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Kuljit Mithra · Hardcore Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 1530 Location: Canada

What does everyone think? I'm surprised they are doing a relaunch right away (only a few months after this volume ends).
I thought they would drag it out, considering the Man Without Fear mini.
Marco Checchetto we know well from Daredevil around the Shadowland arc with Andy Diggle, and Chip Zdarsky I only know from Sex Criminals... how is his writing? He did that Star-Lord series where DD guest-starred, right?

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Mike Murdock · Golden Age Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Posts: 1750

The Man Without Fear mini is weekly is January, which makes it tricky to drag out.

I wish they at least waited until after that was released to announce the new team (so, given the way solicits work, it would probably have been an April relaunch). Or maybe make TMWOF bi-weekly and let it start before the new series is launched if they were worried about having too long of a gap without Daredevil.
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Daredevil24 · Humanity's Fathom Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 367

It better be Matt under the mask and not Blindspot or Mike Murdock.

lcarr1991 · Flying Blind Joined: 26 May 2018 Posts: 27

Dimetre · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:52 pm Post subject:

I'm surprised that Chip Zdarsky is writing, because I know him more as a funny guy. The only comic I have of his is an issue of Howard the Duck that ties in with The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Obviously if I am a regular Squirrel Girl reader, I don't have a problem with funny, but I don't want Daredevil to be dominated by humour.

Of course, the only thing I read of Charles Soule's was the first few issues of his She-Hulk run, which was very irreverent. I compared it to Ally McBeal at the time. So I was worried he was going to bring that same irreverence to Daredevil, but he didn't. So maybe Zdarsky is going to do something completely different this time.

A less surprising pick would have been Matthew Rosenberg or Gary Duggan, but I'm willing to see what Zdarsky does. As for Marco Checchetto, I remember liking his previous Daredevil work during Andy Diggle's run. He's a very talented artist.

Daredevil24 · Humanity's Fathom Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 367

I see an image with DD holding a sword. It looks like Blindspot in the costume. I'm not reading it if that's the case.

Daredevil24 · Humanity's Fathom Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 367

Also... anybody else recognize that sword DD is carrying in the teaser? In my opinion it looks like the sword he was using when he teamed with father Jordan. Also his eyes are glowing with what looks like magic. I see it similar to Blindspot's eyes after he had them pulled and worked with the Hand. I am almost willing to bet the farm the new DD series will feature Sam in the suit. The image I saw had DD looking pretty skinny and a bit young in the mask, definitely not with the angry chin. I just don't know why Soule would set his pet up and put him in the suit. Sam is still massively under developed and DD's sales from what I heard aren't exactly stellar. This is just s theory tho.

lcarr1991 · Flying Blind Joined: 26 May 2018 Posts: 27

Daredevil24 · Humanity's Fathom Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 367

Really? I haven't seen it. But I wonder if it's just cover art.

Dimetre · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:56 pm Post subject:

Has anyone read Zdarsky's run on Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man?

Cropsy Cryptkeeper · Flying Blind Joined: 21 Nov 2018 Posts: 12

Daredevil24 · Humanity's Fathom Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 367

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

lcarr1991 · Flying Blind Joined: 26 May 2018 Posts: 27

Dimetre · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:21 pm Post subject:

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 · Golden Age Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Posts: 1750

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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