TV Review: Daredevil Born Again Season 2 (2026)

Daredevil Born Again Season 2 (2026) created for television by Matt Corman and Dario Scardapane based on the Marvel comics character

Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) is New York City's mayor and has enacted an anti-vigilante law which comes along with a heavily armed and armored task force. He claims he's reduced crime in the city and made things a lot safer for the city that he loves. But the cost is a lot of overreach by the task force. And Fisk is still running some illegal operations, especially through a port that doesn't have oversight by anyone else. A ship comes in with a secret cargo of military-grade weapons. Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) as Daredevil goes on board to find evidence only to come into conflict with the task force. The captain and his first mate have orders to scuttle the ship if things go badly, which they do. But the ship is already in New York Harbor and doesn't sink all the way. Fisk scrambles to control the situation while Daredevil also scrambles to make the most of the situation. He's been fighting from hiding along with Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), who is running the propaganda part of their anti-Fisk operation. They have few allies.

While I love the characters here, the show is quite bleak and a bit of a slog to get through. People are miserable on all sides and not much hope comes from any direction until the last five or ten minutes of the show. The courtroom drama parts are not authentic and feel designed to be melodramatic rather than to reflect how the legal system actually works. If that wasn't jarring enough, Fisk enters a celebrity boxing match while he's also on high alert for threats to him and his wife. What's the mayor of New York doing that for? The whole plot of Fisk's overreach with his task force is a clear parallel with President Trump and the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, a very heavy-handed and obvious commentary. With the somber and realistic tone of the series, the departures from reality stick out too much. The ending managed to pull things together but this is only an average drama for an exceptional character.

Mildly recommended.

As I publish this (October 2026), this is only available streaming on Disney+.

Book Review: Daredevil vs. Bullseye by M. Wolfman et al.

Daredevil vs. Bullseye written by Marv Wolfman, Jim Shooter, and Frank Miller and pencils by Bob Brown, Gil Kane, and Frank Miller

This book has separate stories of Daredevil fighting one of his iconic villains, Bullseye.

In the first story, Bullseye makes his first appearance. He show up killing a rich man who won't pay a ransom to be spared. Prepared for this, Bullseye starts a media campaign to support his extortion/murder campaign in the hopes that future victims will pay up immediately rather than face his infallible aim. Bullseye is an expert marksman using virtually anything--guns are okay, but he can use bricks, pens, trash, virtually anything, as a lethal weapon. Daredevil has enough enhanced abilities to dodge the attacks, but can he take down a ranged enemy when he (Daredevil) is more of a melee guy? Bullseye goes for the jugular and the exposure when he fights Daredevil at Madison Square Garden while the circus is in town. The story is exciting but the dialogue is voluminous and slows down the action a bit. Also, it was clearly written in the late 1970s, with a lot of the hip and trendy lingo of yesteryear. It was an entertaining introduction for the iconic character.

In the next story, Daredevil is trailing an incognito Bullseye, hoping to corner him and find out who hired him to assassinate Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson a few issues back (and not in this volume). Daredevil switches to street clothes and follows Bullseye into a gun store. He foils the robbery but gets beaned when Bullseye throws a golf ball at him. The injury causes Daredevil to lose his radar sense. Daredevil is called out by Bullseye to a TV studio for a duel to the death on air. If Daredevil doesn't show, he'll kill the three daytime talk show hosts. Even without his radar sense, Matt heads off to the confrontation. The battle features a lot of on-again-off-again moments of Daredevil's radar sense, which seems more tied to making the fight more dramatic than to any actual physical cause. I found this less interesting than the first story.

The next story has Bullseye on the verge of a surgery to remove a brain tumor. When the tumor becomes painful, he sees everyone as Daredevil and wants to slaughter them all. He kills the hospital staff and wanders Manhattan, vacillating between trying to keep control and trying to take down Daredevil. Daredevil shows up and has a chance to kill Bullseye but his better nature kicks in.

After the surgery happens, Bullseye is in prison planning to kill Daredevil. Bullseye finds out that he's been replaced as Kingpin's main assassin by Elektra, so Bullseye targets her too. When he makes his escape, lots of fighting ensues. Bullseye's inner monologue is fascinating (Frank Miller wrote it) as he works his way through all his problems. More problems happen as he fights Daredevil, who has a very hard time not killing Bullseye.

The final story has Daredevil giving the extended monologue while he plays Russian Roulette with Bullseye, who is completely paralyzed in a hospital bed. Daredevil is pulling the trigger for his enemy as he tries to make sense of the situation, especially after dealing with a legal case where the son of his client is obsessed with Daredevil. It's another poignant moment in the narrative.

This is a mixed bag of stories, some being more interesting than others.

Mildly recommended, though more strongly if you are a Daredevil fan.

Book Review: Daredevil: Yellow by J. Loeb and T. Sale

Daredevil: Yellow storytelling by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

After Karen Page's death, Matt Murdock decides (on Foggy Nelson's advice) to write her a letter explaining how he feels about the situation. The writing is a way to deal with his love of her and his guilt over her death. He goes back to the beginning, which means starting with the death of his own father while Matt was in law school. Jack Murdock was a boxer whose career had a sudden revival with a string of knockouts. Jack's new manager is nicknamed "The Fixer," which turns out to be exactly what it implies. When they get to the fight where Jack is supposed to take a dive instead of his opponent, Jack refuses. The Fixer is upset because Jack wasn't following orders and his wider crime-world connections are unhappy too. Matt, while working hard at his Columbia Law School studies, has also been working hard on his fighting skills. When his dad is killed and the justice system lets the killers go free, Matt goes to his dad's trunk, going through his fighting gear (which includes a yellow robe), and makes his first Daredevil suit out of it. Then he goes to avenge his dad. Meanwhile, he and Foggy have finished law school and open their own practice, hiring Karen Page, who becomes a catalyst for romantic drama between the two lawyers.

Loeb and Sale are a great team, crafting masterpieces like Batman: The Long Halloween. They make a great origin story for Daredevil, incorporating all the classic bits while giving the story more depth and emotion. They have the law firm though courtroom scenes are kept to a minimum. Daredevil has some awkward integration with other Manhattan superheroes and villains. When the Fantastic Four show up at the law firm, have they figured out Matt's secret identity or do they really just need legal help with Reed's patents? The fight scenes are not the main focus but are interesting and do connect to larger themes and narratives. As Matt reminiscences, the seemingly scattershot details fit together as a whole, providing more insight into his personality. 

Recommended, highly for Daredevil fans. 

TV Review: Daredevil Born Again Season 1 (2025)

Daredevil Born Again Season 1 (2025) created for television by Matt Corman and Dario Scardapane based on the Marvel comics character

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) goes through a harrowing experience in a pre-credits sequence: Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) is brutally murdered by Bullseye (Wilson Bethel). After throwing Bullseye off the roof, Matt hangs up his Daredevil costume and moves to a new law firm while Karen Page (Deborah Ann Wohl) moves out of town. A year later, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) decides to run for mayor of New York City on a "make New York a better place" promise. He wins the election, which does not sit well with Matt. The two men confront each other and promise if the other returns to their former ways, he will take him down. The tension ratchets up as a new street artist, Muse (Hunter Doohan), makes displays lionizing the vigilantes Fisk despises and lambasting the politics Fisk engages in. Also, Muse is killing people and using their blood in his artwork. The situation only gets worse from there as Murdock and Fisk both try to protect their city.

D'Onofrio and Cox give great performances. Their confrontation scenes are among the best in this new series. But the series suffers from bailing out on the Murdock-Nelson-Page dynamic which is not recreated in Matt's new law firm, though they try to. Fisk becoming mayor is a little hard to believe since he would more likely find dirt on politicians and manipulate the system that way rather than come out front and center. He does some interesting things, slowly or quickly corrupting his subordinates depending on how receptive they are to his ways. Also, his wife Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer) has returned though they are in couples counseling (also some of the best scenes in the show). As a villain, Muse is underdeveloped and winds up more of a plot mechanic than an interesting (if diabolical) character. The show ends with a cliffhanger ending because, of course, they want to make another season. I will watch a new season but this is not as good as the previous Netflix seasons, so I am not very enthusiastic for more.

Mildly recommended.

As I write (October 2025) this is only available on Disney+.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 8 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 8: The Death of Daredevil written by Charles Soule and art by Phil Noto

Daredevil is back on the anti-mayoral crusade, trying to take down Wilson Fiske who is New York City's mayor. He has an added complication--one of his super-powered friends accidentally created Mike Murdock, Matt's fictional twin brother that he used long ago to deflect attention from himself. Mike has a weird combination of motivations that creates a lot of drama for Daredevil and the few allies he has in his legal fight against Kingpin.

The story has a lot of out-of-left-field elements, including the ending which only sort-of delivers on the title. A new villain is introduced whose identity turns out to be really weird. I found a lot of the elements of the story unsatisfactory. Oh well, this is the end of Charles Soule's run on Daredevil. Overall, there's been more good than bad in the series and the Disney reboot is using an earlier villain that Soule created, so this narrative has left its mark in a good way.

Mildly recommended--it wraps up the series.

Book Review: Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost and The Adamantium Agenda by C. Soule et al.

Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost written by Charles Soule, art by David Marquez, Paulo Siqueira, and Matteo Buffagni

Wolverine died encased in adamantium (the same metal that makes his bones unbreakable). The X-men had set up a cabin in remote Canada with his remains. A group of desperate villains, the Reavers, find the location and try to steal the encased corpse. The X-men had set up some security and arrive to stop the desecration of Wolverine's grave. The Reavers try to get a little bit DNA so they have something to sell, only to discover the adamantium covering is only a shell--there's no body inside. The X-men had moved his corpse to a grave not far away. When they go to visit the real burial place after the fight, the X-men discover Wolverine's body is gone. Realizing this is a perilous situation, Kitty Pryde organizes several teams to search of the missing body.

One team is headed by Daredevil, who likes a good mystery. He recruits Misty Knight, an ex-cop from New York City with a cybernetic arm, and Frank Magee, an ex-detective from NYC who became an Inhuman when the city got dosed with Terrigen Mist. They start chasing down leads with the help of Cypher, a mutant who can communicate in any language and is addicted to the internet. Cypher finds a lot of online leads about Wolverine's whereabouts, too many for the team to investigate. They start narrowing the list and following up on the most likely leads.

The overall story has an interesting set-up and is spun out over several different series following the various teams (one lead by Iron-man, one by Kitty Pryde). The Weapon Lost story is deliberately noirish in style and provides an interesting investigation. The story is not fully resolved, so I will probably read the other series.

Mildly recommended--this is the middle of a larger narrative arc. I read this before I read Death of Wolverine, so the whole "encased in adamantium" fate was new to me. But I found it intriguing enough to keep going.

Hunt for Wolverine: The Adamantium Agenda written by Charles Soule and Tom Taylor, art by David Marquez, Paulo Siqueira, and R. B. Silva

The team in this book is headed by Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. His investigative group is Spider-man, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. Why those three? A couple of years ago, Tony and those three worked with Wolverine to stop a bomb from destroying Manhattan. Wolverine had made a mysterious deal with  all of them that brings them back together to search for Logan. Tony finds out about a black-market auction that promises the complete DNA of someone from the superhero community. Has the black marketeer has acquired Wolverine's body to monetize it? The group goes off on an adventure to find the sale and bring the seller to justice, hopefully finding out the fate of Wolverine along the way.

The mysterious backstory provides intrigue for readers and motivation for the main characters. I found the tale interesting even though it is not entirely conclusive.

Mildly recommended--this is stronger than the above tale.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 7 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 7: Mayor Murdock written by Charles Soule, art by Mike Henderson, and color by Matt Milla

The Hand attacks New York City left and right, including shooting a million arrows into Mayor Wilson Fisk.Through a legal fluke Matt Murdock is now the mayor. At the time of the mayoral attack, Matt is fighting as Daredevil and has landed in police custody. He manages to get out of that and into City Hall. He starts directing the civic response as he also tries to participate in the street fighting. Matt calls on Foggy Nelson to be his chief of staff, freeing himself for more time on the street. The Hand's boss, The Beast, is in the city for a specific purpose. As a bonus, the chaos feeds its desire for fear and panic. The story makes a bunch of twists and turns, some very outlandish, as it makes its way to a happy-ish ending.

Unfortunately, some of the surprises are completely out of left field and come off like Deus Ex Machina stuff. I laughed at the more preposterous moments but I am not sure I was supposed to. After the dramatic build up, the creators had a hard time bringing things back down to the status quo. I was less impressed with this volume than the previous ones but will still go on.

Mildly recommended.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 6 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 6: Mayor Fisk written by Charles Soule, art by Stefano Landini and Ron Garney, and color by Matt Milla

Having returned to New York from an extended Asian adventure, Matt Murdock discovers that Wilson Fisk, the very villain named "Kingpin," has become the mayor of New York City. If that wasn't bad enough, Fisk asks Murdock to be his deputy mayor! Of course he buries Murdock in paperwork, having an aide read out all of the previous administration's policies and procedures (many volumes!). If that wasn't bad enough, the serial killer Muse escapes from prison and returns to Manhattan. Of course he starts doing his "art" again, often using human remains for his creations. He makes a lot of murals of New York superheroes (Spider-man, The Punisher, Iron Fist, Daredevil, etc.). These displays enrage Fisk who wants both to confirm his legitimacy and to suppress the vigilantes in the city. Blindspot has come back from China and has some dealings with Daredevil, though he really wants to kill Muse in revenge. Matt has a huge balancing act--is it beyond his capacities?

The developments in the plot are very interesting. Half the people wonder why Murdock doesn't just kill Fisk and become mayor. The succession doesn't work that way, and Daredevil does not work that way either. Murdock wants to shift Fisk's policies or at least have an inside ear (remember his superior hearing?) on Fisk's plans. The political intrigues do a good job setting up narrative tension and some fight scenes. Two big twists come at the end making me ready for the next volume.

Recommended, highly for Daredevil fans.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 5 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 5: Supreme written by C. Soule and art by Goran Sudzuka, Alec Morgan, and Ron Garney

This volume has two stories in it. The first, the titular "Supreme," has Matt Murdock arguing his way up the legal system to allow for the testimony of masked superheroes without revealing their secret identities. He starts off by setting up a case where Daredevil can testify on behalf of the prosecution against some small-time New York thugs. The plot has a couple of actions scenes so the tension isn't completely on the legal arguments. While the characters are on board with the plan, it's not really clear that success will make a sea-change for the superhero community or the criminal community. Will criminals be more worried if the superheroes capturing them can also testify against them in court? If heroes get tied up testifying in legal cases, will that cut down on saving the world?

The second story follows up on the fate of Blindspot, the new apprentice to Daredevil from previous volumes. Blindspot's mother took him back to China deep in the mainland. Daredevil gets a message from Blindspot asking him to come, it's an emergency. Sure sounds like a trap, but Matt Murdock travels there anyway, discovering a secret, fog-enshrouded temple in the middle of a Chinese jungle. The story makes some interesting turns. It also resolves the situation (Blindspot's fate and Matt's guilt over what happened) that has been hanging for quite a while.

Daredevil is in China for a long time. On his arrival back, he discovers that Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, has been elected Mayor of New York City! That's just a tease for the next storyline.

Mildly recommended--the good art and action make up for the implausibility.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 4 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 4: Identity written by Charles Soule and art by Goran Sudzuka, Ron Garney, and Marc Laming

Daredevil goes to confession in New York City, providing the chance to tell the backstory of how his secret identity returned to secrecy. First he tells the priest of his integrated life, that is, people knowing that Matt Murdock is Daredevil. He had some benefits but there were a lot of drawbacks. People assumed his Daredevil antics were done to pad out the Matt Murdock autobiography that was coming out. His Daredevil activities were frowned upon by his fellow lawyers and caused a lot of conflict of interests in court. He managed to find a girl who loved him and they were great together, but the celebrity lifestyle was hard on both of them. The biggest problem was he didn't know exactly who he was anymore. Combining the two separate lives was hard and confusing. He moved to San Francisco and eventually had to fight The Purple Man, who wants to take over the world for his own amusement, this time by making people do what is the worst thing they could possibly do. He gets control of Daredevil and asks him, which causes a lot of reflection on Daredevil's part before he can answer.

Despite having some fundamental misconceptions about the sacrament of Confession, the story presents the backstory in an interesting way while still sorting out current issues. Matt Murdock has plenty of guilt over the injuries his protege Blindspot received at the hands of Muse, a psychotic artist. Here, Matt's given an opportunity to reflect on the situation and come to a better place, setting up a new story arc for the next volume. 

Mildly recommended--I'll keep going but I am getting less interested.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 3 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 3: Dark Art written by Charles Soule, art by Ron Garney, and color art by Matt Milla

Daredevil and his new sidekick (of sorts) Blindspot face off against a new threat--a killer who has painted a huge mural in human blood. The blood comes from over a hundred different people, one of whom is the missing niece of a city councilwoman. She pulls strings to get lawyer Matt Murdock to shut down the profiteering owner of the building where the blood mural is located. He's selling ten-dollar tickets to a willing public. Daredevil and Blindspot (who has a day job with Matt at the DA's office) have to put in a lot of overtime to work both sides of the case.

The new artist villain is an interesting twist on the usual superhero bad guy. He spouts off a lot about his importance and his works (other items show up besides the blood mural). Some of the images are a bit grim but follow the generally darker tone of Daredevil. This isn't for kids but I liked it.

Recommended.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 2 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil: Back in Black Volume 2: Supersonic written by Charles Soule and art by Matteo Buffagni, Goran Sudzuka, and Vanesa R. Del Rey

Elektra comes hunting for Daredevil with an outlandish claim--her child has gone missing and she thinks Daredevil is behind the mystery. Daredevil knows nothing about Elektra having a child though the age she is claiming would make it possible that he's the father. The situation is tough to sort out when the aggrieved party is throwing knives and punches as quickly and as skillfully as possible. In the next story, Matt travels incognito to Macau and participates in a Texas Hold'em tournament, though it's more of a way to get in to a high-security hotel to get highly valuable information. Spider-man has come along for the job, providing his usual banter and advice (especially about having a "black supersuit" period). In the third story, the deaf hero Echo goes to a concert where all the fans go nuts...because they are being controlled by Klaw, a former human who is now living sound and trying to convert all of Manhattan into people like him. Echo gets Daredevil to help with the situation.

All three stories are interesting but the Macau one is the best written and most entertaining. The others are good, but not as good. Soule does a great job with Matt's character and his abilities, including his lack of abilities. If you thought, "How can a blind guy play poker?", you are not alone. They make it interesting and manage to get a little character nuance out of the situation. The Elektra story is less convincing but the art is really good, with a noir-ish use of minimal colors and high contrasts. The music story tries to throw in a lot of visuals that represent the music but it makes the images more chaotic. The effort was good but the results were underwhelming.

Recommended overall.

Book Review: Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 1 by C. Soule et al.

Daredevil, Back in Black Volume 1: Chinatown written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Ron Garney

Matt Murdock did some deal so no one remembers that he is Daredevil except for Foggy Nelson. Matt's returned from California and is fighting crime in Hell's Kitchen as Daredevil (in a black suit), so that's normal. In the unusual category: his outfit is black with red highlights, he is training an assistant named Blindspot (an illegal immigrant who wants to fight crime in his neighborhood--Chinatown), and Matt has taken a job in New York City's District Attorney office. New trouble has arisen in Chinatown. A preacher named TenFingers is gathering the illegal immigrants and promising them safety in his flock. TenFingers does indeed have ten fingers...on each hand! And he's trained some of his higher disciples to fight, so he is serious about protecting people. But he does also have a villainous agenda. Daredevil and Blindspot fight his gang at night while Matt prosecutes him by day. What could go wrong?

The story has a definite noir vibe. The art is often black and white or only a few colors with some stylized visuals, especially in the fight scenes. The tone works well for the story, which is more about the backstreets of New York and the smaller but just as important battle against evil that happens on the local stage, not the world stage. Daredevil has a lot of moral conflict--about having a sidekick/apprentice, about deceiving everyone, about living a double life that is so hard to manage. Blindspot makes an interesting parallel and contrast for Daredevil's life and problems. He's a new character (though there have been other characters named Blindspot in Marvel's history) and has enough distinctness that he's not just another version of a similar superhero.

The writing and art are very sharp and enjoyable, getting a good Daredevil story going. I hope it continues.

Recommended, highly for Daredevil fans. 

Book Review: Daredevil: Born Again by F. Miller et al.

Daredevil: Born Again written by Frank Miller and art by David Mazzucchelli and Dennis Janke

Karen Page, former secretary and lover to Matt Murdock, is down and out in Mexico. After breaking up with Matt, she tried to make it big in movies. She became a junkie and, in order to get one more fix, she reveals Matt's secret identity as Daredevil. Information goes up the underworld chain and gets to Wilson Fisk, The Kingpin. He takes everything away from Matt--his job, his bank account, his home, etc. Matt's already somewhat mentally unstable. He goes over the edge, alienating his few friends and making bad decisions. He claws his way back out of the pit in a gritty tale of conflict and corruption.

The story is written by Frank Miller, of Sin City and 300 fame, and has a hard edge that is not what you would expect from a 1980s comic book. The recent Daredevil television show borrowed a lot of elements from this storyline. The writing is so good, it's no surprise. Matt goes through a lot in a convincing and heart-breaking way, making his ultimate redemption all the better. This is a solid drama with lots of action.

Highly recommended.

Book Review: Daredevil Vol. 7 by M. Waid et al.

Daredevil Volume 7 written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Chris Samnee, Jason Copland, and Javier Rodriguez

See the previous volume here.

Matt Murdock continues to deal with Foggy's cancer and his ex-girlfriend being Foggy's replacement. Daredevil faces some problems too. He's fighting the Sons of the Serpent, a white supremacist group that's creating anarchy in Manhattan with fake media messages. The media problem is caused by the Jester, a third-level villain whose been trouble for Spider-man and Daredevil in the past. Dealing with the Jester isn't nearly so difficult as another issue Daredevil uncovers. The Sons of the Serpents have some sort of occult connection involving an ancient spellbook called "The Darkhold." Dr. Strange sets Daredevil on the right path, leading to a rural town where he has to fight with (and eventually team up with) a group of classic horror characters--a Frankenstein's monster, a werewolf, a mummy, and the daughter of the Devil. She's a bit mad about Daredevil being a poser for her dad. After he gets what he needs, he heads back to New York.

This story arc was the end of Waid's run on Daredevil. All the speechifying was over-the-top and led to some dramatically unbelievable moments, but Waid was able to keep his fun style going. The bit with the horror monsters was the best part though the connection to the bad guys was very slim. The art shifted in the last couple of issues, resulting in Dr. Strange looking like a different person! So that was a little distracting.

Slightly recommended--if you've made it to Volume 6, you might as well finish it off. You will be satisfied but not wowed.

Book Review: Daredevil Vol. 6 by M. Waid et al.

Daredevil Volume 6 written by Mark Waid and art by Javier Rodriguez, Chris Samnee, and Matteo Scalera

Matt Murdock gets a new law partner to help with the caseload while Foggy Nelson is in the hospital with cancer. He also gets a new client, a childhood bully who gave Daredevil his name by teasing the young, sighted Matt for being bookish and non-confrontational. The bully has had a less than legal lifestyle but his latest arrest was a false arrest. Matt still has lots of negative feelings about the bully but decides to defend him anyway because a false arrest is an injustice, regardless of how crummy the person is. Turns out there's a lot more going on when they get to the courtroom and Daredevil has to fight his way out.

The book also has a minor adventure with the Silver Surfer and then a longer adventure with the Hulk. Matt Murdock is Bruce Banner's lawyer. And also his failsafe since Bruce made a deal with S.H.I.E.L.D.--they provide him with a high-tech lab, he provides them with Hulk muscle on missions. One mission takes out a shipment of high-tech weapons headed to a villain in New York City. One of the bad guys slips out, forcing Hulk and Daredevil to work together to hunt down the one missing gun. The story was so-so. 

Mildly recommended. The series has only one more volume, so I'll finish it off.

Book Review: Daredevil Vol. 5 by M. Waid et al.

Daredevil Volume 5 written by Mark Waid and art by Chris Samnee

The foes from the last couple of volumes are being organized by some mysterious figure who is ready to start the next (and probably final) round. That problem takes a back seat when Matt Murdock's best friend, Foggy Nelson, reveals a big secret. Foggy's got cancer, or at least that's what the doctor's think. Matt needs to step up as a friend just as the mastermind enemy starts his final plan to eliminate Daredevil.

The story does a good job going between the action and the drama and ends mostly satisfactorily. The action works well and Daredevil's character develops some uncharacteristic fear. As with most heroes, his fear is for his friends' safety, not so much for himself.

Recommended.

Book Review: Daredevil Vol. 4 by M. Waid et al.

Daredevil Volume 4 written by Mark Waid and art by Chris Samnee and Michael Allred

The Avengers perform some invasive surgery on Matt Murdock's brain after Doctor Doom filled it full of nanobots trying to steal Daredevil's sonar power. The surgery is mostly successful. Matt still has some troubles, especially when he starts hallucinating. His law partner, Foggy Nelson, has had it with Matt's instability and breaks up the legal team. Daredevil goes off the deep end as he faces a new villain, the Coyote. Coyote has been knocking off a lot of drug lord in New York City in gruesome and unlikely ways. Their confrontation resolves some problems for Matt but makes others worse.

The story takes a dark swerve away from the light-hearted swashbuckling in previous volumes. Matt deals with more personal demons and more horrible happenings. The ending itself is a bit of a downer for the Man without Fear. Still, I want to find out what happens, so I will keep reading!

Recommended.

Book Review: Daredevil Vol. 3 by M. Waid et al.

Daredevil Volume 3 written by Mark Waid and Greg Rucka, art by Marco Checchetto, Chris Samnee, Khoi Pham, and Tom Palmer

Daredevil has the same problem as last volume--the Omega Drive. It's a piece of Fantastic Four tech that stores information on five different super criminal organizations. After defeating Black Spectre (one of the organizations), he's now on a mission to keep it out of any wrong hands. That includes Frank Castle's hands. Frank is The Punisher. He'd love to use the information to cause mayhem and destruction for organized crime. Daredevil thinks that will involve too much collateral damage, so he teams up with Spider-man to keep Castle in check as the three try to destroy the drive, hopefully in public where all the bad guys will realize it's gone and stop hounding Daredevil. Plans don't go according to plan. Other plots are tried, though they are interrupted when Doctor Doom abducts Daredevil for his own nefarious purposes.

This story continues to entertain and be creative. The plans to get rid of the drive are interesting. At first, the Doctor Doom stuff seems shoehorned in. As that story develops, it makes a little more sense. The art is a bit uneven since the story was spread over different comics. The volume includes issues of Avenging Spider-man and The Punisher. It was one of those crossover stories--the bonus materials in the back show how the three different issue covers are put together to make one big picture. The characters look a little different in the different issues, a fact I found distracting. Still, the story is solid and I am ready for more.

Recommended.

Book Review: Daredevil Vol. 2 by M. Waid et al.

Daredevil Volume 2 written by Mark Waid, art by Paolo Rivera, Joe Rivera, Emma Rios, Kano, and Khoi Pham

Daredevil winds up with a hard drive full of information on five different crime organizations: A.I.M., Hydra, Agence Byzantium, The Secret Empire, and Black Spectre. They naturally want it but any one individual organization would have great leverage over the other four. While they work out a deal to cooperate, Matt Murdock gets on with his life.

After a one-off adventure where Murdock saves and is saved by a bunch of kids on a winter bus trip, the action starts in full force. Spider-man comes by asking for legal help--his friend/former lover Black Cat is in trouble. She's a master thief and is accused of stealing some high tech equipment from the outfit where Peter Parker works. The slip-up that got her busted seems fake. Daredevil and Spider-man investigate, though they don't need to break Black Cat out of custody. She does just fine for herself. The three work together to figure out what's going on. 

Their adventure is cross-cut with a subterranean horror that Matt has to deal with--the cemetery where his father is buried has been graverobbed...from underneath! What sinister plan does the Mole Man have for the dozens of coffins his minions have stolen?

The stories are interested and Daredevil's new, more light-hearted characterization is fun. Matt attends a Christmas party with an "I'm not Daredevil" sweater, still trying to get out from under his identity being revealed. He doesn't find as much humor in situations as Spider-man does (but who can match Spidey in that department?), but he isn't mopey or conflicted like a lot modern superheroes. He still deals with serious issues without being glum.

Recommended.