This episode features an extensive flashback of Daredevil's origin which is told for the first time outside of the comics.
In this series, Matt Murdock has blonde hair instead of red hair like in the comics.
This episode features the first appearance of Richard Fisk (A.K.A The Rose), the son of Wilson Fisk (A.K.A. The Kingpin).
This is the first full animated appearance of Daredevil. Matt Murdock was previously briefly featured in Attack of the Arachnoid (1983) as a jailed Spider-Man's lawyer with a very brief clip of Murdock as Daredevil.
Peter Parker being on trial parallels a story that was going on in the comics at the time during the infamous Clone Saga called "The Trial of Peter Parker" which had Peter Parker going on trial for multiple murders committed by his clone Kaine. However, in that story Matt Murdock is not Parker's lawyer because he can't afford Murdock's services.