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[Cropsy Cryptkeeper]

[Daredevil24]

So in light of the conclusion of the death of Daredevil what are some your predictions for the next arc?

[lcarr1991]

[Dimetre]

When a new writer is announced to take over Daredevil, I go out and pick up some of that writer's previous work. When Ed Brubaker was announced, I picked up the first few issues of his Captain America run. (I was overjoyed by what I read.) When Andy Diggle was announced, I picked up Batman: Confidential. (I was worried.) When Mark Waid was announced, I went back and re-read some of his Captain America run. (I personally think he surpassed that with his Daredevil run.) When Charles Soule was announced, I picked the first trade of his She-Hulk run. (I was unsure what to think.)

The only work written by Chip Zdarsky I had read before he was announced as Daredevil's new writer was a single issue of Howard the Duck, and I suspected that wouldn't serve as a proper sample of what he would bring to this title. So I went out and picked up Into the Twilight, which collects the first six issues of his Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man run. After reading it, I don't know at all what to expect.

Zdarksy shared the news of the announcement on Facebook by saying that Daredevil is his "all-time favourite title". If he's telling the truth, then he knows that he can't write Matt Murdock as the pop-culture-reference dropping chatterbox he made Peter Parker. He seems smart enough to realize he has to treat Matt differently. And yes, I still think Daredevil is going to be Matt, even after I just read #612.

When I read Soule's She-Hulk, I was put off by the irreverent tone. I described it as a super-strong Ally McBeal. Zdarsky's Peter Parker has a similar irreverent tone, but it shows a strong sense of story, and the characters each feel unique. Black Widow shows up at the end of the first issue and attacks Spidey, all while not uttering a single word to him while he speaks 869. She acts mysterious and true to character, which shows that Zdarsky knows how to do things other than make people laugh.

But the sixth issue is notable for just focusing on two characters -- Peter and J. Jonah Jameson. There is so much history between these two, and Zdarsky is respectful of all of it. The emotions between the two range from resentment, contempt, grudging respect, awe... it's great character work. It's probably going to finish inside a lot of people's top comic issues of the 2018.

One thing I know for sure -- Zdarsky's Daredevil is going to feel completely different from Soule's Daredevil, and that's fine with me. I hope it's not as irreverent as his Howard the Duck or Peter Parker, but I'll give it a chance.

[Mike Murdock]

For a more serious book that could serve as a model, he also wrote the new Marvel Two-in-One. There's a lightness to that story but also some dark undertones and themes.
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[Sunni]

My first thought upon seeing the promo art was, Daredevil with Ghost Rider powers?! Sign me up! And Marco Checchetto does great work so very excited about that, awesome! I’m also happy that J. Totino Tedesco is doing the covers. But I was puzzled by the writing choice as I thought Chip Zdarsky was a Spider-Man guy who only liked lighter superhero books with him writing Howard the Duck, Starlord, and Spectacular Spider-Man.