Daredevil Message Board

[allstate85]

Hello all!

This is my first post, so go easy.

I am new to reading DD (about 1 year) and I am finding that he is one of my favorite characters. I have read all of Waid`s volume 3, and JRJr and Miller`s Daredevil: Man without fear. I am in the process of obtaining the Born Again run ( vol. 1 227-233) and the Fall from grace run (vol. 1 319-325). I also plan on getting DD yellow and delving into volume 2. The question I pose to this community is what order I should read some of these series, specifically the fall from grace run because it isn't addressed in the recommended reading section of this site. Any suggestions are much appreciated and any other recommended reads would be great as well.

Thanks!

[Kuljit Mithra]

Hi, thanks for joining the board!

I'd suggest reading the books you mentioned in this order...

Born Again
Fall From Grace
Guardian Devil before Daredevil Yellow
Then rest of Volume 2

If you can find Fall of the Kingpin, you can fit that in between Born Again and Fall From Grace.

If you need any more help just let me know.
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[james castle]

I'd suggest you skip Yellow and read Miller's Man Without Fear instead.
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JC

So why can't you see the funny side?
Why aren't you laughing?

[Darkdevil]

Read Miller's original DD run (#165-191 Vol. 1) available through any number of TPBs and Omnibuses.

This work defined the modern era Daredevil and continues to influence the character to this day.

[Dimetre]

[Pete]

[kentuckydevil]

[AP]

Miller's original run is mandatory, including the issues where he was only the artist.

Love's Labor Lost by Denny O'Neil and David Mazzuchelli is also really great. Mazzuchelli's art is simply gorgeous. It's worth the price for the art alone. That's the only trade for that run, but if you can find any of the single issues, most are worth it.

Born Again is mandatory, just like Miller's original run.

Nocenti's run: Some of the Typhoid Mary stuff is interesting, but the message is often VERY preachy, to the point of being distracting. A great number of the stories weren't written to serve the character. Regardless of if you agree with Nocenti's views or not, it's very obvious she wanted to use DD as a vehicle to air her views, often to the detriment of the story and character. I find DD often gets lost in her symposiums, so it's pretty unsatisfying.

I second getting a hold of Fall of the Kingpin. It ties in great with Born Again and is one of my favorites. Weeks art is great.

Fall From Grace: take it or leave it. I read Elektra:Assassin before this, so a few interesting things tied in, but the story really is a mess and doesn't really work. Read Kuljit's interview with Chichester and McDaniel on this site. It makes it all more interesting and makes the story make a little more sense.

Next, read Guardian Devil. It's interesting, but I agree with some of the criticism it's received.

Follow that with Yellow. Yellow is great and fills in the early important stuff you'll miss from the Stan Lee run. I've read the entire Stan Lee run and I would recommend reading Yellow instead of jumping in to that run. It's far too silly and campy, more so than the other Marvel characters from that era. You can really tell DD wasn't a priority for Lee. And I love Gene Colan, but the quality of the art varies from issue to issue. Half the time it's great, but half the time it's uneven or just bad. Couple that with a silly story and it's very unsatisfying. Best to get the cliff notes and move on.

From there, move on to Benids and Brubaker. And, as it's already been stated, stay away from the Diggle run. The only worthwhile issues were issues 505-507, and that's mainly for Marco Checchetto's art. Other than that, stay far, far away.

[Nightwing2001]