Who Is Ben Urich? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ben Urich is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Benjamin Urich, with over 964 comic issue appearances. A former investigative journalist for the Daily Bugle and current owner of the newspaper Front Line who uses his friendships with Daredevil and Spider-Man to get information on criminals.

Who is Ben Urich?

Origin Little is known about Ben Urich's early life. He had at least one sibling, probably a brother. As a young man he attended New York University, where he pursued and ultimately received a degree in journalism. While still at school he obtained a job working as a copy boy for the Daily Bugle , and maintained his employment there upon graduation, eventually becoming a reporter of some esteem, pursuing crime stories in particular. Eventually he was able to work out the identity of Daredevil , and leveraged this knowledge to build a friendship with Daredevil, who soon began offering Urich information in exchange for any information Urich could provide. Urich set himself to uncovering the identities of various criminal elements in the city. "That's a reporter. Ben Urich lives for snailing slimeballs" -- Kat Farrell Creation Ben Urich was created by Roger McKenzie and Gene Colan and first appeared in Daredevil #153 (1978).

Key facts

Ben Urich is of human origin and first appeared in "Death is The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!". The character is published by Marvel. With 964 recorded issue appearances, Ben Urich ranks among the most featured characters in comics.