The appeal of Daredevil …
When thinking about this post, I realized that the appeal of a character as rich and complex as Matt Murdock/Daredevil is too great and too multi-faceted to be summed up in one post. Well, it could be, but it would be needlessly long and a little unfocused. So, I figured I’d divide it up into...
A history of the radar sense #1 – From the origin through the early “power upgrade”
As promised – though a little late – here’s the first of many looks at the portrayal of the radar sense. The “prologue” to this little series can be found in this post, so I’ll let the panels themselves do most of the talking here, and just inserting some comments along the way. Part of...
The life of a superhero – check out the digs!
We all know that Matt Murdock is no Peter Parker. He has (almost) always had a steady job, doesn’t live on his aunt’s wheatcakes, and is sufficiently low-profile to never have been his own clone (though he did almost sort of have a clone in the 90′s, but that’s different). Matt probably isn’t very wealthy,...
A History of the Radar Sense – Prologue
Anyone who knows me in DD-related circles is well aware of my fascination with Matt’s senses. Understanding his heightened senses is one thing – these should work like the ordinary senses of hearing, smell, touch and taste (though no one really cares that much about taste) with the exception of being heightened to levels far...
Wacky power #1 – sensing the microvoltage of the human brain
This series of posts will be looking at some of Daredevil’s more questionable – or downright wacky – abilities. We’ll start with the power that often gets listed on various sites (such as Marvel’s character wiki), but has never actually, to my knowledge, been seen in the pages of Daredevil: being able to sense the...
