| Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra | |
|---|---|
 Cover toUltimate Daredevil & Elektra #1. Art bySalvador Larroca. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Publication date | Oct.2002–Feb.2003 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Matt Murdock Elektra Natchios Phoebe McAllister Melissa Beckerman Trey Langstrom |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Greg Rucka |
| Artist | Salvador Larroca |
| Collected editions | |
| Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra | ISBN 978-0-7851-1076-7 |
Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra is a four-issuecomic bookmini-series published byMarvel Comics written byGreg Rucka with art bySalvador Larroca. Marvel charactersDaredevil andElektra are introduced to theUltimate universe in the series in October 2002. A sequel to the series calledUltimate Elektra was released in August 2004.
In this story, Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios are both students inColumbia University, where they meet and start dating. Murdock isblind and studyinglaw. During the course of the story, Elektra and her roommates are harassed by a rich boy, Trey Langstrom, until Elektra, a martial artist fights back. In response, Langstrom and a group of thugs destroys Elektra's father's business. Murdock, also a martial artist and possessor of enhancedsenses (which compensate for his blindness), forces the thugs to confess, but couldn't stop Elektra from seriously wounding Langstrom. While Matt reveals his identity to Elektra, she forces him to choose between their love and his sense of duty. He chooses the second and they apparently part ways.
The first issue Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra was ranked 13 with pre-order sales of 77,050.[1] Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra #2 was ranked 13 in the top 300 comics for the December 2002 period with pre-order sales of 67,761 while issue 3 was ranked 14 with pre-order sales of 66,360.[2] The final issue was ranked 12 in the January 2003 period with pre-order sales of 66,107.[3]
The series has been collected into atrade paperback:
