Comments on: Matt’s love life by the numbers

By: Mia

Mia — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:52:31 +0000

I’ve always regarded Murdock as a “player”. Not promiscuous, but definitely a player. His love life is certainly much more active and he had more sexual partners than most superheroes. I’m positive I’ve read more one comic book where it shows him having one night stands. Of course, writers are not going to show him having different sexual partners all the time, but I think it shows he is not morally above that, just like Ann Nocenti showed him not above cheating. He is not like Starfox, that’s for sure, but caracters like those are not taken seriously and are shown as immature. As far as I know, most DD readers regard him as a player and there is nothing wrong with that.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Ah! I guess you haven't seen this post, just brewing with sexual innuendo. Seriously, though, I've read Matt/Foggy fan fiction, and it was painful (I'm all for gay rights, but slash is just not my cup of tea). They are more like brothers.

By: Matt Ampersand

Matt Ampersand — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:48:00 +0000

And by “Foggie”, I mean “Foggy”. I almost lost what little DD cred I had left right there.

By: Matt Ampersand

Matt Ampersand — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:47:00 +0000

I really enjoyed this article, ran into it from today’s post.

BUT WHAT ABOUT FOGGIE, HUH?! They have been “partners” for quite some time, they usually stay late at night in the office together, and spent their wild college years together.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Yes, I guess it sort of did. LOL Oh well, at least he hasn’t touched Becky yet. And I don’t think he’s touched Josie over at Josie’s bar either (though considering she might be the mother of his yet-to-be-revealed missing half-brother that’s probably good).

By: Francesco

Francesco — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:39:00 +0000

12. Dakota North
Will something happen between these two? Some say “yes.” So far, they are co-workers and friends and Matt hasn’t slept with her yet. Until he does, she’s proof that Matt does not, in fact, sleep with every woman who comes in the room.

Uh-oh, this one backfired…

By: JP Nguyen

JP Nguyen — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:07:00 +0000

I re-read some old issues of Captain America today and I realized Cap almost had as many GF than DD !
http://snarkfree.blogspot.com/2006/07/top-five-captain-america-girlfriends.html
Adding “honorable mentions” Rebecca Quan (from the Robert Morales run)and Connie Ferrari (the Jurgens run ?) to the Top Five, that makes seven ! And I think he also had an affair with the Scarlet Witch…

By: JP Nguyen

JP Nguyen — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:10:00 +0000

The playing to the camera girl was named Kate Vinokur.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:28:00 +0000

Wow, I’m really sleepy apparently. That should be “…if he actually had been…” and lawyer, not “layer.” Too bad you can’t edit comments.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:18:00 +0000

Hmm, yes. The italics simply means that they were a female character of some significance that Matt didn’t sleep with but probably would have if actually had been the male version of a nymphomaniac. So yes, both Candace Nelson and Lily Lucca should probably be added. I’ll wait until someone comes up with yet another one (what was the name of that female layer in Playing to the Camera?) and then update the post so they are all included.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:15:00 +0000

Hmm, does the italic formatting mean that there was attraction but she didn’t have sex with Matt or simply that is an example of a female character who crossed paths with Matt but didn’t end up in any relationship?
Because if it’s the latter, other characters could be added, such as Lily Lucca.

By: markc

markc — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Candace Nelson could be on the list (not in bold). I seem to remember her a Matt going out a time or two during the later Steve Gerber stories.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:00 +0000

For me, it is not a matter of quantity what makes a character a player/womanizer, but of quality. In almost every relation he’s been in, Matt has always been serious about it.
This is why I don’t think he fits the definition of “player”.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:43:00 +0000

Admittedly, I’ve known people who were far more promiscuous than Matt and in a shorter span of time! Matt’s “score” is quite nun-like, in comparison, and (with the exception of Typhoid Mary), whenever he’s been with a relationship with a woman, that woman has been the only one (for the while).

Then there’s the question whwther we consider Matt’s sleeping with a customer (in “Elektra lives again”) or openly flirting with one (as in “daredevil: father”) as canon… Though personally, the first one would fit in Matt’s erractic state of mind after the trauma of Elektra’s death. The second one is by Joe Quesada, so I think no further comment will be required… Well, yes: sometime in teh future people will read the books he has scripted and wonder why Quesada was ever allowed to come close to any typewriter (there should be a law against it)

Maybe what makes Matt seem promiscuous it is the comparison with Foggy’s score, which is lower than either Matt’s or the American average, LOL. Re the Glorianna affair, it must be said that Matt was not a reliable boyfriend, skipping dates and all. Foggy, in constrast, showed himself as a trusty guy one could depend of: Some of us girls like men we can trust :p, so i?m definitely with Glori in her choice of men.

By: lilacsigil

lilacsigil — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:04:00 +0000

I wonder if the reputation (like Tony Stark’s) is because there’s no constant female love interest in the comic – therefore any woman he spends time with is a Major Love Interest and he’s a bit of a man-whore! I think your list spells it out nicely – serious relationships with Elektra, Karen, Heather and Milla (and possibly Natasha, but she seemed to consider him more of a buddy-with-benefits). Not very many, really.