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April 12, 2008

Matt is about to meet the Matador at a party.

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 […]

March 26, 2008

Matt speedreading at the office.

Wacky power #7 – Speedreading

Okay, you know all those websites that supposedly teach you how to read at incredible speed? They usually focus on things like cutting down on […]

March 26, 2008

Matt and Milla on the cover of Daredevil #99 (1998), by Marko Djurdjevic.

To The Devil, His Due – A Review (7.5/10)

Okay, time for another review. With any luck, I'll have a review for the Without Fear arc as well by the end of the week. […]

March 25, 2008

Matt bending bars of steel.

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 […]

March 24, 2008

Foggy and Karen alone in the office in Daredevil #9

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 […]

March 23, 2008

Panel showing Matt's apartment from Daredevil #8, by Stan Lee and Wally Wood

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 […]

March 20, 2008

Matt picks up a radio transmission while on a boat.

Wacky power #5 – Doctor, will my internal antenna give me a brain tumor?

This is one of the wackiest of them all. This is ability is wacky to the point of later having been outright denied in other […]

March 19, 2008

Daredevil with the Eiffel Tower in the background on the cover to Daredevil #90 (1998), by Lee Bermejo.

The Devil Takes a Ride – A Review (8.0/10)

Okay, time for another review. This one takes us to Europe where Matt goes on a wild goose chase in pursuit of the people responsible […]

March 17, 2008

Becky snaps back at Matt.

Meet Becky Blake (for the first time)…

After bringing up Brubaker's "reintroduction" of Becky Blake in my review of The Devil in Cell Block D, I thought it might be interesting to […]

March 16, 2008

Daredevil grabs the robbers' haul and uncovers a painting

Wacky power #4 – Daredevil, art scholar?

Okay, time for one of those wacky powers again! This is from issue #235, written by Danny Fingeroth (his only work on the title) and […]

March 16, 2008

Cover image from the run by Tommy Lee Edwards

The Devil in Cell Block D – A Review (8.5/10)

So here goes, the first of Brubaker's four arcs so far to get some extra attention from yours truly. I assume that most of the […]

March 15, 2008

Foggy being a jealous asshole with Karen

Bad Foggy!

While gathering material for the other posts I'm working on, I came across this panel that I thought was so terrible that I just had […]

March 13, 2008

Crying Matt in the rain South Park style

Daredevil #106 – the South Park version

What do you do with too much time on your hands? Well, you visit the South Park Studio, make a couple of characters, give them […]

March 12, 2008

Matt fights Elektra in Daredevil #78 (volume 2), by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev

Daredevil Volume 2 for Dummies

Note: This post has been updated to reflect available TPBs and HCs as of February 2011. See the end of the post for all omnibuses. […]

March 10, 2008

The life of a superhero – wardrobe concerns

First a note to those who are wondering why I'm only covering the early stuff: Don't worry, volume 2 and subjects more relevant to the […]

March 9, 2008

Panel from Daredevil #4, by Stan Lee and Joe Orlando

Wacky power #3 – may I read your aura?

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the word sense (noun) is defined as follows: "Mechanism by which information is received about one's external or internal environment. […]

March 7, 2008

Foggy and Karen discuss Matt, Daredevil #1

Oh Karen! #1

I wonder if Stan Lee, when he created the "gorgeous Karen Page" for Daredevil #1, had any idea that his innocent piece of eye candy […]

March 7, 2008

My hero can beat your hero

If that sounds anything like the age-old "my dad can beat you're dad," you're on to something. They are kind of the same thing, except […]

March 4, 2008

Daredevil lands a rocket, from Daredevil #2 by Stan Lee and Joe Orlando

Wacky power #2 – Daredevil lands a rocket

Well, this is not so much an example of a wacky power as just a case of Daredevil using his powers in wacky ways. You […]

March 3, 2008

Foggy shows Matt the office, from Daredevil #1 by Stan Lee and Bill Everett

Foggy needs an ego boost

Too often, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson has been standing in the shadow of his law partner. However, over the years, Foggy has often proven himself to […]

March 3, 2008

Great link to post on Vol 1 #30-32

Silver Age Comics recently posted about Daredevil #30-32, and I recommend you have a look, because it's good! This storyline took place during the height […]

March 2, 2008

Promotional image from Trial of the Incredible Hulk

The "other" Daredevil movie

The motion picture Daredevil (2003) was not the first Daredevil movie. With the amount of screen time devoted to Matt Murdock and his alter ego, […]

March 1, 2008

Wacky power #1 – sensing the microvoltage of the human brain

We'll start with the power that you often find on various lists, but has never, to my knowledge, been seen in the pages of Daredevil. […]

March 1, 2008

Scene from Daredevil #105, volume 2, by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark

Without Fear

Well, the most recent arc of Daredevil - volume 2, issues #100-105 - has now been concluded. The most annoying thing about this is that […]

December 5, 2007

Jack Murdock speaks to Matt, from Daredevil #1, by Stan Lee and Bill Everett

Daredevil #1 – 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 […]

December 3, 2007

The (comic book) world’s most unenviable hero

young kids may dream of having the powers of Superman or Spider-man, nothing about Daredevil’s life inspires envy.

December 3, 2007

Daredevil tries his billy club, panel from Daredevil #1, by Stan Lee and Bill Everett

Daredevil’s humble beginnings

“Justice is blind. Let’s take a blind lawyer and make him into a superhero!” On the origins of Daredevil

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