Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller
by:
Frank Miller (author)
In 1981, a young Frank Miller took the reins of a second-class superhero, Daredevil, and turned the comics world on its ear with a dynamic, cinematic storytelling style, complicated characters, and unusual (for the time) devices such as first-person narrative. Daredevil Visionaries: Frank...
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In 1981, a young Frank Miller took the reins of a second-class superhero, Daredevil, and turned the comics world on its ear with a dynamic, cinematic storytelling style, complicated characters, and unusual (for the time) devices such as first-person narrative. Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller, Vol. 2 covers issues 168-182, when Miller took over the writing (he had already been doing the pencils; Klaus Janson did the inks) and pitted DD against Spider-Man's archrival the Kingpin, super assassin Bullseye, the ninja group the Hand, and a brand-new character, Elektra, a bounty hunter/assassin who also happened to be Matt Murdock's former lover. Issue 181, the showdown between Bullseye and Elektra, is still one of the most memorable single issues in comics. --David Horiuchi
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417686391 (1417686391)
Publish date: May 1st 2001
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Daredevil Marvel Comics
And he shows both Matt's history and how it comes back to haunt him; without that history, we as readers wouldn't understand how Matt starts to unravel by the end. In fact, this would be a solid five star read for me if not for one of the earlier issues being a bit heavy handed. It was a message...
This is comic book history. It really is. Frank Miller tells an epic love story that a few sad people who have never heard of Daredevil and Elektra will never know. It starts with two idealistic college students who meet and fall in love, and ends with them on opposite sides of the law. I don't thin...
9 years ago
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