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The Original Daredevil Archives collects issues 1-4 of Daredevil Comics published by Lev Gleason in the 1940s.
The original Daredevil is one of those characters that I've long been interested in but there's very little material in print featuring the first character with this name. Fortunately, I watched this with the patience of a serpent until I saw a new one for $19.99.
Aside from featuring the titular character, these comics feature other Lev Gleason creations like Silver Streak, 13, Nightro, Whirlind, The Pioneer, and Real American #!, among others. Before I get into the meat of this, I'd like to point out that this collection contains four issues of Daredevil comics and is over 280 pages long. That's a lot of material for four dimes.
The characters other than Daredevil weren't super interesting to me, although Nightro reminded me of Doctor Mid-Nite quite a bit with his nightvision goggles and being blind in daylight, only he fought crime with his seeing eye dog Blackie instead of owls or whatever Doctor Mid-Nite used. I also found it interesting that it wasn't all super heroes. Whirlwind is a boxing strip and there was a humor strip I forgot the name of.
Daredevil is pretty slick, though, a boomerang-wielding wisecracker with a two tone costume. He takes on Hitler and his lieutenants, an undead Egyptian princess, a hypnotic butler, and a man who hunts the most dangerous game of all... man!
Comics were still in their infancy at this point but the art and writing were comparable to National Comics and Timely Comics super hero stuff from the same time period. It's still a golden age book, though, with all that implies, like racially insensitive art and things of that nature.
The Original Daredevil Archives is a healthy dose of Hitler-punching fun. Three out of five stars.
The original Daredevil is one of those characters that I've long been interested in but there's very little material in print featuring the first character with this name. Fortunately, I watched this with the patience of a serpent until I saw a new one for $19.99.
Aside from featuring the titular character, these comics feature other Lev Gleason creations like Silver Streak, 13, Nightro, Whirlind, The Pioneer, and Real American #!, among others. Before I get into the meat of this, I'd like to point out that this collection contains four issues of Daredevil comics and is over 280 pages long. That's a lot of material for four dimes.
The characters other than Daredevil weren't super interesting to me, although Nightro reminded me of Doctor Mid-Nite quite a bit with his nightvision goggles and being blind in daylight, only he fought crime with his seeing eye dog Blackie instead of owls or whatever Doctor Mid-Nite used. I also found it interesting that it wasn't all super heroes. Whirlwind is a boxing strip and there was a humor strip I forgot the name of.
Daredevil is pretty slick, though, a boomerang-wielding wisecracker with a two tone costume. He takes on Hitler and his lieutenants, an undead Egyptian princess, a hypnotic butler, and a man who hunts the most dangerous game of all... man!
Comics were still in their infancy at this point but the art and writing were comparable to National Comics and Timely Comics super hero stuff from the same time period. It's still a golden age book, though, with all that implies, like racially insensitive art and things of that nature.
The Original Daredevil Archives is a healthy dose of Hitler-punching fun. Three out of five stars.
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