Daredevil

[Kyle Katarn]

Thread to talk about the Man Without Fear, and some of his finest comic book moments!

I've collected a sinful number of trade paperbacks....

Essential DD
The Man Without Fear
Visionares 1-3
Born Again
Parts of a Hole
Underboss
Out
Lowlife

I think Frank Miller sums it up in his intro to TMWF: "It's a wonder he isn't a bad guy. He had a rough upbringing...and then there's that terrible temper of his!"

That same issue has one of my favorite moments...Matt is being mugged in Hell's Kitchen ("Blind man! I'm talking to you!), and he has a flashback to being bullied in the playground as a child.
And he snaps. He breaks his cane in two and beats the living hell out of the thugs, as he hears the name in his mind - daredevil, daredevil, DAREDEVIL - and in the end, he stands over them, and says only, "You shouldn't have called me that."

He's a real guy, with real weaknesses...mental and physical. Afer the death of a loved one, he almost kills himself. After failing a child, he goes off and plays Russian roulette with a helpless arch enemy...

But even with that, it still has it's light moments...ask anyone who's read the "you got your popcorn in my blood" moment from Parts of a Hole!

Anyone else a fan of ol Hornhead?

[IdahoMR2man]

I never got into him. I personally always thougth he was about as cool as Aquaman. But I did enjoy the Kevin Smith run.

[Kyle Katarn]

*racka fracka #$#$@....Aquaman?!*
*ahem*

Well, maybe I can get "The Target" sometime this decade, if Kev ever finishes it! Actually, I haven't read the first ish. I don't know why no bookstores here carry his "Guardian Devil" arc in TPB! :mad:

[sniktawt]

Originally posted by IdahoMR2man
I personally always thought he was about as cool as Aquaman.

OFF TOPIC:
Have you guys read Any of the mid 90's Aquaman books by Peter David .They had a cool factor of 10!!!
Plus his new series is fantastic.I like where they are going with him.

Anyways on to Daredevil.

I loved The Miller stuff from the 80's very gritty and Dark.Miller was so on back then it was unreal.The guy was a writing dynamo.
I have The Kevin Smith Trade.I really loved that.Brought Daredevil back to his roots.

I really dug his 1994 revamp with the cool costume as well.A lot hated it but I really loved it.

[Kyle Katarn]

I wish they'd do a trade of that '94 revamp! I know a lot of people hated it, like you said, but I'd like to judge it myself! And I also thought the costume was pretty cool as well.

[Kyle Katarn]

BTW....after "Born Again," it looked like Matt was starting his life over, posing as a guy who isn't blind. Yet in the newer TPB's, and even the movie, we see that his eyes are glazed from the blindness....?

[sniktawt]

I know what you mean but I think he's still technically "blind".

[Kyle Katarn]

Yeah...tho I didn't read anything set right after Born Again. Just wondering how he could pass himself off as a sighted person (if he did - and I don't know many blind short-order cooks!) with his eyes. But then again...when he was talking to Cap, his eyes didn't have the same look as they do now. Maybe they just changed how they look in the comics.

[Tasty Humans]

DD is my favorite character...

[sniktawt]

Stiffler is mine.

[Spike2002]

I'm a big fan of DD myself, but I have to admit that I like the movie version of his costume better then the comics, it's just so bad a** :D !!!

[Kyle Katarn]

With the Movie-Izing of costumes of late (X-Men in leather, Mags in his movie outfit, Bullseye in street clothes and the scar in the comics), I'm halfway looking for them to put DD in leather. But I read the 1st ish of the relaunch, and seems DD has a Reed Richards'-designed steel mesh in his spandex....probably offers a we bit more protection! :D

[Kyle Katarn]

Finally I have "Hardcore" - and all I can say is daaaa-aaamn! :eek:

DD's being "Out" is resolved in a way I NEVER imagined!!!

I was a little disappointed in the DD/Bullseye fight....a bit too quick and one-sided. Still cool though, and an appropriately violent finish!