Hey guys! I bet you’ve missed me, huh? I’m finally back after a two-week absence, and am excited to get back to blogging. Before getting to the other things I have lined up this month (we’ll continue to look at the history of The Hand, for instance), it seemed appropriate to get to a brief update post. Let’s get on with it.
News
I usually check sales stats religiously, but haven’t been able to this month due to being on vacation. However, I did stumble across Kuljit Mithra mentioning a recent dip in numbers on Twitter a couple of days ago. According to ICv2.com, Daredevil #504 sold just over 37,000 issues. This marks the first time Daredevil dips below the 40,000 mark in quite a while and this is not good news. However, I can’t say that I’m all that surprised. I’m enjoying the new creative team quite a bit (as you all know), but I can see why others might jump ship with the jarring changes in status quo. I’ll return to this topic in more detail in a separate post tomorrow.
Links
What Daredevil does have going for it is an enthusiastic fan base, and its presence online is growing constantly. I’m happy to say that this site is just one of the many relatively new Daredevil-related projects on the Internet. Below, I’ll just list some of the latest examples of Daredevil love you’ll find online.
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The guys behind the Legion of Dudes podcast have started a Daredevil-specific podcast called Speak of the Devil, which is available for free on iTunes. Since I’ve been back home, I’ve only had the time to listen to the first of these shows, but it’s really good stuff so go check them out!
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At this point, you probably all know about Robert’s blog The Matt Murdock Chronicles. Well, Robert has continued to work his way through the Daredevil archives and has reached the respectable number of 150. Upon reaching this landmark, he offers a list of ten things he’s learned as well as a list of his ten favorite stories so far.
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve started contributing regularly (though at a measured pace) to The Weekly Crisis. Well, fellow TWC contributor and Daredevil fan Ryan K Lindsay gave us a look back at his favorite ten Daredevil covers earlier in the week, so have a look at those as well!
Well, that’s about it for now! Thanks for being patient with me while I’ve been gone this week. Oh, and before I forget, the email subscription sign-up form stopped working with my latest Wordpress update. I will fix that shortly, but be advised that if you are an email subscriber, you will not be getting any more updates, but will have to sign up again. If you wish to get information on when this feature will be operational again, send a message to theothermurdockpapers@gmail.com.
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These last couple of weeks have been very busy at work for me, so thank you for your patience while I’ve been doing things other than blogging. Mind you, I would much rather be blogging, but it doesn’t exactly pay the bills. 
Not much news to report this time around, but let’s get to it, shall we?
Links
Obviously, the preview for Daredevil #505 is up, at Comic Book Resources and other places. The only other link I would offer on a day like today is my Valentine’s Special from last year when I took a look at the women in Matt’s life. Also, my fellow Swedes might be interested in reading my guest post on the Swedish comic book website Shazam.se, where I talk about my view on how Diggle has been handling Daredevil so far.
Blog Updates
On Friday, I’m going on vacation for a couple of weeks. I’ll try to update as much as I can, but if I’m not around as much as usual, you know why. However, before then, we have a new issue coming our way, so this week I’ll be looking to do a review of Daredevil #505 on Thursday. Before that, tomorrow or Tuesday, we’ll take a look at Matt’s earlier trip to Japan. Bring the sushi, and I’ll bring the action.
Have a great week everyone!
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by Christine on February 3, 2010 in Humor
I know, the title is not quite as cerebral as you might expect from me. Not that I think you expect a constant flow of profundities or anything, but I guess it’s a little brusque (though well deserved in this case). Anyway, the sequence below is from the Enemy of the State arc of Wolverine, by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr, more specifically from Wolverine #24 (vol 3).
In his defense, Logan is still somewhat affected by his previous brainwashing at the hands of Hydra and the Hand, which brings me to the reason for posting these panels to begin with: This month, we’re going to take a closer look at the history of the Hand in the Marvel Universe. We’re also going to look at Matt’s previous trip to Japan, to make sure everyone’s prepared for his return to the land of the rising sun in this months’ issue.
Matt fights a brainswashed Wolverine
I’m looking forward to diving into both of these topics this weekend, but in the mean time, I’d like to give you all a little advance notice that I’m also going to start contributing regularly to the Weekly Crisis, a comic book blog that packs a punch that’s about an order of magnitude bigger than this puppy and which I assume is familiar to all of you. However, don’t worry about my slacking off around this part of the woods, and I’ll reserve the vast majority of all Daredevil related stuff for The Other Murdock Papers.
I’ll see you Saturday!
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Hey there everyone! Let’s dive right in, shall we?
News
As some of you might already know, the Daredevil #504 preview is now up, and it’s very revealing. All I can say is: I was right! You’ll know what I mean when you take a look at it…
Links
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Marvel.com has a short spotlight story about the Hand and its history in Daredevil, including a list of key issues.
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If you want to listen to me ramble on about Daredevil (as well as give reviews of Spider-Woman #5 and Thunderbolts #140), check out my guest appearance on the Monkey on My Back podcast yesterday. The “monkeys” are a nice group of people from Southampton who run a comic book blog and comics podcast. It’s two hours long (and worth listening to in its entirety, of course), but if you want to cut ahead to my Daredevil talk it’s starts a little after the halfway mark. There were some sound problems due to us recording via Skype, but it’s okay for the most part.
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Cover to Daredevil #100, vol 2, by Marko Djurdjevic
Today marks the 14th anniversary of Kuljit Mithra’s award-winning Daredevil website ManWithoutFear.com. The site, as all of you know, is the go-to resource for all things Daredevil and the given hub for the Daredevil fan community. It may sound silly to call it a community, but it really does feel that way sometimes.
To celebrate the anniversary, Kuljit decided to, among other things, add a new feature to the page called the Man Without Fear Blog Network which lists the latest feed items from The Other Murdock Papers, The Matt Murdock Chronicles, and Daredevil-A-Day. It’s a great honor for me to be a part of this initiative, and I’d like to take the opportunity to welcome everyone who may be new to this site, as well as wish Kuljit a very happy anniversary!
If you haven’t been here before, and feel a little lost, let me help you out. If you’re curious about the site, and the story behind it, check out the About page. For a list of all (300+) past entries, check out the complete archives. For something silly and whimsical, there’s my (currently on hiatus) Daredevil parody web comic Hell’s Kitchen. For everything else, use the search box, browse the categories or send me a message!
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by Christine on December 30, 2009 in Humor
Longtime visitors to my blog probably remember my old Daredevil parody web comic that used to have its own section while I was still hosting this site on Blogger. Since the move to Wordpress in late September, I’ve been meaning to put it back online again, but just never got around to it. This being the time of year to reminisce, I thought now was as good a time as any to bring the comic back to life. To those who are seeing it for the first time, I hope you enjoy it! Head over to the Hell’s Kitchen page to check it out.
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Well, not so much a news roundup this time as list of important links, together with some general blog info. Let’s get to it!
Links
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I don’t think anyone has missed that Daredevil #503 is out tomorrow. For those who can’t contain their curiosity, both Comics Bulletin and Newsarama have advance reviews up. These have been added to the sidebar as well, and that list will grow as other reviews become available. As always, beware of mild spoilers.
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I already linked to the Daredevil #503 preview, but there’s also a preview of What If? Daredevil vs Elektra, which is also due out tomorrow. So, I’m including it here, for the sake of completeness.
Blog updates
As some of you may have noticed, I added a complete archives page, which can be found under the About tab in the menu or below each post. It lists – and links to – every single entry on this blog. Hopefully, that should make browsing this site a little easier.
Another thing I added is a nice zoom effect to all images (though if the image is already shown at full scale it won’t zoom further). Just click the image to see it pop and click it again to close the zoom. If it won’t work for you, it’s probably because your browser isn’t Javascript enabled. If you want to open the image in a separate window, the old-fashioned way, just right-click and go to “view image.” Easy!
Well, this being a Daredevil week is a guarantee that I will see you again very soon!
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A Daredevil #502 preview was posted to CBR, but was apparently removed. Fortunately, whenever something hits the Internet, it’s pretty hard to undo it, and the preview can be found on the French site Superpouvoir.com. I can’t think of why they’d want to pull it back though. It doesn’t contain any more spoilers than most other previews I’ve seen. Of course, having said that, proceed with caution. UPDATED: The same preview is now available at CBR as well.
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Not strictly Daredevil news, but the first issue of Black Widow: Secret Origin by Paul Cornell and Tom Raney is out today. I’ve picked up my issue and may comment more on it later. Daredevil is scheduled to make an appearance in the third issue of the mini-series, and I just couldn’t pass that up. Besides, I think Natasha is a really cool character in her own right.
Links
Newsarama tosses around some names for a sort of wish list of “street-level avengers” for the Siege event. I’m not sure what the point is with that post, but Daredevil obviously makes the list.
Blog Updates
Not strictly a blog update, but if you’re on Facebook, please consider becoming a fan of The Other Murdock Papers’ brand new fan page! I’ll consider doing more with it than just duplicate blog content.
Well, that’s it for now! I’ve had an insanely busy last couple of weeks, but hope to be back up to speed around these parts fairly soon. See you later!
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Sorry about the lack of new posts around these parts lately. I plan to make up for it this week, but lets start by kicking things off with a (light-weight) news update…
News
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The first news item today is sort of a non-item. As most of you probably know, “Dark Reign: The List, Daredevil” which was originally due out on Thursday has been pushed back a week. The good news is that the issue will include a preview of Daredevil #501, which I’m really looking forward to getting a look at. So far, we haven’t seen any finished art from the new art team (though Matt Hollingsworth still being attached to this book should help make the transition a smooth one in the color department). Here’s the solicit, for those who haven’t seen it.
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Another happy piece of news was that Daredevil #500 has sold out and will be going back to press with a second printing variant hitting the stores October 7, as reported by Major Spoilers.
Blog updates
While I haven’t updated much so far this month, I’ve been busy working on the new site. Yes, that’s right, I’m building a new site for this blog. It will be self-hosted, it will be more flexible, and it’s going to kick ass. Don’t worry though, all the old content will still be there, along with every single one of your old comments. And the address will still be www.theothermurdockpapers.com. Look for the new site in about a month or so, and feel free to let me know about any features you’d like to see so I can work them in.
That’s it for now, but I have many more posts planned this week, so do check in again tomorrow!
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I never seem to be able to schedule these on the same day every week, but here goes…
News
Well, nothing much to report here. With Daredevil #500 less than a week away, there probably won’t be anything new until after that issue hits the shelves. However, for those who missed it, there is a preview of that issue available, as reported in this post. There were also some hints fom Alex Maleev about a possible future Daredevil motion comic in this interview with CBR about his work on the upcoming Spider-Woman motion comic.
Links
You gotta love the work Robert over at the Matt Murdock Chronicles. He’s just finished his first 100 issues and have tackled even the more bizarre issues with great enthusiasm. He just recently finished a post on what he’s learned over the last fifty issues, so pay him a visit will ya! I also recommend looking at some alternative DD costumes fellow fan JP drew and posted on his blog The Red Shaker. The first post of three can be found HERE.
BLOG UPDATES
I recently did a partial update of the archive page for the first time in four months. I have yet to add summaries of each post, but will get to that over the weekend. I’m also adding artists labels to post where such labels have been missing until now and hope to finish that too over the weekend. We can’t have the blog being a mess with an anniversary coming, now can we? Ending with a real life update: I’m now back at work after my three week vacation, which feels surprisingly okay so far. I hope you guys are doing well too!
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Christine is a thirty something Daredevil fan from Sweden who spends way too much of her free time writing posts for this blog. Check the