There’s gonna be a Daredevil-Elektra battle soon. There has to be. She was leader of the Hand before her “alien abduction”. Now that Daredevil’s in charge she’s going to have something to say about that.
I’m gonna defy fate once again and agree with you on this one. Maybe it won’t suck? The odds certainly aren’t stacked in his favor, and I’d be highly surprised if he pulled it off. Sorry, Diggle.
I can’t understand half of what you’re saying here. All I know is that Elektra and Daredevil have to fight soon and this time DD won’t be so nice. We’ll find out if someone can be resurrected twice.
Ugh, I’m saying I agree with you. Elektra will probably return, judging how quickly Diggle was to throw Bullseye in the mix. However, I’m unsure of Diggle’s ability to handle the character correctly. I tend to be sensitive about characters that I’m fond of, and I find that more often than not writers dabble with affairs they don’t quite get. I’m not really sure where I stand on the Elektra being dead issue. I worship Miller, but she IS a Marvel character first and foremost. I look at it like this, a great death like Elektra’s, or any comics character, should mean something. So, if you absolutely must use the character, writers should think of their responsibility to the fans and the creator and do it with care.
I read the brubaker omnibus last week. It was enjoyable, but i thought the first arc was the best and at the end of the day i prefer bendis’ run.
DD #502 was pretty damn good. I only have two major complaints.
The scene with the Owl was awfully corny, especially the line from one of his cronies about pooping mouse bones. Granted, I haven’t read every DD story, certainly not many featuring the Owl. Has he ever been known to eat live mice? Perhaps this is some clever joke, some sort of nod to a past story, but I didn’t really get it.
Second, I feel a bit cheated with the reveal about Izo. I would have thought Diggle would drag it out for several issues in order to create a shred of doubt, but sadly that wasn’t the case. It’s almost like he’s playing everything really safe, so eager to please that fanbase.
Other than that, I’m glad everything isn’t entirely focused on Matt and we got a nice dose of Foggy and Becky as well. The art seems to be getting stronger, and the dream sequence was really cool. I particularly liked DD emerging from Matt’s skin, that’s tons of superhero psychology concisely illustrated in two pages right there. Finally, I loved the last page yet again. De La Torre has a knack for creating some truly exciting cliffhangers, and I hope this is a recurring theme for his duration as artist.
I wanna see Daredevil and his Ninja army killing bad people. None of this cut gun stuff. Kingpin’s been scheming too long. It’s time for him and Lady Bullseye to die.
Yes. It’s part of the end result of him messing with experimental drugs, surgical procedures and Mutant Growth Hormones to amp up his powers.
You know that will never happen, he’s DD’s Lex Luthor.
Thanks for clearing that up, in hindsight I probably should have just used Wikipedia. However, this way I’m no longer talking to myself.
“Over the years the Owl has taken a number of experimental drugs and subjected himself to experimental surgical procedures to increase his ability to glide. These experiments have met with mixed results and a by-product of them is that he has been mutagenically altered in a way that has negatively affected his sanity and made him more animal like. For instance, he enjoys eating live mice with his vintage six hundred dollar wine.” - (“Owl (Marvel Comics),” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia)
Because all owls enjoy vintage wine, right?
Matrix’s post reminds me, did anyone else notice the MGS and/or Big Fat Kill reference with the cop? Or is severing hands holding guns in every ninja story?
DD #503 wasn’t much better than the last issue. Once again, it attempted to recreate that shred of doubt regarding Matt’s morality and failed.
At first, I thought the most exciting aspect of #503 was the conversation between White Tiger and Black Tarantula, raising the question, what happened to the police after the drug bust? However, judging by Matt’s reaction to the clan member’s sacrifice at the end of the issue, I have a feeling this will fall flat just like Izo’s “assassination”. It’s like Diggle really wants us to believe Matt has taken on an extremist view. Yet, he’s doing a shitty job by teasing with the possibility and then dropping it an issue or, in #503’s case, a few pages later.
I’ve really taken a liking to De La Torre’s moody art, so when I turned the page and saw Marco Checchetto’s cartoony style, I was pretty turned off. Not only did it break the pacing, but it also included one of the better scenes in the book. Don’t even get me started on his horrible depiction of the piping that has been recently added to DD’s tights a la Esad Ribic’s gorgeous covers. What’s worse is that Checchetto will be drawing the following 3-part arc where Matt goes to Japan. Fuck me.
If you aren’t liking it, just bail out. There’s no sense in buying it month in and month out just because it’s Daredevil.
Wow, I thought you were dead.
That’s good advice, but I’m not quite hating the book yet. I guess my criticism is so harsh, because I expect nothing but excellence from a title that has been consistently amazing for so long.
What a disappointment. Daredevil’s still a chump who won’t kill bad men. He’s like Angel running Wolfram and Hart. Ripping stories from a TV show. How lame is that?
its not like he writes himself
dont criticize if you know a new writer just came into the mix
Bendis’ run on Daredevil is probably my favorite work of any creator on any comic I’ve ever read.
I know Bru wrote it for a while. Should I bother picking that stuff up in trade? Who’s righting DD now?
Brubaker and Lark’s run on Daredevil is definitely worth the read. Bendis ended his story in a way that allowed Brubaker to start his story exactly how he wanted to, so it’s a super smooth transition. The first arc in particular, I think, set the standard so high that everything else that followed paled in comparison. But in retrospect, I think the Brubaker/Lark (with Rucka assist) is on par with Bendis/Maleev.
Andy Diggle (The Losers, Silent Dragon) is currently writing and Roberto De La Torre is drawing. I jumped off the ship when Brubaker and Lark left (not 'cause I don’t like Diggle, because The Losers is awesome), but it seems like carnycorpse is disappointed with what he’s read so far.
Say what? I have no idea what you’re trying to say, but criticism is a good thing. It’s certainly better than me sitting here and nursing at Diggle’s cock every month. At the very least, I’m saving Zephyranthes money.
And yes, Brubaker/Lark is most definitely on the same level as Bendis/Maleev.
Thanks again, man! Haha, too true.
No problem. I’m just glad someone can benefit from my ranting.
I still like daredevil.
Only thing I want certain superheros to do is man up and end lives. That won’t happen though so whatever.