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crookedtreehouse's review
5.0
The Bendis Daredevil saga continues to be the best superhero noir series that Marvel has ever put out. While you might be able to hold up a six or seven issue Batman story against it for DC, there is no run of Batman as long as this Daredevil run that even comes lose to this quality. And few other DC comics even tried a story this long. So far, I've added every volume of the Mack/Bendis run as a favorite, and with, I think just one exception, I think all of these volumes, plus the adjacent run of [b:Alias, Vol. 2: Come Home|105890|Alias, Vol. 2 Come Home|Brian Michael Bendis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388217516l/105890._SY75_.jpg|102071], are going to end on that Favorites list.
davybaby's review
2.0
Oh god. The art. There were a few frames that were good. I'll grant you that. But most of time it just felt like Reading Rainbow, where you're just wishing it was animated if it was going to pretend to be interesting. Maleev uses the same frames over and over again, one of my pet peeves of comic laziness. I get that art is hard, and that sometimes you want people to focus on the dialogue, but it's a visual medium for a reason. I need more than one panel per issue that's interesting to look at.
That said, the story was good. After the excellent Netflix Daredevil show, I thought I should check out some of the comics. I'm glad I did. This story focuses on the Owl, a barely competent criminal trying to fill the void left by Kingpin. Even with Kingpin's advisors helping him, the Owl botches his shot. It was a refreshing story, really. Where the villain is truly just a cog, and the only reason he gets as far as he does is because of the flaws in the system and the depth of society's problems. In most comic stories, the evil is insurmountable until, suddenly and unbelievably, it's surmounted. In this, you knew that as soon as the Owl screwed up (which he was always on the verge of doing), he would have no chance. I know it was just a small story between some of Daredevil's larger foes, but I still appreciated it.
That said, the story was good. After the excellent Netflix Daredevil show, I thought I should check out some of the comics. I'm glad I did. This story focuses on the Owl, a barely competent criminal trying to fill the void left by Kingpin. Even with Kingpin's advisors helping him, the Owl botches his shot. It was a refreshing story, really. Where the villain is truly just a cog, and the only reason he gets as far as he does is because of the flaws in the system and the depth of society's problems. In most comic stories, the evil is insurmountable until, suddenly and unbelievably, it's surmounted. In this, you knew that as soon as the Owl screwed up (which he was always on the verge of doing), he would have no chance. I know it was just a small story between some of Daredevil's larger foes, but I still appreciated it.
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