Daredevil by Mark Waid - Volume 1

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Daredevil by Mark Waid - Volume 1

Daredevil by Mark Waid - Volume 1

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Gone is the brooding, guilt ridden superhero that suffers a crap storm of abuse from just about all corners of his life. Goddamnit, I just want to read about a blind lawyer who spends his nights acting as a vigilante in red tights beating up criminals. Matt Murdock is a lot more light-hearted and fun than I was expecting, as I've seen him interpreted as a Batman-esque character who spends more time being serious than cracking a smile. DD never had the most brilliant rogue gallery that lets say Spider-Man or Batman has, and Waid used that in such a great way making fun of odd villains like Stilt-Man and Owl but also bringing back old skool villains like The Spot and Kirigi, and also creating new ones like Coyote.

He is best known for his work on various DC Comics titles, most notably the Superman-related titles and THE POWER OF SHAZAM! Which he still denies whenever asked, something that becomes a sort of running gag as the book goes along. Along the way Daredevil will battle Klaw, save school children from an unexpected blizzard, have a fling with the Black Cat, and take on the case of a blind worker who was fired from his job.

With new enemies, new friends and a “grinnin’ in the face of hell” attitude, Mark Waid delivers an Eisner Award-winning run like no other! The art is truly amazing, mainly featuring the talents of Paolo Rivera and Marcos Martin, as well as Kano, Khoi Pham and Emma Rios. Waid is not only an historian of weird factoids about comic superheroes, but he's actually working hard to help us understand what life without sight must be like. The plot itself seemed similar to She-Hulk’s, in a way: they’re both lawyers, both now trying to integrate their superhero identities with that and having problems.

It did lead to a good scene where he demonstrates how his superior hearing allows him to master a complex instrument like a violin almost instantly but, come on Waid, stop repeating yourself! For new readers, I feel like some of this would be incomprehensible because of the layers of past relationships and previous events, but I do think with comics you just have to leap in and be confused at some point.Daredevil might not make my top 10 superheroes, however, it was nice learning more about The Man Without Fear and I look forward to delving into his world again soon. Was it the fact that Daredevil was blind, but had super senses because a radioactive canister fell on his noggin when he rescued Stan Lee from getting hit by a truck? It's also a decent legal drama, utilizing the continuity of Matt Murdock's secret identity having been compromised from the previous arc.

It was an idea that was explored but Marvel have clearly moved on so they should just pretend the storyline never happened and that, for this new run, everyone doesn’t know. So there are a number of scenes where Matt is telling Foggy about his powers but the amount of times he talked about echolocation and how it enables him to be Daredevil became too many.Save the Villain: Daredevil saves Bullseye from drowning in radioactive chemicals in the latter's latest appearance. Maybe I'm just upset that the unattractive Foggy is getting laid by a super hot lady and I'm over here on the same attractive scale and I'm not landing any hotties. Coyote uses special collars with his portal abilities to indefinitely separate peoples' bodies from their heads, keeping them on shelves in a room, the disorientation and horror of the situation making them compliant laborers for various illicit operations. However, when she says that nobody can be as driven as her and Matt without a tragedy, he ultimately throws his billy club at her face, and gives a speech stating that the idea that you need a tragic event to fight for justice is ludicrous. Mark Waid takes Daredevil to new territories, pairing him up against unusual adversaries like Spot, mega-criminal organizations AIM and Hydra, and two particular Marvel villains that I won't mention to avoid spoilers.

Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera and later on Chris Samnee who remains the main artist later one, and with very bright and very vivid colors from Javier Rodriguez this book is popping ! Always Someone Better: Ikari, Daredevil's Evil Counterpart, is played as this, as a heavily skilled and similarly empowered mook of Bullseye who has the ability to see.Cap needed super soldier serum to make him so formidable and Daredevil just needed chemicals to blind him. Through innovative panels showing figures made up of a particular sound to illustrate how Matt “sees” them or through a kind of pop-art version of a street scene where words representing a sound or smell replace objects, they provide the reader with a unique and clever perspective on Daredevil. Daredevil Volume 1 was rather bland, but perhaps I'll revisit another Daredevil comic at some point.



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