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A review by crookedtreehouse
Daredevil, Vol. 20: Return of the King by Ed Brubaker
4.0
Brubaker ends his run with a solid twist, and tying several, if not all, of his threads together.
For me, the highlight of this issue is the brief section where [a:David Aja|61385|David Aja|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1582815335p2/61385.jpg]'s art appears. I've enjoyed Lark's art on this run, but it's not quite as striking as Maleev's was, or as creative and jaw dropping as Mack's or Quessada's. Aja is just the right touch to liven things up.
The story returns Kingpin and several others to the center of the action as The Hand returns to Hell's Kitchen. It's then a journey of deception and odd alliances that carry us to the final page where the Daredevil Universe changes permanently.
Overall, Brubaker's run wasn't as great as I remembered. It started incredibly strong, but became inconsistent. I got the feeling that Brubaker had no idea what to do with Murdock's marriage, and it took him a while to settle on finding a way around it. It made for some incredulous moments that Bendis's run didn't have. But it did resolve in a satisfying way.
I remember hating the Diggle/Johnston run when it came out in issues, so I'm not incredibly looking forward to dipping my brain back into Shadowland, but it's a much shorter journey than either Bendis or Brubaker's run so I'll just hold my nose, knowing that the Waid run is waiting on the other side (after Diggle's "Reborn" series, which I do remember liking).
For me, the highlight of this issue is the brief section where [a:David Aja|61385|David Aja|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1582815335p2/61385.jpg]'s art appears. I've enjoyed Lark's art on this run, but it's not quite as striking as Maleev's was, or as creative and jaw dropping as Mack's or Quessada's. Aja is just the right touch to liven things up.
The story returns Kingpin and several others to the center of the action as The Hand returns to Hell's Kitchen. It's then a journey of deception and odd alliances that carry us to the final page where the Daredevil Universe changes permanently.
Overall, Brubaker's run wasn't as great as I remembered. It started incredibly strong, but became inconsistent. I got the feeling that Brubaker had no idea what to do with Murdock's marriage, and it took him a while to settle on finding a way around it. It made for some incredulous moments that Bendis's run didn't have. But it did resolve in a satisfying way.
I remember hating the Diggle/Johnston run when it came out in issues, so I'm not incredibly looking forward to dipping my brain back into Shadowland, but it's a much shorter journey than either Bendis or Brubaker's run so I'll just hold my nose, knowing that the Waid run is waiting on the other side (after Diggle's "Reborn" series, which I do remember liking).