Comments on: Review: Daredevil #108 http://fandomania.com/review-daredevil-108/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Christine http://fandomania.com/review-daredevil-108/#comment-285 Christine Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:45:31 +0000 http://fandomania.com/?p=711#comment-285 Sorry, didn't see your response until now. Thanks for your nice words about my site, and I will come back visiting here as well. :) Sorry, didn’t see your response until now. Thanks for your nice words about my site, and I will come back visiting here as well. :)

]]> By: Jason http://fandomania.com/review-daredevil-108/#comment-254 Jason Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:22:37 +0000 http://fandomania.com/?p=711#comment-254 Hi Christine, and thanks for reading and commenting! Your blog is a fantastic Daredevil resource, and I'm glad to have you here :) Despite my unfavorable review of this issue, Daredevil is, believe it or not, my favorite superhero. You make some very compelling arguments, and I do completely agree with your assessment of one of the big strengths of the book being that DD is not *just* another superhero. I stand by my feeling that not much happens in #108, and I felt that most of the issue was filler with just a little bit of actual story progression. I think that slowed pace made me feel the lack of superheroing more than usual and slanted me a bit against the legal drama aspect of the book. I'm entirely willing to go back for a reread of this issue once the whole arc has been released. Thanks again for visiting! Hi Christine, and thanks for reading and commenting! Your blog is a fantastic Daredevil resource, and I’m glad to have you here :)

Despite my unfavorable review of this issue, Daredevil is, believe it or not, my favorite superhero. You make some very compelling arguments, and I do completely agree with your assessment of one of the big strengths of the book being that DD is not *just* another superhero. I stand by my feeling that not much happens in #108, and I felt that most of the issue was filler with just a little bit of actual story progression. I think that slowed pace made me feel the lack of superheroing more than usual and slanted me a bit against the legal drama aspect of the book. I’m entirely willing to go back for a reread of this issue once the whole arc has been released.

Thanks again for visiting!

]]> By: Christine http://fandomania.com/review-daredevil-108/#comment-253 Christine Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:53:06 +0000 http://fandomania.com/?p=711#comment-253 When it comes to your feelings about Daredevil as a book, I 100% disagree - respectfully - or, rather, I agree but see strength where you see weakness. I do agree that Daredevil isn't a standard superhero book (and hasn't been for the last seven years, and some might say longer). In my mind, that's one of its greatest strengths. I like superheroes, no doubt about it, but what I like about DD is that he's not ONLY a superhero. What matters are the great stories. So what if he's out of costume for an issue? I even felt that the Daredevil action here was shoehorned in only to appease the costume action fans (it would have made more sense for the bar patrons to offer up less resistance, given DD's brutal reputation lately). As for the legal drama? How many panels of lawyer time have we seen during Brubaker's run? Not that many. His being a lawyer is hinted at more than anything, and here is one four-issue arc highlighting that part of his life a little more (where other arcs have been more classic superhero, he's had plenty of on-screen costume time). It's an important part of his life, the one that's always kept him grounded, and lots of great stories can be told about this aspect of the character. He's a superhero, but not only a superhero, and even as a superhero he's always been more "real" than most. So, my final thought would be that Bru has not done too much law stuff (unless you think showing Matt being in his office for one page is too much), but I do agree that he might have been too brooding. In this arc that is beginning to change. He's taking action, whether he's using his brain of his fists. Daredevil hasn't been a traditional superhero comic in a long time, and as much as I enjoyed those stories, I'd hate to see the book return to that because this is 100% better. This book is best enjoyed by people who like crime/drama/thriller with superhero elements rather than a more traditional superhero book. This book isn't straight hero vs villain action, and thank God, Bendis and Brubaker for that! :) When it comes to your feelings about Daredevil as a book, I 100% disagree - respectfully - or, rather, I agree but see strength where you see weakness. I do agree that Daredevil isn’t a standard superhero book (and hasn’t been for the last seven years, and some might say longer). In my mind, that’s one of its greatest strengths. I like superheroes, no doubt about it, but what I like about DD is that he’s not ONLY a superhero. What matters are the great stories. So what if he’s out of costume for an issue? I even felt that the Daredevil action here was shoehorned in only to appease the costume action fans (it would have made more sense for the bar patrons to offer up less resistance, given DD’s brutal reputation lately). As for the legal drama? How many panels of lawyer time have we seen during Brubaker’s run? Not that many. His being a lawyer is hinted at more than anything, and here is one four-issue arc highlighting that part of his life a little more (where other arcs have been more classic superhero, he’s had plenty of on-screen costume time). It’s an important part of his life, the one that’s always kept him grounded, and lots of great stories can be told about this aspect of the character. He’s a superhero, but not only a superhero, and even as a superhero he’s always been more “real” than most.

So, my final thought would be that Bru has not done too much law stuff (unless you think showing Matt being in his office for one page is too much), but I do agree that he might have been too brooding. In this arc that is beginning to change. He’s taking action, whether he’s using his brain of his fists.

Daredevil hasn’t been a traditional superhero comic in a long time, and as much as I enjoyed those stories, I’d hate to see the book return to that because this is 100% better. This book is best enjoyed by people who like crime/drama/thriller with superhero elements rather than a more traditional superhero book. This book isn’t straight hero vs villain action, and thank God, Bendis and Brubaker for that! :)

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