Title:
Daredevil 67
Synopsis:
Karen Page convinces Daredevil to star in her show. Nearby, Stilt-Man disguises himself as the Stunt-Master and lurks by the soundstage looking for action. The Stilt-Man attacks, posing a deadly threat to Daredevil and the stunt crew as he seeks revenge and notoriety. (Contains the story: ”Stilt-Man Stalks the Soundstage”)
Cover Date:
August 1970
Publisher:
Marvel Comics
Barcode:
759606047062
Issue Number:
67
Month:
August
Year:
1970
Printing:
1st
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
USD
Era:
Silver Age
Genre:
Superhero
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Characters:
Stilt-Man (Wilbur Day) [Earth-616]
Daredevil (Matthew Murdock) (Earth-616) Creators Stan Lee & Bill Everett 1st App. Daredevil #1 (February, 1964) Death (Elektra Natchios)[Daredevil 7_12] by [Echo_Vol_1_3] (revived by himself). https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Matthew_Murdock_(Earth-616)
Karen Page (Earth-616) Creators Stan Lee & Bill Everett 1st App. Daredevil Vol 1 1 | Death Daredevil Vol 2 5 https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Karen_Page_(Earth-616)
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:46:10
Series:
Daredevil
Story Arc:
”Stilt-Man Stalks the Soundstage” (Stilt-Man back in town; Daredevil faces Stilt-Man who disguises himself as the Stunt-Master on a soundstage)
{{Marvel Database:Character Template
| Image = Karen Page (Earth-616) from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 8 0001.png
| Name = Karen Page
| NameRef = {{r|Daredevil Vol 1 1}}
| CurrentAlias =
| Aliases = [[Paige Angel]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}}
| Affiliation = Formerly {{m|Nelson and Murdock}}
| Parents = * [[Paxton Page (Earth-616)|Dr. Paxton Page (Death’s Head)]] (father, deceased)
* [[Penelope Page (Earth-616)|Penelope Page]] (mother)
| Relatives =
| MaritalStatus = Single
| CharRef = {{cl|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Daredevil 2004 Vol 1 1}}
| Gender = Female
| Height = 5’7”
| Weight = 125 lbs
| Eyes = Blue
| Hair = Blond
| UnusualFeatures =
| Origin = [[Humans (Homo sapiens)|Human]]
| Reality = Earth-616
| PlaceOfBirth = [[Fagan Corners]], [[Vermont (State)|Vermont]]
| PlaceOfDeath = [[Clinton Mission Shelter]], [[Hell’s Kitchen]], [[New York City]], [[New York (State)|New York]]
| CauseOfDeath = Pierced by [[Daredevil’s Billy Club|Daredevil’s billy club]] when thrown by [[Bullseye (Lester) (Earth-616)|Bullseye]]
| KilledBy = Bullseye (Lester) (Earth-616)
| Identity = No Dual
| Citizenship = American
| Occupation = Radio talk show host,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}} former legal secretary, actress, prostitute, crisis/legal counselor, activist
| Education = College degree
| BaseOfOperations = [[Nelson and Murdock Law Office]], [[Hell’s Kitchen]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (State)|New York]]
| Creators = Karen Page (Earth-616) Stan Lee; Bill Everett
| First = Daredevil Vol 1 1
| Death = Daredevil Vol 2 5
| Quotation = Perhaps I shouldn’t worry about [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Matt]] so much, and yet... He seems so helpless, making his way through life without the use of his eyes!
| Speaker = [[Karen Page (Earth-616)|Karen Page]]
| QuoteSource = Daredevil Annual Vol 1 1
| History =
===Early Life===
Karen Page was born and raised in [[Fagan Corners]], [[Vermont (State)|Vermont]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 56}} As a little girl in grade school, Karen gained notoriety for competing in spelling bees. In high school her bright streak continued, earning all A’s, becoming a cheerleader, and eventually captaining her cheer squad in her senior year. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Vermont with a GPA of 3.8.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 38}} Following her graduation she looked for work in [[New York City]]. Although it was assured Karen would inherit her family’s wealth, she sought work to make a name and living for herself.{{Citation}}
===Nelson and Murdock Attorneys at Law===
Karen was hired to work as a secretary for [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Matt Murdock]] (secretly Daredevil) and [[Franklin Nelson (Earth-616)|Foggy Nelson]] when they opened their law firm together. She was at first concerned about Matt being a blind man in the big city.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 1}} She originally met the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]] when they discovered they were going to need an attorney in order to settle some legal issues. The Fantastic Four sent the [[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing]] to Nelson and Murdock’s law office to hire them to handle those issues.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 2}} Page was kidnapped quite often during Daredevil’s battles, first by the [[Leland Owlsley (Earth-616)|Owl]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 3}} and again by the [[Zebediah Killgrave (Earth-616)|Purple Man]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 4}} Falling in love with Murdock, she became Matt’s long-time love interest.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 5}} She looked after Foggy in hospital when he was injured by the [[Enforcers (Earth-616)|Enforcers]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 6}} She was present when [[Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)|Namor, the Sub-Mariner]] came to the office looking for help.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 7}}
[[File:Matthew Murdock (Earth-616) and Karen Page from Daredevil Yellow Vol 1 4.jpg|180px|thumb|left|With Matt]]
Even though she kept her love for Murdock a secret, she often looked for ways to cure his blindness. She told him about [[Doctor Van Eyck|Dr. Van Eyck]], a doctor from Boston who might be able to restore Matt’s lost eyesight that had recently moved to the country of [[Lichtenbad]]. Matt refused, which angered her and she called him a coward.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 8}} Coincidentally on that day, Matt met Foggy’s old friend who was the Duke of Lichtenbad, [[Klaus Kruger (Earth-616)|Klaus Kruger]]. When asked about the doctor, Klaus verified Karen’s claims, but Matt could sense that Klaus was lying about something, and he asked to go along on the trip back to Lichtenbad. During Matt’s trip to Lichtenbad, the doctor Karen recommended ended up sacrificing himself to save the country’s people, so Matt was unable to receive the surgery. Karen received a memo from Matt explaining that the surgery wasn’t done, leaving Foggy (who also had a crush on Karen) to jealously assume that Matt backed out at the last moment, and that Karen would continue to pay more attention to Matt because of his blindness.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 9}}
Karen helped Foggy in his campaign to become the next District Attorney of New York City.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 10}} With Foggy assigned the D.A. job, Matt decided that he needed to get away from Karen and Foggy to reconcile his feelings and forget how he felt about Karen. So he closed Nelson and Murdock and commenced traveling abroad.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 11}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 12}} Page was worried about Murdock, so she visited Foggy at the D.A.’s office to find out if he had heard anything. While there, they received a call saying Matt had been lost at sea.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 13}} However, Karen and Foggy later received a letter from Matt informing them that he was indeed alive, and asking them for help in proving [[Kevin Plunder (Earth-616)|Ka-Zar]]’s innocence. The two then planned to book a flight to England to meet him, and while there participated in a court trial against Ka-Zar.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 14}}
After returning to New York, Karen was kidnapped by a man who had switched bodies with [[Karl Stragg (Earth-616)|Ox]] when she recognized him going on a rampage through the city, but after being brought back to his lab she quickly escaped with the help of the original [[Raymond Bloch (Earth-616)|Ox]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 15}}
===Masked Marauder===
[[File:Karen Page (Earth-616) from Daredevil Vol 1 25 001.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Karen Page suspicious]]
Shortly after, she, along with Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock, was kidnapped by the [[Frank Farnum (Earth-616)|Masked Marauder]] and the [[Wilbur Day (Earth-616)|Stilt-Man]]. While aboard the Masked Marauder’s helicopter, believing Matt was falling to his death, she attacked the super-villain. Once it was revealed that he was in fact the landlord of the law firm that she worked for (Nelson and Murdock) he asked her to remove his mask. Daredevil then clipped the Marauder and he apparently fell to his death via his own device.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 27}}
===Mike Murdock===
During this time, Matt had pretended to have a twin brother, Mike, who was really Daredevil. Karen felt attracted to ”both” Matt and Mike, but she finally decided she had real feelings for Matt - just before Matt faked Mike’s death.
===Relationship With Matt===
When Foggy started a romantic relationship with [[Deborah Harris (Earth-616)|Deborah Harris]] but Matt failed to pursue one with Karen even though she had already expressed her feelings, she decided to leave her job. Matt pretended not to be interested in her so she would have a less difficult time.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 43}} Unable to keep apart from each other, however, they kept contact, with Karen working as secretary to then-D.A. Nelson while Matt remained at the firm.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 56}}
Finally, at the funeral of Karen’s father - who had become the supervillain [[Paxton Page (Earth-616)|Death’s Head]] - Matt revealed to her his secret identity as Daredevil{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 57}} and agreed to leave superheroics to marry Page - however, while working with Foggy against [[Crime-Wave (Hollis) (Earth-616)|organized crime]], Matt had to don his mask, to Karen’s chagrin.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 58}}
===Actress Career, L.A.===
Karen left her job and began pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles, starting with two appearances in TV show ’’Strange Secrets’’, and insisting that she did not want to continue a romantic relationship with Daredevil.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 65}} While she insisted she would not have a relationship with a superhero, she would have romanced Matt if he gave up his secret identity.
Karen still harbored feelings for Matt (and vice versa). When Karen flew from Los Angeles to New York for the premiere of her first movie, ’’A Tender Affair’’, she phoned Matt - but a female guest at his home picked up the phone, leading to Karen wrongly believing that Matt had found a new romantic interest.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 78}} Still in love with Matt, she found solace in the arms of her agent Phil Hichock, who had secretly harbored feelings towards her, while Daredevil met superheroine [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Black Widow]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 81}} However, just after Phil proposed to Karen, she simply returned to Matt,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 85}} to become his fiancée. Karen immediately broke the commitment after fearing again for Daredevil’s life, and gallantly relinquished her romance to the Black Widow.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 86}}
[[file:Jonathon Blaze (Earth-616) and Karen Page (Earth-616) from Ghost Rider Vol 2 13 001.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Embracing Johnny Blaze.]]
In L.A. she met [[Johnathon Blaze (Earth-616)|Johnny Blaze]].{{r|Ghost Rider Vol 2 13}} She was kidnapped by a new [[Phillip Sterling (Earth-616)|Death’s Head]] who was looking for her father’s research,{{r|Ghost Rider Vol 2 19}} but was saved by Daredevil and the Ghost Rider.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 138}}{{r|Ghost Rider Vol 2 20}}
While trying to get contacts for her career, Karen met some shady characters who offered to help, but she distrusted their motives. Trying to clear her head, she visited a road bar, ’’Ghost of a Chance’’, where she (along with other customers) witnessed how crime lord [[Wilson Fisk (Earth-616)|Wilson Fisk]] disposed of his disloyal agent [[Victor Krueller (Earth-616)|Vic ”Kruel” Krueller]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 340}} Page and the other witnesses were tortured and drugged to forget what they had seen.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 342}} Krueller however survived, badly burned, partly amnesiac and eager to get revenge on the people who couldn’t help him.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 338}}
Siding with the shady contacts, she made some pornographic movies while hooked on heroin,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 227}} working with a number of producers including Jim and Artie O’Farell.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 327}} One of Karen’s movies was titled ”A Tail of Two Cities”,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 339}} with another one’s title starting with ”The Devil in Ms. Pa”.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 13}} Page eventually sold out Daredevil’s secret identity. This information reached Wilson Fisk, also known as the [[Wilson Fisk (Earth-616)|Kingpin]]. Fisk used this information to destroy Matt Murdock’s life in a number of ways, while murdering anyone else having that information. Karen escaped from the murderers{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 227}} and, by associating with drug dealer [[Paulo Scorcese (Earth-616)|Paulo Scorcese]], bought her way back to New York City in exchange for favors in an attempt to reunite with Matt. As Matt had disappeared by then, Karen looked for Foggy’s help{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 230}} but, when Paulo followed her to Foggy’s place, she knocked Foggy down to prevent Paulo from hurting him and tried to hand herself over to Paulo. Matt, having survived his ordeal, defeated Paulo and,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 230}} despite Karen’s betrayal, took Karen back and they started to build a life together in [[Hell’s Kitchen]] - albeit Matt had lost his right to work as an attorney.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 233}}
[[File:Karen Page (Earth-616) from Daredevil Vol 1 227 001.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Karen’s lowest point]]
===Recovered===
Karen cured herself of drug addiction soon with Matt’s support, inspiring Matt to rebuild, with Karen looking again for secretarial job.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 237}} Karen then arranged a legal help clinic in Hell’s Kitchen where Matt could work giving legal advice pro bono without technically working as a lawyer; Karen herself worked at the clinic’s hotline helping drug addicts and suicide cases.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 248}} Since that moment, Karen tested herself periodically for STDs; she eventually stopped worrying but kept the medical routine.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 3}}
Matt was seduced by villain [[Mary Walker (Earth-616)|Typhoid Mary]], who was under Kingpin’s order to break Daredevil’s heart. While Matt started a romance with Mary, he failed to share this information with Karen, even while he was accepting Karen’s help to track criminals.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 260}} As Mary’s plot made Daredevil go MIA, Karen first recruited [[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|the Human Torch]] to look for him,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 261}} then the Black Widow and the police - just during the [[Inferno (Event)|Inferno Event]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 262}} When Daredevil was found, Karen was led to believe that he had had a much deeper romance with Mary; Karen then left Matt, while the police closed down the clinic.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 263}} Matt then left the city for a while.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 267}}
In Matt’s absence, Karen started working as an anti-pornography activist{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 295}} for NPO ’’Smut Busters’’.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 330}} When he returned and tried to explain the situation and continue their relationship, she was reluctant at first{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 294}} but finally decided to give him a chance.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 296}} While recovering his lawyer license, Daredevil managed to oust Kingpin, creating a power vacuum that other criminals tried to fill in. Page visited Matt at his just-opened office just to congratulate him on the success and to insist that it was better than still having the Kingpin - and to kiss him once again.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 302}} They started dating again while insisting, half-jokingly, they were not on dates or in a romantic relationship.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 312}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 316}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 318}} Just when they had re-started their romance - and after Karen got the best part of a comparison with Matt’s previous flame [[Elektra Natchios (Earth-616)|Elektra]] - Matt pretended to be dead, to Karen’s grief.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 325}} So big was her pain that, when the O’Farells tried to hire her again for a new computer-related project,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 327}} she briefly considered their offer{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 330}} - until she saw indications that they may have been involved in illegal activities.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 331}}
While Karen was looking for an angle to solve this mystery (and failed to recruit Foggy Nelson in the process), Kruel came back looking for revenge on Karen and the other witnesses.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 339}} Kruel died accidentally in an encounter with Kingpin, Daredevil and Foggy Nelson, without ever meeting Karen again. She was busy hiring a P.I., and finally choosing cyborg [[Jonathan Garrett (Earth-616)|John Garrett]], ex-agent of [[Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]], who proved to be a good shot against the cockroaches in her apartment.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 342}}
Matt’s psyche suffered during this time, leading to an identity crisis where he donned different Daredevil customs and believed to be different people.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 347}} During this time, Karen saw ”several” Daredevils and, hoping for Matt’s return,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 345}} tried to recruit Foggy in this quest. Daredevil, claiming to be ”the original Daredevil”, interrupted Karen’s encounter with Foggy and, to convince Karen, he kissed her.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 346}} He later visited Karen in her home and claimed to not be Matt before leaving. Disbelieving the claim, Karen recruited Foggy and went to Matt’s home to find Matt, in shock and partially dressed as Daredevil.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 347}} Karen did her best to help him; Foggy, initially aghast because his friends had kept such a secret from him, finally decided to help them.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 348}} Matt recovered and Karen agreed to rekindle their romance only after he thoroughly trusted everything on her, confessing his reasons to pretend to be dead. She accepted him,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 349}} and they returned to a situation quite similar to their previous one.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 350|351}}<ref>Karen’s previous quest against the illegal pornographers and her alliance with Garrett ({{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 327}} to {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 342}}) became a forgotten plot, never to be continued.</ref>
===Radio Host===
With Matt working at [[Rosalind Sharpe (Earth-616)|a prestigious lawyer]]’s office, Karen found a new job as a radio talk show host and DJ at Wilson Fisk’s WFSK, under the alias ”Paige Angel”, but she actively kept this job a secret from Matt{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 356}} and her other friends{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 355}} - Karen knew rumors suggesting that WFSK had mob connections and was involved in money laundering.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}} Matt was suspicious, but then Karen discovered that Matt had been looking for his ex-girlfriend the Black Widow (one of the few [[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]] to have survived the attack of [[Onslaught (Earth-616)|Onslaught]], thus a friend Matt wanted to support) and, as Matt had failed to tell Karen, she was justifiably angry at him. They discussed and, when Matt mentioned Karen keeping her job a secret, she burst out.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 357}} Accidentally discovering Karen’s job, Matt phoned her at her job as an anonymous caller and, on the air and without revealing his identity to the audience, Matt reassured Karen, being supportive of her job as she was doing something good although there were rumors of criminal activities linked to WFSK.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}}
Indeed, WFSK was corrupt and Karen’s midnight show had been part of an evil plan where WFSK boss, the villain [[Insomnia (Earth-616)|Insomnia]], included low frequencies to prevent people from sleeping. Insomnia, working for [[Lawrence Cranston (Earth-616)|Mister Fear]], kidnapped Karen in an attempt to make her reveal secret information about Daredevil. Karen refused to cooperate and was saved by Daredevil, but Insomnia escaped with [[Daredevil’s Billy Club]], a hint that revealed Matt’s secret identity to Mister Fear.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 364}} Karen kept her job thanks to [[Rosalind Sharpe (Earth-616)|Rosalind Sharpe]], Matt’s new job partner, who became an unexpected friend of hers.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 371}}
===Trial of Karen Page===
Mr. Fear manipulated the events so that Karen was charged with the murder of a psycho policeman who was stalking her. Matt became her lawyer, which was Fear’s goal, intending to make Matt lose faith in both his lover and the law system. While in jail, Karen was protected from brutal policemen by a disguised Black Widow, as a secret favor to Matt. Matt proved Karen’s innocence, but even then, Fear had a jury member in his pocket - however, the Kingpin discovered this and ensured this person left for medical reasons. Kingpin disliked Fear’s audacity and wanted Matt to be in his debt. In short, Karen was found not guilty, but Fear was still free.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 375}}
===Death===
Karen was offered a daytime radio program in Los Angeles. She decided to accept, separating from Matt mostly to learn to forgive herself.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 1}} Six months later, Karen was diagnosed as HIV-positive.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 2}} This was part of an evil scheme where supervillain [[Quentin Beck (Earth-616)|Mysterio]], attempting to defeat Daredevil (and knowing all of his secrets), manipulated Daredevil’s friends to drive him mad. Indeed, Mysterio impersonated the doctor and did not even know whether Karen was really HIV-positive or not.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 7}} Karen then returned to Matt’s New York home.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 2}}
Once Karen was alone at home, she was visited by Mysterio,{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 7}} who was under the alias Nicholas Macabes.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 2}} Mysterio told Karen that Matt was trying to protect a baby that brought bad luck to nearby people, and that baby was responsible of Karen’s and several other people’s plights.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 3}} Karen went to the [[Clinton Mission Shelter]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 6}} to meet with Matt and asked him to let her care for the baby. As Matt had not talked to Karen about the baby, he identified her as being compromised and recriminated her for not accepting responsibility of her own acts.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 4}} Karen left the church and, after thinking about it, she decided to return there and help Matt in any way he saw fit.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 5}}
Meanwhile, Mysterio had hired assassin [[Bullseye (Earth-616)|Bullseye]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 4}} and sent him to the Shelter for the baby, with additional orders to massacre anyone there except Daredevil. He did kill nuns and witnesses,{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 5}} with a body count of 11,{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 6}} but failed to find the baby and started battering Daredevil. Karen arrived at that point and tried to help: She asked [[Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)|Sister Maggie]] to take the baby out while she used a figure of the Holy Child to attract Bullseye’s attention, pretending to deliver the baby in exchange for Daredevil’s life. Bullseye was initially tricked but, when he saw the trick, he hit Karen. Karen grabbed Bullseye’s gun and threatened to kill him, but Bullseye was not scared because he knew his gun was not loaded. Finally, when leaving with the baby, Bullseye took [[Daredevil’s Billy Club]] and threw it at Daredevil as a killing weapon, but Karen intercepted it with her body, dying in his place{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 5}} Soon afterward, Daredevil defeated Mysterio, who took his own life.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 7}}
[[File:Karen Page and Matthew Murdock (Earth-616) from Daredevil Vol 2 5 0001.jpg|thumb|left|Daredevil holding Karen’s corpse]]
Karen’s funeral was attended by several friends including [[Elizabeth Allan (Earth-616)|Liz Allan]], [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]], [[Rebecca Blake (Earth-616)|Becky Blake]], [[Stan Lee (Earth-616)|Stan Lee]], the Black Widow, the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]], the [[Fatboys (Earth-616)|Fatboys]], [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Mr.]] and [[Mary Jane Watson (Earth-616)|Mrs. Peter Parker]], [[Kevin Smith (Earth-616)|Kevin Smith]], and many others. Foggy Nelson could not attend because he was in prison at that point. Matt was so aghast that he could not even give Karen’s panegyric; he was later encouraged by Spider-Man, who reminded him of the baby he had saved - a baby that was given up for adoption and that Matt chose to call Karen.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 8}}
Karen’s insurance policy from WFSK allowed Matt to rebuild the Nelson and Murdock Law Office.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 8}}
| Powers =
| Abilities = * Reasonably skilled legal assistant, actress and radio show host.{{citation}}
* Karen Page had knowledge of the Braille writing system, which is used by blind people. She used to prepare copies of office files in Braille for [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Matthew Murdock]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 25}}
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| Notes = * The Krueller saga ({{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 338}}-{{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 342|342}}, the only Marvel comics written by {{WP|Alan Smithee|”Alan Smithee”}}, which is a traditional pseudonym for authors) presents an important timeline inconsistency affecting Karen and other characters. In that story, Krueller had been attacked by a young Kingpin, who was not yet the ruler of crime, and several people witnessed the event including Foggy Nelson, a law student; Karen Page, a struggling actress; and [[Glorianna O’Breen (Earth-616)|Glorianna O’Breen]], who had just migrated to the US. However: Karen started pursuing a career as an actress in {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 65}} (1970). She had been working for Foggy Nelson’s firm since {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 1}} (1964), where Foggy was already a lawyer - so at no moment Foggy was a law student and Karen a struggling actress at the same time. Besides, Glorianna O’Breen went to the US in {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 205}} (1984); by then Kingpin was already a very established mob boss (not an up-and-comer) who had clashed with Daredevil since {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 170}} (1981) - and had been seen as a lord of crime since {{cl|Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 50}} (1967).
| Trivia = * Karen believed that [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]] was trustworthy. When she read a letter from Spidey, which claimed that Matthew Murdock was Daredevil, Karen believed that the hero was telling the truth.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 24}}
* Karen was a smoker.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 227}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 3}}
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{{Marvel Database:Character Template
| Image = Karen Page (Earth-616) from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 8 0001.png
| Name = Karen Page
| NameRef = {{r|Daredevil Vol 1 1}}
| CurrentAlias =
| Aliases = [[Paige Angel]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}}
| Affiliation = Formerly {{m|Nelson and Murdock}}
| Parents = * [[Paxton Page (Earth-616)|Dr. Paxton Page (Death’s Head)]] (father, deceased)
* [[Penelope Page (Earth-616)|Penelope Page]] (mother)
| Relatives =
| MaritalStatus = Single
| CharRef = {{cl|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Daredevil 2004 Vol 1 1}}
| Gender = Female
| Height = 5’7”
| Weight = 125 lbs
| Eyes = Blue
| Hair = Blond
| UnusualFeatures =
| Origin = [[Humans (Homo sapiens)|Human]]
| Reality = Earth-616
| PlaceOfBirth = [[Fagan Corners]], [[Vermont (State)|Vermont]]
| PlaceOfDeath = [[Clinton Mission Shelter]], [[Hell’s Kitchen]], [[New York City]], [[New York (State)|New York]]
| CauseOfDeath = Pierced by [[Daredevil’s Billy Club|Daredevil’s billy club]] when thrown by [[Bullseye (Lester) (Earth-616)|Bullseye]]
| KilledBy = Bullseye (Lester) (Earth-616)
| Identity = No Dual
| Citizenship = American
| Occupation = Radio talk show host,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}} former legal secretary, actress, prostitute, crisis/legal counselor, activist
| Education = College degree
| BaseOfOperations = [[Nelson and Murdock Law Office]], [[Hell’s Kitchen]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (State)|New York]]
| Creators = Karen Page (Earth-616) Stan Lee; Bill Everett
| First = Daredevil Vol 1 1
| Death = Daredevil Vol 2 5
| Quotation = Perhaps I shouldn’t worry about [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Matt]] so much, and yet... He seems so helpless, making his way through life without the use of his eyes!
| Speaker = [[Karen Page (Earth-616)|Karen Page]]
| QuoteSource = Daredevil Annual Vol 1 1
| History =
===Early Life===
Karen Page was born and raised in [[Fagan Corners]], [[Vermont (State)|Vermont]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 56}} As a little girl in grade school, Karen gained notoriety for competing in spelling bees. In high school her bright streak continued, earning all A’s, becoming a cheerleader, and eventually captaining her cheer squad in her senior year. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Vermont with a GPA of 3.8.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 38}} Following her graduation she looked for work in [[New York City]]. Although it was assured Karen would inherit her family’s wealth, she sought work to make a name and living for herself.{{Citation}}
===Nelson and Murdock Attorneys at Law===
Karen was hired to work as a secretary for [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Matt Murdock]] (secretly Daredevil) and [[Franklin Nelson (Earth-616)|Foggy Nelson]] when they opened their law firm together. She was at first concerned about Matt being a blind man in the big city.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 1}} She originally met the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]] when they discovered they were going to need an attorney in order to settle some legal issues. The Fantastic Four sent the [[Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)|Thing]] to Nelson and Murdock’s law office to hire them to handle those issues.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 2}} Page was kidnapped quite often during Daredevil’s battles, first by the [[Leland Owlsley (Earth-616)|Owl]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 3}} and again by the [[Zebediah Killgrave (Earth-616)|Purple Man]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 4}} Falling in love with Murdock, she became Matt’s long-time love interest.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 5}} She looked after Foggy in hospital when he was injured by the [[Enforcers (Earth-616)|Enforcers]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 6}} She was present when [[Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)|Namor, the Sub-Mariner]] came to the office looking for help.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 7}}
[[File:Matthew Murdock (Earth-616) and Karen Page from Daredevil Yellow Vol 1 4.jpg|180px|thumb|left|With Matt]]
Even though she kept her love for Murdock a secret, she often looked for ways to cure his blindness. She told him about [[Doctor Van Eyck|Dr. Van Eyck]], a doctor from Boston who might be able to restore Matt’s lost eyesight that had recently moved to the country of [[Lichtenbad]]. Matt refused, which angered her and she called him a coward.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 8}} Coincidentally on that day, Matt met Foggy’s old friend who was the Duke of Lichtenbad, [[Klaus Kruger (Earth-616)|Klaus Kruger]]. When asked about the doctor, Klaus verified Karen’s claims, but Matt could sense that Klaus was lying about something, and he asked to go along on the trip back to Lichtenbad. During Matt’s trip to Lichtenbad, the doctor Karen recommended ended up sacrificing himself to save the country’s people, so Matt was unable to receive the surgery. Karen received a memo from Matt explaining that the surgery wasn’t done, leaving Foggy (who also had a crush on Karen) to jealously assume that Matt backed out at the last moment, and that Karen would continue to pay more attention to Matt because of his blindness.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 9}}
Karen helped Foggy in his campaign to become the next District Attorney of New York City.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 10}} With Foggy assigned the D.A. job, Matt decided that he needed to get away from Karen and Foggy to reconcile his feelings and forget how he felt about Karen. So he closed Nelson and Murdock and commenced traveling abroad.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 11}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 12}} Page was worried about Murdock, so she visited Foggy at the D.A.’s office to find out if he had heard anything. While there, they received a call saying Matt had been lost at sea.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 13}} However, Karen and Foggy later received a letter from Matt informing them that he was indeed alive, and asking them for help in proving [[Kevin Plunder (Earth-616)|Ka-Zar]]’s innocence. The two then planned to book a flight to England to meet him, and while there participated in a court trial against Ka-Zar.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 14}}
After returning to New York, Karen was kidnapped by a man who had switched bodies with [[Karl Stragg (Earth-616)|Ox]] when she recognized him going on a rampage through the city, but after being brought back to his lab she quickly escaped with the help of the original [[Raymond Bloch (Earth-616)|Ox]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 15}}
===Masked Marauder===
[[File:Karen Page (Earth-616) from Daredevil Vol 1 25 001.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Karen Page suspicious]]
Shortly after, she, along with Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock, was kidnapped by the [[Frank Farnum (Earth-616)|Masked Marauder]] and the [[Wilbur Day (Earth-616)|Stilt-Man]]. While aboard the Masked Marauder’s helicopter, believing Matt was falling to his death, she attacked the super-villain. Once it was revealed that he was in fact the landlord of the law firm that she worked for (Nelson and Murdock) he asked her to remove his mask. Daredevil then clipped the Marauder and he apparently fell to his death via his own device.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 27}}
===Mike Murdock===
During this time, Matt had pretended to have a twin brother, Mike, who was really Daredevil. Karen felt attracted to ”both” Matt and Mike, but she finally decided she had real feelings for Matt - just before Matt faked Mike’s death.
===Relationship With Matt===
When Foggy started a romantic relationship with [[Deborah Harris (Earth-616)|Deborah Harris]] but Matt failed to pursue one with Karen even though she had already expressed her feelings, she decided to leave her job. Matt pretended not to be interested in her so she would have a less difficult time.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 43}} Unable to keep apart from each other, however, they kept contact, with Karen working as secretary to then-D.A. Nelson while Matt remained at the firm.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 56}}
Finally, at the funeral of Karen’s father - who had become the supervillain [[Paxton Page (Earth-616)|Death’s Head]] - Matt revealed to her his secret identity as Daredevil{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 57}} and agreed to leave superheroics to marry Page - however, while working with Foggy against [[Crime-Wave (Hollis) (Earth-616)|organized crime]], Matt had to don his mask, to Karen’s chagrin.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 58}}
===Actress Career, L.A.===
Karen left her job and began pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles, starting with two appearances in TV show ’’Strange Secrets’’, and insisting that she did not want to continue a romantic relationship with Daredevil.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 65}} While she insisted she would not have a relationship with a superhero, she would have romanced Matt if he gave up his secret identity.
Karen still harbored feelings for Matt (and vice versa). When Karen flew from Los Angeles to New York for the premiere of her first movie, ’’A Tender Affair’’, she phoned Matt - but a female guest at his home picked up the phone, leading to Karen wrongly believing that Matt had found a new romantic interest.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 78}} Still in love with Matt, she found solace in the arms of her agent Phil Hichock, who had secretly harbored feelings towards her, while Daredevil met superheroine [[Natalia Romanova (Earth-616)|Black Widow]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 81}} However, just after Phil proposed to Karen, she simply returned to Matt,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 85}} to become his fiancée. Karen immediately broke the commitment after fearing again for Daredevil’s life, and gallantly relinquished her romance to the Black Widow.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 86}}
[[file:Jonathon Blaze (Earth-616) and Karen Page (Earth-616) from Ghost Rider Vol 2 13 001.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Embracing Johnny Blaze.]]
In L.A. she met [[Johnathon Blaze (Earth-616)|Johnny Blaze]].{{r|Ghost Rider Vol 2 13}} She was kidnapped by a new [[Phillip Sterling (Earth-616)|Death’s Head]] who was looking for her father’s research,{{r|Ghost Rider Vol 2 19}} but was saved by Daredevil and the Ghost Rider.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 138}}{{r|Ghost Rider Vol 2 20}}
While trying to get contacts for her career, Karen met some shady characters who offered to help, but she distrusted their motives. Trying to clear her head, she visited a road bar, ’’Ghost of a Chance’’, where she (along with other customers) witnessed how crime lord [[Wilson Fisk (Earth-616)|Wilson Fisk]] disposed of his disloyal agent [[Victor Krueller (Earth-616)|Vic ”Kruel” Krueller]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 340}} Page and the other witnesses were tortured and drugged to forget what they had seen.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 342}} Krueller however survived, badly burned, partly amnesiac and eager to get revenge on the people who couldn’t help him.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 338}}
Siding with the shady contacts, she made some pornographic movies while hooked on heroin,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 227}} working with a number of producers including Jim and Artie O’Farell.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 327}} One of Karen’s movies was titled ”A Tail of Two Cities”,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 339}} with another one’s title starting with ”The Devil in Ms. Pa”.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 13}} Page eventually sold out Daredevil’s secret identity. This information reached Wilson Fisk, also known as the [[Wilson Fisk (Earth-616)|Kingpin]]. Fisk used this information to destroy Matt Murdock’s life in a number of ways, while murdering anyone else having that information. Karen escaped from the murderers{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 227}} and, by associating with drug dealer [[Paulo Scorcese (Earth-616)|Paulo Scorcese]], bought her way back to New York City in exchange for favors in an attempt to reunite with Matt. As Matt had disappeared by then, Karen looked for Foggy’s help{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 230}} but, when Paulo followed her to Foggy’s place, she knocked Foggy down to prevent Paulo from hurting him and tried to hand herself over to Paulo. Matt, having survived his ordeal, defeated Paulo and,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 230}} despite Karen’s betrayal, took Karen back and they started to build a life together in [[Hell’s Kitchen]] - albeit Matt had lost his right to work as an attorney.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 233}}
[[File:Karen Page (Earth-616) from Daredevil Vol 1 227 001.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Karen’s lowest point]]
===Recovered===
Karen cured herself of drug addiction soon with Matt’s support, inspiring Matt to rebuild, with Karen looking again for secretarial job.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 237}} Karen then arranged a legal help clinic in Hell’s Kitchen where Matt could work giving legal advice pro bono without technically working as a lawyer; Karen herself worked at the clinic’s hotline helping drug addicts and suicide cases.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 248}} Since that moment, Karen tested herself periodically for STDs; she eventually stopped worrying but kept the medical routine.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 3}}
Matt was seduced by villain [[Mary Walker (Earth-616)|Typhoid Mary]], who was under Kingpin’s order to break Daredevil’s heart. While Matt started a romance with Mary, he failed to share this information with Karen, even while he was accepting Karen’s help to track criminals.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 260}} As Mary’s plot made Daredevil go MIA, Karen first recruited [[Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)|the Human Torch]] to look for him,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 261}} then the Black Widow and the police - just during the [[Inferno (Event)|Inferno Event]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 262}} When Daredevil was found, Karen was led to believe that he had had a much deeper romance with Mary; Karen then left Matt, while the police closed down the clinic.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 263}} Matt then left the city for a while.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 267}}
In Matt’s absence, Karen started working as an anti-pornography activist{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 295}} for NPO ’’Smut Busters’’.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 330}} When he returned and tried to explain the situation and continue their relationship, she was reluctant at first{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 294}} but finally decided to give him a chance.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 296}} While recovering his lawyer license, Daredevil managed to oust Kingpin, creating a power vacuum that other criminals tried to fill in. Page visited Matt at his just-opened office just to congratulate him on the success and to insist that it was better than still having the Kingpin - and to kiss him once again.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 302}} They started dating again while insisting, half-jokingly, they were not on dates or in a romantic relationship.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 312}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 316}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 318}} Just when they had re-started their romance - and after Karen got the best part of a comparison with Matt’s previous flame [[Elektra Natchios (Earth-616)|Elektra]] - Matt pretended to be dead, to Karen’s grief.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 325}} So big was her pain that, when the O’Farells tried to hire her again for a new computer-related project,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 327}} she briefly considered their offer{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 330}} - until she saw indications that they may have been involved in illegal activities.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 331}}
While Karen was looking for an angle to solve this mystery (and failed to recruit Foggy Nelson in the process), Kruel came back looking for revenge on Karen and the other witnesses.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 339}} Kruel died accidentally in an encounter with Kingpin, Daredevil and Foggy Nelson, without ever meeting Karen again. She was busy hiring a P.I., and finally choosing cyborg [[Jonathan Garrett (Earth-616)|John Garrett]], ex-agent of [[Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (Earth-616)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]], who proved to be a good shot against the cockroaches in her apartment.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 342}}
Matt’s psyche suffered during this time, leading to an identity crisis where he donned different Daredevil customs and believed to be different people.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 347}} During this time, Karen saw ”several” Daredevils and, hoping for Matt’s return,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 345}} tried to recruit Foggy in this quest. Daredevil, claiming to be ”the original Daredevil”, interrupted Karen’s encounter with Foggy and, to convince Karen, he kissed her.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 346}} He later visited Karen in her home and claimed to not be Matt before leaving. Disbelieving the claim, Karen recruited Foggy and went to Matt’s home to find Matt, in shock and partially dressed as Daredevil.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 347}} Karen did her best to help him; Foggy, initially aghast because his friends had kept such a secret from him, finally decided to help them.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 348}} Matt recovered and Karen agreed to rekindle their romance only after he thoroughly trusted everything on her, confessing his reasons to pretend to be dead. She accepted him,{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 349}} and they returned to a situation quite similar to their previous one.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 350|351}}<ref>Karen’s previous quest against the illegal pornographers and her alliance with Garrett ({{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 327}} to {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 342}}) became a forgotten plot, never to be continued.</ref>
===Radio Host===
With Matt working at [[Rosalind Sharpe (Earth-616)|a prestigious lawyer]]’s office, Karen found a new job as a radio talk show host and DJ at Wilson Fisk’s WFSK, under the alias ”Paige Angel”, but she actively kept this job a secret from Matt{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 356}} and her other friends{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 355}} - Karen knew rumors suggesting that WFSK had mob connections and was involved in money laundering.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}} Matt was suspicious, but then Karen discovered that Matt had been looking for his ex-girlfriend the Black Widow (one of the few [[Avengers (Earth-616)|Avengers]] to have survived the attack of [[Onslaught (Earth-616)|Onslaught]], thus a friend Matt wanted to support) and, as Matt had failed to tell Karen, she was justifiably angry at him. They discussed and, when Matt mentioned Karen keeping her job a secret, she burst out.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 357}} Accidentally discovering Karen’s job, Matt phoned her at her job as an anonymous caller and, on the air and without revealing his identity to the audience, Matt reassured Karen, being supportive of her job as she was doing something good although there were rumors of criminal activities linked to WFSK.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 359}}
Indeed, WFSK was corrupt and Karen’s midnight show had been part of an evil plan where WFSK boss, the villain [[Insomnia (Earth-616)|Insomnia]], included low frequencies to prevent people from sleeping. Insomnia, working for [[Lawrence Cranston (Earth-616)|Mister Fear]], kidnapped Karen in an attempt to make her reveal secret information about Daredevil. Karen refused to cooperate and was saved by Daredevil, but Insomnia escaped with [[Daredevil’s Billy Club]], a hint that revealed Matt’s secret identity to Mister Fear.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 364}} Karen kept her job thanks to [[Rosalind Sharpe (Earth-616)|Rosalind Sharpe]], Matt’s new job partner, who became an unexpected friend of hers.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 371}}
===Trial of Karen Page===
Mr. Fear manipulated the events so that Karen was charged with the murder of a psycho policeman who was stalking her. Matt became her lawyer, which was Fear’s goal, intending to make Matt lose faith in both his lover and the law system. While in jail, Karen was protected from brutal policemen by a disguised Black Widow, as a secret favor to Matt. Matt proved Karen’s innocence, but even then, Fear had a jury member in his pocket - however, the Kingpin discovered this and ensured this person left for medical reasons. Kingpin disliked Fear’s audacity and wanted Matt to be in his debt. In short, Karen was found not guilty, but Fear was still free.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 375}}
===Death===
Karen was offered a daytime radio program in Los Angeles. She decided to accept, separating from Matt mostly to learn to forgive herself.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 1}} Six months later, Karen was diagnosed as HIV-positive.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 2}} This was part of an evil scheme where supervillain [[Quentin Beck (Earth-616)|Mysterio]], attempting to defeat Daredevil (and knowing all of his secrets), manipulated Daredevil’s friends to drive him mad. Indeed, Mysterio impersonated the doctor and did not even know whether Karen was really HIV-positive or not.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 7}} Karen then returned to Matt’s New York home.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 2}}
Once Karen was alone at home, she was visited by Mysterio,{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 7}} who was under the alias Nicholas Macabes.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 2}} Mysterio told Karen that Matt was trying to protect a baby that brought bad luck to nearby people, and that baby was responsible of Karen’s and several other people’s plights.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 3}} Karen went to the [[Clinton Mission Shelter]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 6}} to meet with Matt and asked him to let her care for the baby. As Matt had not talked to Karen about the baby, he identified her as being compromised and recriminated her for not accepting responsibility of her own acts.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 4}} Karen left the church and, after thinking about it, she decided to return there and help Matt in any way he saw fit.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 5}}
Meanwhile, Mysterio had hired assassin [[Bullseye (Earth-616)|Bullseye]]{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 4}} and sent him to the Shelter for the baby, with additional orders to massacre anyone there except Daredevil. He did kill nuns and witnesses,{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 5}} with a body count of 11,{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 6}} but failed to find the baby and started battering Daredevil. Karen arrived at that point and tried to help: She asked [[Margaret Murdock (Earth-616)|Sister Maggie]] to take the baby out while she used a figure of the Holy Child to attract Bullseye’s attention, pretending to deliver the baby in exchange for Daredevil’s life. Bullseye was initially tricked but, when he saw the trick, he hit Karen. Karen grabbed Bullseye’s gun and threatened to kill him, but Bullseye was not scared because he knew his gun was not loaded. Finally, when leaving with the baby, Bullseye took [[Daredevil’s Billy Club]] and threw it at Daredevil as a killing weapon, but Karen intercepted it with her body, dying in his place{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 5}} Soon afterward, Daredevil defeated Mysterio, who took his own life.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 7}}
[[File:Karen Page and Matthew Murdock (Earth-616) from Daredevil Vol 2 5 0001.jpg|thumb|left|Daredevil holding Karen’s corpse]]
Karen’s funeral was attended by several friends including [[Elizabeth Allan (Earth-616)|Liz Allan]], [[Steven Rogers (Earth-616)|Captain America]], [[Rebecca Blake (Earth-616)|Becky Blake]], [[Stan Lee (Earth-616)|Stan Lee]], the Black Widow, the [[Fantastic Four (Earth-616)|Fantastic Four]], the [[Fatboys (Earth-616)|Fatboys]], [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Mr.]] and [[Mary Jane Watson (Earth-616)|Mrs. Peter Parker]], [[Kevin Smith (Earth-616)|Kevin Smith]], and many others. Foggy Nelson could not attend because he was in prison at that point. Matt was so aghast that he could not even give Karen’s panegyric; he was later encouraged by Spider-Man, who reminded him of the baby he had saved - a baby that was given up for adoption and that Matt chose to call Karen.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 8}}
Karen’s insurance policy from WFSK allowed Matt to rebuild the Nelson and Murdock Law Office.{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 8}}
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* Karen Page had knowledge of the Braille writing system, which is used by blind people. She used to prepare copies of office files in Braille for [[Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)|Matthew Murdock]].{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 25}}
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| Notes = * The Krueller saga ({{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 338}}-{{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 342|342}}, the only Marvel comics written by {{WP|Alan Smithee|”Alan Smithee”}}, which is a traditional pseudonym for authors) presents an important timeline inconsistency affecting Karen and other characters. In that story, Krueller had been attacked by a young Kingpin, who was not yet the ruler of crime, and several people witnessed the event including Foggy Nelson, a law student; Karen Page, a struggling actress; and [[Glorianna O’Breen (Earth-616)|Glorianna O’Breen]], who had just migrated to the US. However: Karen started pursuing a career as an actress in {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 65}} (1970). She had been working for Foggy Nelson’s firm since {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 1}} (1964), where Foggy was already a lawyer - so at no moment Foggy was a law student and Karen a struggling actress at the same time. Besides, Glorianna O’Breen went to the US in {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 205}} (1984); by then Kingpin was already a very established mob boss (not an up-and-comer) who had clashed with Daredevil since {{cl|Daredevil Vol 1 170}} (1981) - and had been seen as a lord of crime since {{cl|Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 50}} (1967).
| Trivia = * Karen believed that [[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]] was trustworthy. When she read a letter from Spidey, which claimed that Matthew Murdock was Daredevil, Karen believed that the hero was telling the truth.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 24}}
* Karen was a smoker.{{r|Daredevil Vol 1 227}}{{r|Daredevil Vol 2 3}}
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Karen Page (Earth-616) Creators Stan Lee & Bill Everett 1st App. Daredevil Vol 1 1 | Death Daredevil Vol 2 5 https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Karen_Page_(Earth-616)
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Writer:
Roy Thomas
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Artist:
Gene Colan
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Inker:
Syd Shores
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Gene Colan
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Letterer:
Artie Simek
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Stan Lee
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