YOOOOO. Now this is a gritty, brutal, steel-meets-billy-club street brawl I didn't know I needed. You've got Hyborian savagery vs. Hell's Kitchen finesse, all playing out under flickering neon lights and sirens in 1970s-1990s Midtown Manhattan.

Let's dive in, blade-first.

The Fighters

Conan the Barbarian (1970s-1990s Marvel Comics)

• Peak physical specimen: Strength, durability, stamina, and raw combat instinct all dialed to 11.
• Weapons: Sword (usually a broadsword or scimitar), knives, axes, fists, whatever's nearby and deadly.
• Fighting style: Brutal, instinctual, expert melee brawler. Kills monsters and warlords daily. No rules.
• Edge: Zero hesitation. Will cut off limbs, bite, crush, or throw a dumpster if it gets the job done.

Daredevil (Same Era)

• Enhanced senses: Radar sense, hyper-hearing, smell, balance - he can track a heartbeat in a thunderstorm.
• Athleticism: Olympic-level gymnast. Can flip, run walls, tightrope wires, and parkour like nobody's business.
• Fighting style: Ninja-trained, boxer-reflexes, pressure-point strikes. Expert at using momentum, environment, and disarming.
• Weapons: Billy clubs (can be used as nunchaku, grappling hook, or blunt force), stealth tactics.

The Arena: Midtown Manhattan

Busy streets, alleyways, construction sites, office buildings, traffic. Think late-night Manhattan - gritty, grimy, neon-lit. Shadows everywhere.

Conan is a fish out of water, but in a “I will slay your cursed metal chariot” kind of way.

Daredevil thrives here - knows every alley, every fire escape.

The Matchup

Strength & Durability:

• Conan is a beast. He's wrestled giant snakes and survived being thrown through stone walls. He can crush bone with his bare hands.
• Daredevil is human-strong. He can hit hard, but not Conan-hard.

Skill & Strategy:

• DD is a tactical fighter - smart, calculating, evasive.
• Conan's no idiot, though - he's a battlefield tactician, not a berserker. He's fought armies and warlocks and won through cunning.

Environment Use:

• Daredevil excels here - rooftops, shadows, sound.
• But Conan's the kind of guy who will throw a mailbox at you and chase you through traffic with a tire iron if he loses his sword.

The Fight

Round 1: First Contact. Daredevil hears the heavy boots and irregular breathing of a massive, unknown assailant. Tries to disorient Conan with quick jabs, flips, and hit-and-run tactics. Conan growls, swings his blade with ridiculous strength - barely misses.

Round 2: Evasion and Counters. Daredevil blinds him with steam from a subway grate. Lands a few solid strikes to the ribs and knees. Conan grunts - smiles - grabs DD mid-flip and slams him into a phone booth. Glass shatters.

Round 3: No More Games. Daredevil ditches stealth and goes full brawler. Uses billy club grapples, kicks to the face, and finally gets Conan's sword hand webbed up in some scaffolding cable.

Conan rips free using sheer will, headbutts DD so hard it knocks him across the street. Daredevil's dazed.

Final Moment: Conan grabs a bent rebar, swings it like a club, and smashes Daredevil into a parked car, cracking the windshield.

Winner: Conan the Barbarian, 6.5 out of 10 times.

• Why? He's just too strong, too ruthless, and too wild to contain in a no-prep bloodlusted fight.
• Daredevil might win with strategy in a long game or with a plan, but bloodlust Conan is like fighting a tank made of swords and testosterone.
• note, 640kb: ChatGPT thinks it's 6.5 out of 10. I happen to think Conan wins 9 out of 10 times. We both agree Conan overwhelms DD.