Did Marvel create Daredevil as a Batman copycat?

No, Daredevil was not created as a Batman copycat. The original Daredevil looked like this... So, when first created, Daredevil was a brightly-colored character, quite different from Batman. read more

No, Daredevil was not created as a Batman copycat. The original Daredevil looked like this. So, when first created, Daredevil was a brightly colored character, quite different from Batman. His personality was also much more typical of the Marvel superheroes of that time and wasn't inspired by Batman at all. read more

But when Daredevil was first created, he was not a Batman copycat. If you want to see the Batman copycat at Marvel, it's Moon Knight. He looks more like Batman, he acts like Batman, his alter ego is a lot like Bruce Wayne, and the stories are often written like Batman stories. read more