As a kid, I used to read Frank Miller’s early run on Daredevil as he fought crime alongside Elektra and characters like the Gladiator (c’mon he had buzz saws attached to his gloves). I believe my first issue was Daredevil #174 and I made it through Elektra’s death just issues later, then gave up on the series. I was ten and wanted to see my superheroes fight the most colorful of characters and Daredevil was always going up against some bald fat guy. Okay, okay, my comic book taste palette had not yet begun to mature and I never checked in on Daredevil again. I would love to pick up the runs of Bendis and Brubaker in the past decade, two which were met with great critical success.
The character has been languishing in a creative funk for the past few years and Marvel is ready to bring the character back to greatness—this time under the guidance of Mark Waid. In March the writer’s told Comic Book Resources that he will not be going as dark with this book as readers have been accustomed to:
“Tonally, it's still very much a crime series, but we're toning down the noir a bit and playing up the high adventure a bit more,” said Waid. “He's the Man Without Fear. I want to see that constantly. I want to see him diving face-first into perils that would make Green Lantern shriek like a little girl.”
We’ll see if Waid’s approach strikes the right chord with fans of Matt Murdock’s darker days. If the preview pages by Paola Rivera and Marcos Martin that Marvel released of Daredevil #1 are any indication, this is going to be the book to pick up when it is released on July 7th. See what you think after the jump!
