Jack Murdock (character)

Jack Murdock first appeared in Daredevil #1 and was created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett. ==Fictional character biography==

Born Jonathan Murdock, he went by Jack for short, and lived an average life in New York. He eventually met and fell in love with a woman named Maggie Grace, which led to the birth of a son, Matt. Although their life was good together, Maggie eventually divorced him and went on to join a convent, becoming a nun. Jack did not want Matt growing up hating his mother for leaving them and decided to tell him she died when he was little. From then on, Jack raised Matt as a single parent by becoming a boxer while doing the best that he could to support Matt. ==Alternate versions==

Daredevil Noir From Daredevil Noir April, 2009 a man named Orville Halloran was hired to kill Jack Murdock for not agreeing to throw a fight in the ring when he was told to. Ultimate Marvel Jack Murdock maintains the same role in the Ultimate Comics as he does in the 616 continuity. What If? In What If? Daredevil became an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?, Matt Murdock becomes an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. after Nick Fury offers to help with deal with his blindness and newly acquired superpowers. Jack Murdock is never killed and is kidnapped by Hydra forces before Matt rescues him. In What If? ''Daredevil's Dad Had Thrown The Big Fight?'', Jack survived his final fight when he went along with the deal to take a dive. As an adult, Jack's son Matt becomes a boxer himself and is forced to work for Wilson Fisk. Fisk orders Matt to take a fall in his next fight, but Matt refuses and wins the fight. In retaliation, Fisk has Jack Murdock killed. Daredevil: End of Days The past history of Jonathan Murdock on Earth-12121 mirrors that of his Earth-616 counterpart. ==Powers and abilities==

Jack Murdock had no superhuman abilities. But he was a trained athlete and professional boxer with good stamina which he continued to maintain even as he grew older. ==In other media==

Television • Jack Murdock appears in a flashback in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series episode "Framed". This version was forced into crime as one of the Kingpin's thugs. After his son Matt is blinded by radioactive chemicals being transported by the Kingpin, a grief-stricken Jack vows to bring the Kingpin to justice. However, he is killed by the Kingpin's men in the process. • Jack Murdock appears in series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by John Patrick Hayden. First appearing in flashbacks depicted in the first season of Daredevil (2015), he reappears in the Daredevil: Born Again episode "Gloves Off" via archival footage. Film • An unnamed wrestler who appears in Spider-Man (2002), portrayed by an uncredited Scott L. Schwartz, is identified as Jack Murdock in the film's novelization. • Jack Murdock appears in Daredevil (2003), portrayed by David Keith. This version, also known as the Devil, worked as an enforcer for local mobster Eddie Fallon. He is later killed by the Kingpin after refusing to take a dive in one of Fallon's matches. ==References==