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taleisin's review
2.0
I think this story would have been better suited to a novel. Smith wasn't kidding in the introduction when he said that it was wordy. The Black Widow was great in this one, I like how she was given a bit of a softer side. I thought the morality clause was played a little high handed (hard not to do given the storyline), but it was still an enjoyable, if long, read.
jesselee's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I was very pleasantly surprised by this one. It has a sort of bad rep among comic fans but I found it to be very engaging. A bit out there, it's very much a wild ride, but a fun ride nonetheless. There were a lot of things that seems very off at the start but they were explained and tied into the story well. There are a lot of similarities plot-wise to the born again arc but I feel like it stuck the landing better, with the ending being tied in with the earlier set-ups in a more coherent way. I also liked to focus on their characters and their relationships. It's the first time when reading these comics that Matt and Foggy have actually felt like close friends and has the best integration of romantic subplots so far. The relationships not only changed and developed but did so for clear reasons rather than just feeling like the writers whim.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Kidnapping
Moderate: Torture, Cancer, Medical content, and Child death
Minor: Abandonment, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun violence
zns0002's review against another edition
3.0
A little weird for my liking at first and too wordy throughout, but by the end it was pretty decent Daredevil story.
alex_ellermann's review against another edition
4.0
Hey, this is a surprisingly good Daredevil comic!
With a story by Kevin Smith and penciling by Joe Quesada, 'Guardian Devil' tells a compelling story and looks great doing so. The story is deeply rooted both in the world of gothic Catholocism (with some illustrations incorporating the plates of Gustave Doré) and popular comix (Is that Clark Kent anchoring the TV news?), and it pops with dramatic compositions and striking colors.
The story itself delights the reader with mysteries, twists, reveals, and double-crosses. This comic is so much fun that my 15-yr-old, who pushed it into my hands, literally sat next to me and read it again, over my shoulder. What more could a dad want from a comic?
With a story by Kevin Smith and penciling by Joe Quesada, 'Guardian Devil' tells a compelling story and looks great doing so. The story is deeply rooted both in the world of gothic Catholocism (with some illustrations incorporating the plates of Gustave Doré) and popular comix (Is that Clark Kent anchoring the TV news?), and it pops with dramatic compositions and striking colors.
The story itself delights the reader with mysteries, twists, reveals, and double-crosses. This comic is so much fun that my 15-yr-old, who pushed it into my hands, literally sat next to me and read it again, over my shoulder. What more could a dad want from a comic?
ohnoitscoco's review against another edition
5.0
I ran across this volume of Daredevil comics in my local library in high school, and had never heard of the blind superhero before. I was instantly enamored. Daredevil is always very tragic--in this, he loses another one of his women. Great stuff.
booksnarks's review against another edition
5.0
“The conclusion I’ve come to after years spent doing this is that there are no innocents. Everyone’s guilty. Even us. Especially us… no Peter — there are no innocents. Even in the strictest of definitions, people like the loved one you mentioned and Karen are still guilty. They are guilty of dying and leaving us alone in this mire of solitude and misery.”
Excuse me while I get a hold of my emotions.
Regardless of whether or not you are a Daredevil fan, regardless of whether you hate the “Women in Refrigerators” trope, this is just a really good story. And really, what makes it great is not the plot itself, which can be generic at times, but the writing, and the way the story is handled. It’s not just that things happen in this story, but those things are followed through in the plot and you get the closure you need.
It’s not a spoiler to say that this is the infamous story in which Karen Page, arguably Daredevil’s greatest love interest is killed by Bullseye with Daredevil’s own billy club. I mean, that right there is just brutal. What makes it more brutal is that Karen didn’t have the greatest life either — an ex drug addict who was tricked by Mysterio into thinking she was dying of AIDS, and believed that Matt no longer loved her, only to sacrifice what she thought remained of her life in order to save Matt.
Yes, brutal treatment of Karen; she really didn’t deserve it. However, if we were bound to get this story, I’m really glad that it was one that was so well written. I keep saying this, but really, I enjoyed the way it was written. Karen’t death was heartbreaking and different kinds of horrible with terrible repercussions on Matt, but ultimately, on an emotional level, I got the closure and justice I wanted from it.
It also helped that it was tied with the overall story arc of the “demon baby” because in the end that just helped bring the story together in the closing pages. But, really this story was all about Karen. My favourite scene has to be when, after her funeral, Peter (Parker) asks to meet Matt and it turns out they go to the Brooklyn Bridge where Peter basically tells Matt “look, I know what you are going through, I lost someone I greatly loved right here on this spot,” and then we get a sort of mirage image of the night Gwen Stacy died. I mean, just… look…
As if I wasn’t already teary eyed by this point in the story! GWEN!!! (I will always weep for Gwen whenever her death is mentioned). I mean, this! This right here is one of the things that made this story so good. And there are other little instances like this scene where the emotions, and the dialogue and the paneling are just perfect.
I really enjoyed this, and I would recommended it to general comic book fans. I will now go and cry for Karen Page.
Excuse me while I get a hold of my emotions.
Regardless of whether or not you are a Daredevil fan, regardless of whether you hate the “Women in Refrigerators” trope, this is just a really good story. And really, what makes it great is not the plot itself, which can be generic at times, but the writing, and the way the story is handled. It’s not just that things happen in this story, but those things are followed through in the plot and you get the closure you need.
It’s not a spoiler to say that this is the infamous story in which Karen Page, arguably Daredevil’s greatest love interest is killed by Bullseye with Daredevil’s own billy club. I mean, that right there is just brutal. What makes it more brutal is that Karen didn’t have the greatest life either — an ex drug addict who was tricked by Mysterio into thinking she was dying of AIDS, and believed that Matt no longer loved her, only to sacrifice what she thought remained of her life in order to save Matt.
Yes, brutal treatment of Karen; she really didn’t deserve it. However, if we were bound to get this story, I’m really glad that it was one that was so well written. I keep saying this, but really, I enjoyed the way it was written. Karen’t death was heartbreaking and different kinds of horrible with terrible repercussions on Matt, but ultimately, on an emotional level, I got the closure and justice I wanted from it.
It also helped that it was tied with the overall story arc of the “demon baby” because in the end that just helped bring the story together in the closing pages. But, really this story was all about Karen. My favourite scene has to be when, after her funeral, Peter (Parker) asks to meet Matt and it turns out they go to the Brooklyn Bridge where Peter basically tells Matt “look, I know what you are going through, I lost someone I greatly loved right here on this spot,” and then we get a sort of mirage image of the night Gwen Stacy died. I mean, just… look…
As if I wasn’t already teary eyed by this point in the story! GWEN!!! (I will always weep for Gwen whenever her death is mentioned). I mean, this! This right here is one of the things that made this story so good. And there are other little instances like this scene where the emotions, and the dialogue and the paneling are just perfect.
I really enjoyed this, and I would recommended it to general comic book fans. I will now go and cry for Karen Page.
cole_wilson's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Suicide
Minor: Rape and Infidelity