Brian Michael Bendis & David Mack: writers
Klaus Janson: pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz: finished art & colors
The Solicitation
• The Kingpin has been murdered! Daredevil has been murdered! And that’s just the beginning of the story!
• Ben Urich digs deep into the seedy underbelly of the MU & discovers Matt Murdock’s biggest secret yet!
• Some of the greatest creators to ever take on the Man Without Fear unite for his final story!
No Preview
Why I Bought It
The first got us some of the set up. Now let's dig a little deeper into this world and see if it has some legs to stand on.
What I Liked
We definitely get a "world building" feel to the book. In a world where the twilight of heroes obviously happened, we get little shout outs in one two page spread in particular. Fantastic Foods, Hulk the Musical, and images of superheroes everywhere dot the landscape. Hell, the Avengers even have a museum.
This issue is essentially a tour of the ex-girlfriends of Daredevil and where they all are today. It makes for an interesting set up as we catch up with the ladies of Daredevil's life from yesteryear. We don't really touch too much on the mystery of why he died and what he did for all those years in the dark and out of the limelight, but I guess you have to have something for the next issue.
What I Didn't Like
I really wish Alex Maleev would have drawn this book. Janson is good, but the feel of the story is just missing a little. The art tends to be a bit on the sketchier side at times and is just feels about half-way finished. It also had the feel of being very padded. Seriously, this is a slow paced book and at four bucks a pop I want to see the story get to places. If memory serves, most of The End books were one shots or a four issue series, save for X-men which had 18 issues.
And pardon me if I am wrong and have missed something about recent Daredevil events, but isn't Milla supposed to be blind? She certainly wasn't acting like she was blind. There definitely is something missing there.
And yea, if that wasn't a shout out to being Matt's kid, I don't know what is.
And the cover I got was some bald guy without any distinguishing characteristics that made me think that I knew the person. What was up with that? Who was that?
Panel to Remember
I'll go for the two page spread. It was nice.
Quotable
"Mapone." - I am seriously going to be sick of that word by the end of the next issue if it keeps making appearances that feel like every other page. It really wasn't that over-bearing, but I feel like it could get that way.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 7/10
Buy Next Issue: Eh. This may be a digital buy after a price reduction for any future issues. It just isn't hitting like I thought it would.
No comments:
Post a Comment