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A review by cheddyspageddy
Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson - Volume 1 by
4.0
The start to one of the most revered runs in comics. Truthfully, Miller’s time on the series starts rather typical. Issues #158-167 are all rather standard bronze age comics. There’s an issue where Daredevil fights a guy in a graveyard. There’s one where Daredevil fights The Gladiator while Foggy is getting married. It’s all pretty typical superhero stuff.
It’s with issue #168 and the introduction of Elektra that Frank Miller’s run as we know it begins. In fact, issues #168-170 serve as introductions to Elektra, Bullseye and Kingpin. The latter were already existing villains of course, and Miller had already used Bullseye a few issues earlier, but here is where I feel all the pieces come together. That combined with changing mood and backdrop of the series into more film noir territory and showing more violence really signals the beginning of this new era for Daredevil, and its fantastic. Here we start to see the beginnings of Daredevil’s rivalry with his new arch nemesis Kingpin, we see Bullseye become more and more unhinged and psychopathic, we see his doomed relationship with Elektra. It’s all so good and this is only the beginning.
It’s with issue #168 and the introduction of Elektra that Frank Miller’s run as we know it begins. In fact, issues #168-170 serve as introductions to Elektra, Bullseye and Kingpin. The latter were already existing villains of course, and Miller had already used Bullseye a few issues earlier, but here is where I feel all the pieces come together. That combined with changing mood and backdrop of the series into more film noir territory and showing more violence really signals the beginning of this new era for Daredevil, and its fantastic. Here we start to see the beginnings of Daredevil’s rivalry with his new arch nemesis Kingpin, we see Bullseye become more and more unhinged and psychopathic, we see his doomed relationship with Elektra. It’s all so good and this is only the beginning.