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

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Daredvil Back in Black Vol 3: Dark Art by Charles Soule (Writer), Ron Garney (Artist), Matt Milla (Colorist), VC's Clayton Cowles (Letterer)


In the previous comic, Electra has come back and while Daredevil had hoped to introduce Blindspot and her, he senses someone off in her and tries to warn him off of her but Electra is attacking him and Blindspot is quick to defend him and he gets hurt. So Daredevil sends him to the special clinic to get fixed while he tries to figure out what's going on with Electra.  It turns out that she had a child born eleven years ago that could conceivably be his.  This daughter has been taken and she has video proof on a cell phone that he can't see.  Who took Electra's daughter and is it Matt's daughter as well? This one was heartbreaking and cruel and very well done.  In the next comic Matt goes to Macau and believes it or not gambles at Texas Hold "Em.  It's the only game he can play.  He reads the players he can to determine what they have and just goes "all in" when he feels he has a good hand or a good bluff.  But he really needs to win this tournament because he has something planned and he does indeed win it and Spider-Man meets him in his comped room.  Spider-Man is going to help Daredevil get a briefcase on a floor only accessible to certain people like the winners of the tournament.  They miss getting the briefcase and it flies away in a helicopter but Spider-Man has ideas on how to get it back.  I really liked this one because Spider-Man is a favorite of mine and his motor mouth and antics are just hilarious.  Another comic involves Echo who comes to Daredevil for help when an evil villain is taking over the city through sound turning people into zombies.  Another comic is about a psychopath named Gladiator who is after Daredevil.

In this comic, Blindspot goes to his special spot where people leave messages for him when they are in trouble and need help and he finds an unusual one and goes to a warehouse where he finds blood and strange painting.  So he calls Daredevil out of night court which gets him in lots of trouble with his coworkers.  When Daredevil arrives he smells 112 different people's blood on the painting.  He takes the message that was given to Blindspot just in case the police ever ask about it and he touches the painting to prove that he was the one called to the scene, not Blindspot since he's here illegally. 

Then the man who owns the warehouse wants to charge money to see the artwork. The head councilwoman's niece is one of the donors to the piece and she wants to shut him down so the D;A's office is looking to do that and since Matt is in hot water it\s his job to fix this.  Meanwhile Daredevil and Blindspot are searching the city looking for this "artist".

The cops find another artistic display, this time of Inhumans so Matt has the Inhuman liaison called in and their crime scene techs.  Frank, the liaison, is a former cop and he tells Matt he'll have to take it up with Medusa as to whether he can see any of the evidence and so Daredevil go up to Atlantia and is told no multiple times by Medusa who feels that if Matt and the cops get an artist that Daredevil has encountered and says his name is The Muse that she will look weak to her people so she won't share any information even if it means more people die.  Frank tells Daredevil that that is a ridiculous ant that he will help him out. Then Daredevil gets a phone call from Blindspot who is in a courtroom where Muse has taken over and is killing people and wants Daredevil's advice and he gives it to him.  He slips his invisibility outfit on and follows Muse out of the courtroom as he holds the judge hostage and he follows him down to the sewers where a surprise awaits.  Can Daredevil and Frank get to them on time?

This was an incredible comic with such an original idea all the way to the end.  The panels were done quite trickily and the art while done is red, black, and white to represent daredevil was done in such a creative way that it was a joy to behold.  This is truly an amazing series and I can't wait to see what comes next.  I give this book five out of five stars.

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