Wacky power #7 – Speedreading
Okay, you know all those websites that supposedly teach you how to read at incredible speed? They ususally focus on things like cutting down on sub-vocalizations (the hearing of the words you’re reading in your head) in order to limit the time it takes for the brain to process the written word. Little do they...
Wacky power #6 – bending steel
Okay, some people are going to hate me for this, but… having a heightened sense of touch does not allow you to bend steel unless you also have superhuman strength. Daredevil does not. I think he actually only did this a few times, but I know it’s one of those abilities that people consider to...
Oh Karen! #2
Okay, so let’s check in with Karen again, shall we? Or rather, Karen, Matt and Foggy, since everything Karen does for the next fifteen issues is tied up in what I jokingly dubbed the Love Triangle of Doom a few posts ago. While Dr. Doom was in no way involved, the love triangle itself was...
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,...
Boy meets radioactive waste
Daredevil #1 is, of course, a classic issue. It marks the character’s first appearance and is the first of nearly five hundred issues of comic book history. I’m not sure what DD’s creators were smoking when they created him, but the idea was pure genius in all its “nuttiness.” The story itself begins in medias...
