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The sounds of Daredevil - A top 10 list

The sounds of Daredevil – A top 10 list

Sound effects, word balloons and captions obviously have a very special (and often under-appreciated) place in comics. In a book like Daredevil, where sounds play such an important role in the unique world of the main character, sound effects have the potential to add even more to the overall reading experience than is the case...
Chris Samnee joins Waid and Rivera on Daredevil!

Chris Samnee joins Waid and Rivera on Daredevil!

We’ve known for a while that Marcos Martín was leaving after his first arc, Daredevil #4-6, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been curious about who Marvel would find to fill his shoes, alternating arcs with Paolo Rivera. With the May solicits out (and Daredevil makes two appearances that month!), it...
Review of Daredevil #9

Review of Daredevil #9

I want to start this review by giving the art team a big round of applause. This is one of those issues where the strength of the visual storytelling really kicks the whole story up to a whole new level of awesome. Paolo and Joe Rivera, together with Javier Rodriguez, do some serious (under)world-building and...
What's wrong with this picture?

What’s wrong with this picture?

In all the excitment I felt after seeing the preview for Daredevil #9, I completely forgot to look for that other book Daredevil appears in, namely New Avengers. Issue #21 of New Avengers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato, also hits the stands on Wednesday and I want to thank Mark for bringing my...
Everyone's a jerk

Everyone’s a jerk

It’s been a while since we looked at something from the treasure trove of insanity that is Silver Age Daredevil, but here’s a couple of nuggets from Daredevil #44 (vol 1), by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, originally published in 1968. The war in Vietnam at the time was touched on by having Debbie Harris...