Bullseye Fact — October 25, 2026

Today's Fact

Verified against three independent sources. Issues cited below.

BULLSEYE BECAME DAREDEVIL — SO DAREDEVIL BECAME BULLSEYE!

The Featured Fact

The strangest identity theft in Daredevil history ran in Daredevil Vol. 1 #284–290 (1991), written by Ann Nocenti. With Matt Murdock gone from New York and suffering amnesia, Bullseye pulled on the red Daredevil costume himself — at first gleefully playing at heroism, robbing the rich and handing money to the poor while committing crimes in the Man Without Fear’s name.

The costume got inside his head. Bullseye’s grip on his own identity, never sturdy, gave way entirely: he stopped pretending and started believing he truly was Daredevil. Hell’s Kitchen now had a horned protector who was actually its most gleeful murderer, convinced of his own heroism.

Murdock’s counter-move was pure mirror logic. Recovering, Matt found the costume Bullseye had discarded — Bullseye’s own black-and-white target-marked suit — put it on, and confronted the impostor wearing it. Beaten by a man dressed as himself, Bullseye’s delusion cracked; he came back to his senses, such as they are, and the two men walked away wearing the right names again.

Why It's Obscure

Plenty of villains have framed a hero. Almost none have moved into the hero’s life so completely that only a costume swap in reverse could evict them.

1991

Nocenti’s arc — the impersonation unfolds across Daredevil #284–290, with art by Lee Weeks, Greg Capullo and Kieron Dwyer across the storyline.

The costume

Red suit, wrong man — the gallery below shows Daredevil’s actual costume: the identity Bullseye wore until he could no longer tell where it ended and he began.

The belief

Method acting, terminal stage — sources agree the charade collapsed into conviction: Bullseye genuinely believed he was the real Daredevil.

The cure

Turnabout — Matt Murdock in the target-marked Bullseye suit is one of the great visual jokes of the era, and it worked: defeat broke the spell.

Gallery

Real depictions tied to this fact — no AI imagery, nothing mislabeled.

Daredevil in his red costume, comic art — **The stolen costume**Daredevil in the red horned costume — visually confirmed: this is the suit Bullseye wore during the impersonation, shown here on its rightful owner.

Bullseye in his target-marked costume, comic art — **The costume he left behind**Bullseye in his own black-and-white target-marked suit — the outfit Murdock found, wore, and beat him in.

Bullseye mid-throw, comic art — **The man himself**Bullseye mid-throw, target emblem on his brow — the assassin whose unstable mind made the whole swap possible.

Sources

Every claim above is verified against at least two of these independent sources.

Bullpen Bulletins

Every Character Who's Worn Daredevil's Costume — CBRBullseye impersonates Daredevil in 1991's Daredevil #284-290 by Ann Nocenti, Lee Weeks, Greg Capullo and Kieron Dwyer; he comes to believe he is the hero, and an amnesiac Matt defeats him while wearing Bullseye's old costume.
Bullseye (Earth-616) — Marvel Database (Fandom)Bullseye put on the Daredevil costume, playing hero while robbing the rich and giving to the poor, began to believe himself the true Daredevil, and was defeated by Murdock wearing Bullseye's costume.
Daredevil Became Bullseye — ScreenRantIn Daredevil #290, by Ann Nocenti and Kieron Dwyer, Bullseye stole the costume to become a homicidal Man Without Fear, and Matt donned Bullseye's discarded costume to fight him.