I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Friday, October 18, 2019

Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller (Writer), David Mazzucchelli (Artist), Dennis Janke (Artist), Christie Scheele (Colorist), Richmond Lewis (Colorist), and Joe Rosen (Letterer)


This collection of comics opens with Karen Page selling Matt Murdoch's name as Daredevil for a fix to some bad guys in Mexico.  It goes up the chain of command until it reaches Mr. Fisk, or Kingpin as he is widely known.  Fisk decides to go after Matt and destroy his life.  He makes it so that he is two months late on his mortgage and the IRS is doing an audit on him and had frozen his accounts.

Fisk gets charges brought up against Matt by an honest cop that he got witnesses to purgery themselves on the stand.  Foggy argues his case and keeps him out of jail but he loses his law license.  That's not all he's losing. He's beginning to lose his mind.  He lost his girlfriend Glori who is now working at the Buggle taking pictures.

Reporter Ben Ulrich suspects that something is going on and begins to investigate but even he gets scared off of the story.  And Karen has people trying to kill her and she knows the only person who can save her is Matt and he's in New York and he's also the person she betrayed.  But she has to get there for him.  As Daredevil, Matt has gone rogue and is beating people up badly whether they deserve it or not.

Then he goes after Fisk and Fisk beats him up badly and sets him up in a car to die but he escapes and goes to the Church where Maggie works. Maggie who had helped him when he first found out he was blind.  Maggie nurses him back to health and he meets with Karen and deals with his feelings for her. Also, Nuke the experimental super-soldier who was a bit of a mistake that the government uses on projects outside of the country has been tasked with getting Daredevil and destroying him.

These are amazing comics and Frank Miller and company are the best at what they do.  This is truly one of the best Daredevil stories ever written.  He is brought so low to a point that would break a normal man, but Daredevil, Matt, becomes a man without hope, who is a man without fear and can take on anything.  Even when his friends seem to desert him he can still stand tall and not let Fisk win.  There's also included a comic called Warrior about an old acquaintance of Matt and Foggy's who has gotten himself into trouble that Daredevil must get him out of.  I give this book five out of five stars.

Listed on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Daredevil-Born-Again-Frank-Miller/dp/0785134816/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=daredevil+born+again&qid=1571406112&sr=8-1

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