Tom Brevoort has an interesting blog entry about a failed Marvel cartoon project back in the day.

My favorite quote is this: “As in the comics, Matt Murdock is a blind lawyer who is secretly Daredevil. (Unlike the comics, he has dark black hair, at least if the presentation drawing is anything to go by.) By day, he pals around with his teenaged niece and his seeing-eye-dog. But when evil strikes, he becomes Daredevil, his dog becomes Lightning, the Super Dog ( I love teh way, in teh production drawing, Lightning affects a pose of mild-manneredness in his civilian guise as Matt’s seeing-eye dog…), and the three of them take to the streets in Daredevil’s specially-equipped van.

Now, stop and think about this for a minute: who’s driving the van? Is it the blind guy, the underage girl, or the seeing-eye dog?”

Reading this I started thinking, can you think of another hero that fought crime in a van with his niece and dog?

That’s right, this was going to be Daredevil mixed with Inspector Gadget, with marketable results.

As an adult, a comic book fan, and a rabid Daredevil fan, this offends me on some level. But nine-year-old me ignorant of how awesome the comic is would have watched this, bought the toys and pretended he was Daredevil every day.

Tags: Blogs, Cartoons, Daredevil, Failed TV shows, Inspector Gadget, Marvel, specially-equipped van, things I'd like if I was nine, Tom Brevoort

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