Daredevil series discussion (spoilers)

I'm not real big on team up stories in general but the stuff with Spider-Man and Black Cat was great.

There's still a part of me that is disappointed that he was all over Black Cat with what happened with Milla not to long ago, but from an editorial standpoint, I get it.

And someone stealing Jack's body - cool idea! This is a really good book.
 
E said:
I'm not real big on team up stories in general but the stuff with Spider-Man and Black Cat was great.
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I thought it was okay, but I didn't love it. Maybe b/c I'm more invested in Spidey and don't read DD, but I just felt like the story didn't matter at all.

Also maybe I've just come to expect overarching stories over many issues and just don't appreciate short team-up issues any more. There's a very real possibility that the current way comic stories are written has spoiled me for the simpler old-school way of doing things.
 
Stealing Jack Murdock's body as a way to get to Matt would be a brilliant idea, but having Mole Man steal caskets from cemeteries from underground is even cooler. I loved the little tunnels leading up from underground in Matt's radar vision.

BTW, now that Black Panther: Man Without Fear (or whatever it was called) is over I can say that while I hated the idea of Black Panther just coming into someone else's book like he did, I enjoyed it overall.
 
#12 was sort of like an origin issue but the setting was different. Matt is on a date with the city's new prosecutor and she blindfolds herself to "see" what it's like to live blind like he does. It kind of reminded me of those mini synopsis things Marvel used to do (heavily in the 80s I think, and probably before that) except stretched out to an entire issue. And Mark Waid still tied it in with the hard drive thingee (it's not even noon yet; I can't think properly).

I would've never thought that moving away from the Miller/Bendis gritty urban vigilante book would be this good.
 
Issue 13 was great.

The Black Spectre, which was shut down by SHIELD several weeks ago, is back and attacks Matt in an effort to get the drive, breaking away from the other crime syndicates and starting a mini war in the middle of NYC. They are able to get it and disappear into thin air...and we find out it is actually the Avengers in disguise, something Matt put together get get the crime syndicates off his back. They now have nowhere to go to get the drive back, since the Black Spectre is a dead end.

Then out of nowhere, Matt vanishes and wakes up in a cage in Latveria.

I did not see that twist coming when the Black Spectre reveled itself. Great issue.
 
This is a perfect comic. Every issue is a delight.
 
Anyone else find it funny that Mark Waid's written storyarcs about both Daredevil and Batman having their parents' body's stolen?
 
Mark Waid is so good on this book.

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#16 was great top to bottom. Loved the Ant-Man Doombot zapping, the strong senses broadcasting, and all of that scene, and then the meltdown with Foggy and the remains in Matt's desk was just awesome.

I do think Foggy would be a little more open to the idea that somebody is screwing with Matt by this point in time, but, whatever. I'm on board.
 
E said:
I do think Foggy would be a little more open to the idea that somebody is screwing with Matt by this point in time, but, whatever. I'm on board.
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Going into #18 this was bothering me a little more but with the emergence of a fake Milla and all the other craziness it is clear that Foggy is being manipulated somehow. I'm glad; I like not having to think about plot issues when reading a book so I can just enjoy it.
 
#20, with DD. walking around without his head, was fantastic.
 
I love when they show the spot with DD's radarvision and he has holes all over him. It's pretty cool!

But...
who is The Coyote!!???!?!
 
Ahhh, poor Foggy. I love seeing Matt be there for him. Waid has really done a great job of portraying the dynamic of their friendship.
 
The writing is great but you know what I really like about this book? The art - more specifically, the coloring. It's stylized to look a lot like Silver Age era books and I've always liked that look.
 
Samnee is still killing it on this book.

The Bullseye-as-a-mastermind is generally the kind of plot point I don't really care for but I like how Mark Waid wrote it. He doesn't ascend to some kind of Kingpin figure - Daredevil stops it and reduces Bullseye even further. He is now completely immobile, trapped in a body that basically has lost all of its senses. It's kind of an amazing concept.
 
Captain Canuck said:
I wonder if that was Waid's way of retiring Bullseye for good, or if there are future plans for him.
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For good during his run - maybe. Him being involved with The Hand means they can kill him and bring him back so who knows how long he's really going to be gone.

I'm glad that Waid isn't doing it though.
 
I love how Waid can spend an entire issue delving into the personal life of Matt and make it compelling, only to use that to open up a new story arc in a completely unexpected way. I didn't see that coming at all. Another amazing issue.
 
I looks like Waid's run is ending sometime around #36 in February, as mentioned in the letters page in today's issue.

Solit for #35 in january:

DAREDEVIL #35
MARK WAID (W) • Chris Samnee (A/C)
• Daredevil pulls his allies together to make an all-out assault on the Sons of the Serpent before they can infest the rest of the nation–but he's about to find out just how blind justice can be!
• PLUS…You've demanded it! An appearance by Elektra that sets the stage for a huge change in Matt's life!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
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Does this mean we get a Waid/Samnee Hank Pym series?
 
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