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[Dave Wallace]

Finally got my review of this issue finished!

http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/11780537298361.htm

Thanks to everyone for tipping me off to some of the details that I might have missed in this issue - I included some of the points from this thread in the review.

[Forrest]

[From his Silver Bullet Comics review:]

[Gloria]

I never understood the hostility towards the so-called "return to Status quo"... In fact, Daredevil has been outed and on the run in previous occasions, so the "out" story was a - grand- variation over an old theme (in fact, a wandering Daredevil could be as much a return to previous status quo as having Murdock back in the bar).

To me the important point is not whether Daredevil is back in his old familiar surroundings (New York, law firm, classical cast of characters) or wandering around the world as a ninja Flying Dutchman ... to me the important thing is that , whatever the setting, good stories are told, and IMHO, Mr. Brubaker is telling terrific ones.

Thumbs up, hats off
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Gloria
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[Dave Wallace]

[rgj]

Another solid issue by Bru. As mentioned before, I really liked the villain's POV when confronting Milla at the psychiatrist's office. And, why is she seeing a shrink to begin with? I thought the shrink may have been involved at first (they even gave him a name this issue), but this issue hints at the POV guy being the bad guy.

I noticed the shades of purple too. But, how in the world does "think" have anything to do with Purple Man. As far as I knew, the Purple Man had the VERBAL power of suggestion. Which means he has to BE THERE to tell someone what to do and thus, "control" them. And, his skin color also had something to do with it as DD has turned over PM to the cops while wrapped in a flag so the cops wouldn't be influenced by him.

The problem of people knowing about Matt's senses continues to rear it's ugly head. No, I'm not talking about how this hinders Matt as DD, I'm talking about the resulting illogical writing.

Let's see:

(1) The men in the cars don't speak because they know DD, uh, Matt and his enhanced hearing is coming.

(2) The bomb that frees Melvin includes a "ultra sonic pulse" that hinders DD. So much so that he chastises himself "Idiot. I knew they were expecting me."

Yet, these guys, knowing Matt has enhanced hearing (apparently) don't carry one of those nifty sonic devices (employed by Punisher and that chump in the "Widow" arc.") Seriously, if anyone KNEW Matt had enhanced hearing, and they EXPECTED him to show up, wouldn't it be easier if they carried one of these devices, heck, get a frickin' dog whistle at least. See, this is the problem with Bendis having everyone know the details of Matt's senses. No, not the outing, but the "hey, we all know how to bypass, DD's senses cause we bought the Marvel Universe handbook". It's illogical for the bad guys not to carry this device if they know DD is coming. Bendis forces writers to compromise the logic of their writing because of this.

But, anyway, Bru is doing a great job overall. I look forward to the upcomming issues.

rgj
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DD's radar sense has nothing to do with his heightned senses.

[Neilan]

[Gloria]

...But how widely is the radar/heightened senses issue is really known? Back to "born Again" remember the phrase about karen telling abbout Matt being DD, but not about his senses... My idea was that thbose who know that Murdock is Daredevil mostly believe that he is faking his blindness, and the extrasensory issues are known only by those who have bothered to look further.

...Or maybe I think that because right now I don't remember the issue where it was mentioned that Matt's senses were exposed to the general public: If anyone can mention the actual moment where it happened, I'll be glad to correct/retract from the statement written above
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Gloria
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"Para la cuesta arriba quiero mi burro, que la cuesta abajo yo me la subo"

[rgj]

[Gloria]

Of the Bendis tenure, I remember that the "Daily Globe" attorney, Ingersol, accuses Matt of being a fake blindman (No coffee for him), and let's remember that the newspaper is pictured as a tabloid... I mean, it is not The Times, The Herald Tribune, or the Frankfurter Allgemeine... it is just a tabloid! just a step beyond the "News of the world".

Actually, the "Daily Globe" seemed to have only what the FBI agent told them (i.e. he had been watching Murdock's residence closely and saw strange things happen), but no further proofs to back that.

So IMHO, here may be tons of people in the Marvel Universe who suspect or believe that Matt is Daredevil (on the "I read that in the tabloids" or "heard it through the grapevine" basis), but don't actually know, a large group of people who really know Matt is Daredevil (but ignore exactly why/how, or wether he's actually blind or not)... But those who know about Matt's sense's are a much smaller clique: from my wee knowledge from the MU and DD continuity, few people beyond, the deceased Karen Page and Heather Glenn, Foggy Nelson, Sister Maggie, Natasha Romanoff, Elektra, Ben Urich or, huh, Spiderman know it: Matt didn't even tell his father.

IMHO, if some supervillain is aware of Matt's Radar, it must be on a confidential basis... I don't recall Mysterio/Beck being particularly aware of Matt's radar in the Guardian Devil saga, for instance, and supposedly Kingpin had told him everything he knew about Matt

Incidentally, I also like the way Brubaker is writing the series, he's well accompanied in the Art bt Lark, who is a fine draughtsman and really knows how to draw men's suits!(something rarely accomplished by comics artists now: that's why some stick to just doing superheroes: it's enough as far as you can draw anatomy half-decently. The perfect way in which classic artists used to draw suits in the past -i.e. check the perfect way in which Alex Raymond drew clothes, back in his Rip Kirby days- is a rare thing to behold today)
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Gloria
Devuélveme el rosario de mi madre y quédate con todo lo demás

"Para la cuesta arriba quiero mi burro, que la cuesta abajo yo me la subo"