A tumour in Bullseye's brain may be responsible for the further degradation of his mental state, as explained to Daredevil and to us by a sexy oncologist. On the front we have a muscular Daredevil, representing Miller's style of the time, fascinating but quite stiff, recognisable but still reminiscent of Marvel's house style. But will the Kingpin's one weakness - his all-too-human heart - undo the criminal empire he has built for himself? As for the omnibus itself, well, look: if you've read more than 1 comic by now, you've probably heard of this run.

Actually finished the story parts of this a few weeks back, but I really wanted to read the long interview in the back with Miller and Janson. The writing was fairly dated for the first 5 or so issues (especially the overly expository thought bubbles) but once Miller starts to take over story duties from Mackenzie the prose and plotting improves measurably. Of course, 1980 Marvel were never going to get away with Sin City levels of maturity, although one could always have hoped, yet for al the talk of street level grit and grounded storytelling, there was still a little too much of the silver age tainting this run, at least early on, before Miller found his feet when he started writing it, anyway.Like, he sees everyone literally dressed in a red spandex, 'so tight that you can see what religion people are', to quote a legendary joke by Robin Williams. This entire volume is well worth reading, just be aware that the center issues are a step above the rest. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

When the drug-addled Karen Page trades away DD's secret identity for a fix, Matt must find the strength to survive as the vengeful Kingpin takes him down as low as a human can get!Al mismo tiempo Miller fue introduciendo en un ejercicio de retrocontinuidad bien realizada personajes nuevos como Elektra, una antigua amante del pasado convertida en asesina y el maestro Stick, que le enseñó a dominar sus sentidos aumentados de joven, todo esto lo trenzó en un arco de larga duración en el que presentó también a la organización criminal de la mano, un grupo de asesinos ninja a sueldo que adquirieron gran protagonismo en esta etapa y luego serían utilizados recurrentemente en esta y otras colecciones. The first appearance of an icon of the medium, the tormented character of Elektra Natchios, ninja assassin by training and by vocation.

Anyhow, from then on, Wilson Fisk (I think Miller gave Kingpin his actual name) will become Daredevil's nemesis.From Sin City in Dark Horse, then Dark Knight in DC, and finally, we reached the shores of Marvel with Daredevil. Una vez que Miller se pone al mando del guión, ya desarrolla arcos mucho más extensos y complejos, con personajes con motivaciones complejas que no necesitan pensar y o decir lo que van a hacer antes de hacerlo en plan "oh no, ese asesino va a asesinar bien asesinada esa dama en apuros, debo pararlo con mis bastones, si lo lanzo en este ángulo le dará al cubo de basura, a la escalera de incendios y al gato negro costroso comiendose una raspa de pescado y lo detendrá" y acto seguido, el siguiente panel nos muestra esto. He’s got it all, and just in the right amount: Supernatural skills that essentially fall short compared to the set of skills he’s acquired through hard work and discipline, yet enough hot-headedness to screw up said hard work and discipline, a childhood trauma on top of another childhood trauma, plenty of brooding to last him five lifetimes and enough moral ambiguousness to save him from being disgustingly good.

No todo es estupendo y tiene algunos altibajos, pero en general es el personaje negro y duro que ha llegado casi hasta nuestros días y que con un poco de suerte volveremos a ver dentro de un par de meses en la serie de Netflix. Esto dio lugar a una de las etapas más sólidas, consistentes, creativas y recordadas del personaje: La aparición de Elektra y relación con Matt Murdock, el conflicto inacabable e irresoluble con Bullseye y ese Kingpin reconvertido en una presencia oscura, el mal. A estas alturas de la vida no voy a descubriros el Daredevil de Frank Miller, pero como me hice de autoregalo por navidad este omnibus americano, que recoge el momento en que Miller se puso al frente de la colección, primero como dibujante y después como guionista, pues habrá que hacerle al menos una pequeña reseña.Frank Miller is one of the seminal creative talents who sparked the current gigantic sub-industry of motion pictures featuring comic book- initiated product. In the interview in the back, Miller actually expresses a few times how he wanted to level the humour and violence so there was almost a balance, so one wouldn't become too much and make the book boring (shame he still doesn't take that approach, but I won't get into that).