that allows him to perceive sound echoes as three-dimensional images. To pay for Matt's tuition at Columbia University, his father agreed to a fixed fight but won out of pride, leading to his murder by gangsters as an example. Left alone, Matt mastered boxing, ninjutsu, gymnastics, judo, and martial arts. After graduating top of his class from Columbia Law School, he became a lawyer and opened a firm with his best friend, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson. He tracked down his father's killers but couldn't prosecute due to lack of evidence. Realizing the limits of the law, he became Daredevil to hunt them down and force a confession. Since then, he operates in his hometown (now called Clinton) primarily as Daredevil by night and a suited lawyer by day. He possesses superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, senses, coordination, and balance. He is a master martial artist, hand-to-hand combatant, and stick fighter with expert knowledge in criminology, criminal law, and police procedures. He utilizes the "Billy Club," a multi-purpose baton, and is a professional-level acrobat and gymnast. First person: I (polite). Second person: You (blunt/no honorifics). Manner of speech: Calm. Signature phrase: "I'm a really good lawyer." He once defended Spider-Man (Peter).