Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Jason Omnibus (New Printing)

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Yeah, I'm a DD, Miller and Janson fanboy - but many many people agree with me: DareDevil 158-191 and The Dark Knight 1-4 (Miller/Janson's next project) are amongst the best comics ever written -'nuff said!

From Sin City in Dark Horse, then Dark Knight in DC, and finally, we reached the shores of Marvel with Daredevil. Fantastic run on Daredevil, it starts a bit strange, in the middle of a story, but i think they put it in for completions sake. Now, in the late 70’s, Daredevil has only been in publication for about 15 years, and at an erratic intervals (as written in the Introduction of this book).This book stands apart from Miller's other work in that, while the quality is (very) high, it is a serial. Yes, there are violent scenes and some iconic characters getting stabbed, but it's levelled out nicely with humour and good story. I also really enjoyed the lettering techniques, especially when used as background, communicating onomatopoeias in a way that doesn't distract from the foreground interactions. Tedious at times due simply to its bulk, this omnibus is a great start for many readers wanting to discover Daredevil. The central part of the story revolves around a fist fight in a movie theatre, with the Maltese Falcon in background.

But even in less important chapters of their run such as this, Miller and Janson manage to pool out some interesting visual ideas. Miller sets forth the reasonings for Matt Murdoch's love of Elektra, why Bullseye is an arch nemesis (even in light of the Kingpin's constant control of the underworld), the history of Daredevil's mentor Stick and provides for Elektra's death and resurrection. I really love how Miller’s characterization of the Kingpin, especially after the death of his wife, and the whole Death of Elektra story arc. Seems like I’ve been following Frank Miller’s major works through different publishers for quite some time now.

It was great to see DD cross paths with the Punisher (my other favorite), get involved with Kingpin, see the Elektra storyline and tie-in with Stick and his mysterious crew. With all those going on, Matt also has to keep his law firm afloat, which is a hard task since he is always running off to hero duties.

I was a little worried it would be dated or really ultra violent like some of Millers other work, but it was neither. And not only does he establish, reestablish, and create new characters, he has terrific stories for them as well. Miller started as the artist for two issues on the Amazing Spider-Man serial which happened to feature Daredevil in them.I'd read the Stan Lee silver age Daredevil omnibus, and although far from awful, was just a little too dated to fall in love with it.

Dicho sea de paso, que tenéis esta etapa en tomos de Best of Marvel Essentials de Panini y en el coleccionable Daredevil de Forum, pero me crucé con la oportunidad de hacerme con este ominbus americano a mejor precio que estas otras ediciones inferiores y tuve que hacerme con él. Frank Miller’s spellbinding scripts and pulse-pounding pencils mark one of Daredevil’s greatest eras – but will the Kingpin and Bullseye’s efforts rob the Man Without Fear of everything he holds dear? The beginning of the complicated relation between Frank Miller and his female characters, destined to go down the drain over the years, after the death (spoiler? Frank Miller's spellbinding scripts and pulse-pounding pencils herald one of Daredevil's greatest eras, just in time for the Kingpin and Bullseye's efforts to rob the Man Without Fear of everything he holds dear. This 800 pages volume starts with the issues penciled by Frank Miller and after a couple of issues, move into the stories that written by him.This entire volume is well worth reading, just be aware that the center issues are a step above the rest. not only kicked off the series of Batman films based on his redefinition, but a craze for such material that has thrown dozens of such heroes into multiple film franchise heaven. This is Miller's best (early) writing on Daredevil, where he introduces just about the entirety of the modern Daredevil mythos, including Elektra, Stick, the Kingpin as Daredevil villain, and Bullseye as arch-villain.