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Posts tagged "William Johnson"

Matt Murdock’s first trip to Japan

It’s comic book day in North America today. I have to wait until tomorrow to get my copy of Daredevil #505, so I thought I’d pass the time by talking a little bit about the first time Daredevil went to Japan. The panels below are from Daredevil #197-199, by Denny O’Neil and William Johnson (though...

A man and his mustache

Yes, I know what you’re thinking (really, I do). “Wow, she is really running out of things to posts about, isn’t she?” Don’t feel bad, I don’t blame you. But this post isn’t a sign that the end is near, it’s more like proof that you can write a Daredevil post about almost anything. With...

A history of the radar sense #6

Yes, it’s time for one of those radar posts again, and we will finally be moving into post-Miller territory, and covering the Daredevil of Denny O’Neil. As we’ll see, there are a couple of noteworthy things about O’Neil’s interpretation of the radar, so let’s get on with the show and tell…

The cane and the billy club

Today is White Cane Day, which, in all honesty, isn’t something I would have known if I hadn’t stumbled across a reference to it in the paper about a year ago. Either way, I thought I’d take the opportunity to write two longish posts. The first one, appropriately posted today, on October 15, will look...

It’s a Synn

I apologize for the lame pun in the title. You may stop laughing now (really, I know it’s lame, no need to spare my feelings). Okay, so I thought I’d devote this post to the Micah Synn storyline, which began with issue #202 (penciled by William Johnson). What’s interesting about these issues is that most...