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Gloria
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 Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: DD #106 Cover (possible spoilers) |
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OK, no advance solicitations for #106 have appeared so far, but I happened to spot a # 106 cover in an online cover Gallery.
here you have a sanple of Djurjevic's cover art for that issue. Don't click on it if you don't like spoilers.
I'd say that, while the cover doesn't quite give away anything, it's pretty suggestive. Our hero is in a Hamletian mood, rain suggesting gloomy thoughts within... A praying statue in the background (Does this mean we're going to see Sister Maggie again?).
As I said, the art is pretty suggestive, though I'm afraid that I'll have to bite my nails a lot until I find what the whole thing is about: Brubaker has already proved that, no matter how open we are to anything happening, what ultimately happens is always a big shock/surprise (as we've experienced with Foggy, Vanessa or Milla in previous issues)
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Francesco
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see no spoilers in that cover, to be frank...
Also, I'll never be grateful enough to whoever at Marvel dacided to hire Djurdjevic as the current DD cover artist. |
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jumonji
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Francesco wrote: | I don't see no spoilers in that cover, to be frank...
Also, I'll never be grateful enough to whoever at Marvel dacided to hire Djurdjevic as the current DD cover artist. |
I agree with you on both points. Matt always looks miserable on every cover so that's nothing new, and even the mood is a little ambiguous. He could be a guy who
1) Has lost something or someone (I'm actually more inclined to think that Milla will eventually just walk out on him)
2) Has just been tested in some horrible way and come out of it alive and is just really exhausted
3) Is just relieved the whole thing is over, but is suffering from that kind of dread you feel when you think about all the kinds of things that could have happened
Really, either one is a possibility and there's no way of knowing what might happen (unless you pull a Mr Fear on Brubaker and force him to tell you). In fact, this cover strikes me as the kind you'd want to use if you wanted to get everyone confused about what the story is really about. If they were going with a cover that has him looking upbeat that would strike me as being more of a spoiler.
UPDATED: If we really want to analyze this thing, shouldn't we also pay attention to the light coming from the church. Couldn't that have some kind of significance (yes, a Sister Maggie appearance perhaps). There's an interplay of darkness and light in this picture that really makes it even more confusing. Either way, it's beautiful.
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Darediva
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Very, very nice cover!
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Gloria
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| Francesco wrote: | | I don't see no spoilers in that cover, to be frank... |
Well, no texts, nothing in particular given away... And yet, there's that church background that could imply a lot of things. Anyway, it's four issues ahead, so I think that a spoiler warning is not a bad thing 
Lately, Daredevil's covers are quite enticing but not-too revealing of the plot inside: in that cover Matt might be thinking either "Damn it, Being DD sucks" or "Damn it, I forgot the umbrella at home"
| Francesco wrote: | | Also, I'll never be grateful enough to whoever at Marvel dacided to hire Djurdjevic as the current DD cover artist. |
Ditto!
Though I also like Lee Bermejo's covers quite a lot , too 
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Isaac
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In my humble opinion, it's Matt questioning himself about being Daredevil once more time.
Interesting would be the reason. I know I have no proper reason think this way, but what if at the end it comes that ... he killed Mr. Fear, as some of you have been suggesting? |
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jumonji
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| Isaac wrote: | In my humble opinion, it's Matt questioning himself about being Daredevil once more time.
Interesting would be the reason. I know I have no proper reason think this way, but what if at the end it comes that ... he killed Mr. Fear, as some of you have been suggesting? |
Yeah, I brought that up, and I think that might be what's going to happen. I based that on some vague hint in a Brubaker interview about Matt "crossing new lines", but who knows? I honestly don't think anyone in the group of people around Matt will die because Brubaker is too good a writer to use character deaths gratuituosly for simple shock value. In the end, I think we'll probably be surprised no matter what happens.
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Gloria
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Isaac wrote: | | Interesting would be the reason. I know I have no proper reason think this way, but what if at the end it comes that ... he killed Mr. Fear, as some of you have been suggesting? |
My guess is he doesn't: I don't think Brubaker has built Cranston in such a way just to get rid of him in a few issues.
In fact, with what has been happening so far (without having reached the end of the saga) is enough to have one thinking if it is worth to fight for justice just to be screwed again and again and have himself, his friends and lovers as a target (and still have trouble with the freaking registrators). It is true that he gave it some thought when he decided to "get back his life" and accept, in a way, Vanessa's deal.
In fact... I am wondering if Vanessa might have any further post-mortem surprises: when she asked Cranston for Liliy's perfume, she probably knew who she was dealing with, hum?
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jumonji
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| Gloria wrote: | | In fact... I am wondering if Vanessa might have any further post-mortem surprises: when she asked Cranston for Liliy's perfume, she probably knew who she was dealing with, hum? |
This is certainly a very interesting point. You might be on to something there. 
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Gloria
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My bet is that Brubaker wouldn't just bury such an interesting character just because the woman is dead... In fact, hasn't he written already a number of Captain America issues without the lead character?
And, well, her hubby is "on holiday", but not gone... who knows? Maybe he left him something to do in her Will.
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the gael
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very interesting preview and cover. I'm not sure that Matt killed cranston. If he did he would just abandon the DD identity. But that isn't the case. It seems that in fact cranston has won in some way and " killed " Matt Murdock. Only remain Daredevil, the avenger, the violent vigilant above the law.
It's like if Matt had made anything he could to save milla and even maybe some very illegal things ( who may not be a murder ) but lost her forever, bringing him in another " even is knowing who you are " storyline. ( Who is daredevil without the idealistic and noble Matt ? )
pretty interesting. |
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jumonji
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| the gael wrote: | very interesting preview and cover. I'm not sure that Matt killed cranston. If he did he would just abandon the DD identity. But that isn't the case. It seems that in fact cranston has won in some way and " killed " Matt Murdock. Only remain Daredevil, the avenger, the violent vigilant above the law.
It's like if Matt had made anything he could to save milla and even maybe some very illegal things ( who may not be a murder ) but lost her forever, bringing him in another " even is knowing who you are " storyline. ( Who is daredevil without the idealistic and noble Matt ? )
pretty interesting. |
The "preview" is certainly interesting, as is your theory. I don't really know what to think, but the idea that Cranston has somehow poisoned Matt's personal life (without necessarily killing anyone) is very intriguing and you may certainly be on to something. I used to think that Matt might kill Cranston, but I'm now more inclined to agree with those who say that he's been made into too good a character to be done away with like that.
Anyway, sure this may be some soul searching "who am I, why am I doing this?" kind of thing, but if the civilian persona of Matt Murdock is going away anywhere (physically or metaphorically) my guess is that it won't be for very long with the excellent cast of character Bru has built around his civilian lawyer identity.
So do you guys know if this is a one-shot issue or part one of a new story arc?
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the gael
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Of course it won't last for long. In the end of the story ( I don't know if it is a one shot or five issue story ), Matt will realise that Daredevil is nothing without Matt Murdock, because the idealistic lawyer is the moral compass and the reason why daredevil is a good guy, a hero.
I know that there is something in store for vanessa fisk in the story or maybe later in brubaker's run, but I have thought since the beginning that the big secret of mister fear may be that there has never been any antidote for Milla. ( she may not die but stay crazy forever, whatever Matt tried )
It was just to horrible to admitt it so i never post the idea, but it's pretty possible and considering the preview, it's a good possibility.
Cranston seemed just to jalous of Matt having a secret identity and not him ( even if he still has the edward cranstone alias, he seemed so pissed to be considered " deceased " under his real name ). Maybe he only wanted to have daredevil living with the mask forever, without the happyness of living the Matt murdock life. |
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Gloria
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| jumonji wrote: | | So do you guys know if this is a one-shot issue or part one of a new story arc? |
My guess is that it might be like #88 or #93, which had an issue focusing on a character, which were also drawn by a different artist than Lark: a one-shot story that serves as a transition between the saga which has just finished and the one about to start.
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