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Collects Daredevil #1-25.

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4.0 out of 5 stars See Daredevi's Action-Packed Beginnings, Oct 24 2003

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Dan Ryno (Florissant, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Daredevil Volume 1 TPB (Paperback)

I am a huge fan of the "Essential" line of tpbs that Marvel is publishing. You get 25 continuous issues collected together for a cover price of $14.95 (usually less at amazon.com). Although the pictures are in black and white, it does not detract from the beauty of comic book art in the 1960s. Daredevil has always been one of my favorite Marvel characters, but has only recently started to become a mainstream hero and be recognized in the same breath as Spider-Man. Another wonderul character from the great mind of Mr. Stan Lee. This book shows the origin of Daredevil, and takes you on many adventures and changes in the life of Matt Murdock's alter ego. Pick this one up ASAP!

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR!, Sep 26 2003

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M. R. ZOGLIO - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Daredevil Volume 1 TPB (Paperback)

I love this initial volume of the Essential Daredevil as it collects the first 25 issues of early DD. It allows me to remember the times as a child when I still owned all of the Daredevil comics from #6 (the last appearance of his black and yellow costume) on. Even in b&w, these stories are a must for anyone who grew up on DD (and the rest of the Marvel Universe). All I need now is to know when Volume 2 is coming out.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Originality that was not quite tapped into:, July 22 2003

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Dave Fernandes (Chelsea, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Daredevil Volume 1 TPB (Paperback)

It is quite obvious, that with all the material that Stan Lee had to write each month, that obvious structural patterns in each book would develop, simply because of Lee's workload. If you haven't noticed, most of Lee's hero's have a girlfriend they want, but can never have, are noble, enjoy being a hero and forgo workload and social life to continue that interest.

Such is the case with Daredevil, which is a truly original idea in using a blind person as a Superhero. However, Daredevil, after the first brilliant issue, is left with the cliche' love interest that of course he can never have, a workload that he forgoes due to his superhero activities, and the usual noble character trait that drives him to being a hero. Therefore Matt Murdock comes across as somewhat one dimensional. Too bad. On top of that artwork was a bit uneven. We see good, but ineffective efforts, by many fine artists including John Romita, but it is Gene Colan that finally breaks Daredevil open and defines the character for the rest of the decade. That art, really stands out from the rest of the book!

Many complain about the black and white in these Essential issues, but this reveals the true work of the artist and you never get that when it is masked by color. Here we see, for the first time, how good Colan's work is and how well he brought Daredevil to light. Since this is the first issue we don't see the great Kingpin saga's yet to come, but we do meet Spiderman and it is great to see Daredevil know when he is outmatched by someone else instead of getting the usual "I can defeat him" lines. Overall, this books is great to have, just realize that Daredevil is having some growing pains and it will be many more, unreleased issues to come, before Daredevil finds his niche.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good way to get into Daredevil
i'm about halfway through this collection, and it's not so bad. it does have that kinda corny 60s dialogue, but that's the way comics were back then. Read more

Published on May 1 2003 by Patrick E. Graham

4.0 out of 5 stars Wally Wood, John Romita, Gene Colan
It is so fascinating to compare the art styles of the three giants of comic art represented in this collection. Read more

Published on Mar 10 2003 by n0s4a2