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The Topps Company is preparing to ship its Daredevil Movie Trading Cards to retailers in January, a full month before the film opens on Valentine's Day. Topps has made it a point to provide retailers with movie-based trading cards at least four weeks before the film opens (see 'Topps Readies LOTR: The Two Towers Cards'), since the period prior to the a film's debut has proven to be the best time to move trading cards, which provide fans with an in-depth look at many scenes from the film. The Daredevil movie, which stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Michael Clarke Duncan, is the first of three major Marvel films for 2003, and the first Marvel-based film to open since the mega-blockbuster Spider-Man, which earned over $400 million in domestic box office receipts.