Reviews

Daredevil by Mark Waid, Vol. 1 by Paolo Rivera, Mark Waid, Marcos Martín

bookworm_630's review against another edition

3.0

I like this Daredevil. He's lighter, with a sense of joie de vivre, not taking himself and the world so seriously. I'm glad that Mark Waid took over and put a different spin on past events without throwing everything out the window. I want to read this guy's story if just because he seems like he's enjoying himself so much. There's a very Errol Flynnish air about this Matt Murdock-dare I say swashbuckling? In a nice twist, Matt and Foggy put their formidable legal skills to use in a very unique way after returning to the courtroom doesn't work out as expected. An excellent starting place for new readers and a great fresh start for those who were tired of the depths of despair into which our hero had fallen.

bloodravenlib's review against another edition

3.0

Find my short review of this here: https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2013/05/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-17.html

sarug's review against another edition

4.0

I would die for Matt Murdock.

renatasnacks's review against another edition

3.0

Daredevil has traditionally been a superhero I don't really know/care that much about? Except for how amazingly terrible his movie was? Like... so terrible.

Anyway, though, this was on ALA's best graphic novels for teens list so I figured I'd give it a try. I liked it OK? I like the visualizations of how Daredevil's powers work. I didn't like how, within the first few pages, Daredevil kisses the bride at a wedding he's trying to protect and says he couldn't help himself because he liked her perfume so much? WTF DAREDEVIL?? That's not okay! So then the whole time I was expecting that to come back and bite him but it never did.

Apparently this is kind of a reboot with a more fun, fancy-free Matt Murdock b/c in the past he's been pretty angsty? The afterword said Mark Waid wanted him to be funny, but not Spider-Man funny. Funny he should say that because probably my favorite part of this whole thing was his teamup with Spider-Man and Black Cat. (His "teamup" with Black Cat, wink.) YO, I need to read more Spider-Man books, was basically my takehome message from this book.

shaunnow38's review against another edition

5.0

Really well written and engaging comic! The panels are explosive, and they really help bring out the mystique and subtleties of Daredevil. The art is also really playful with what it chooses to show and how it shows those things.

brynngaybee's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

scarletsky's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

stevesitter's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ohgull's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

fabilous_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The first issue really brought back the whole DD back for me. Since the last couple of issues in the 1998 run was a letdown. This definitely is bringing back the DD everyone loves.