From Mark Waid, Emma Rios, Marvel Comics

Read the review of part 2

For those of you who haven’t been reading Daredevil, the general consensus has been that he is writing the character better than anyone else has in decades.  Not that the Born Again and tear him down and build him back up only to tear him down again stories haven’t been fun.  But they have missed what it is to be a hero, to be a person.  The most recent Daredevil series does all of that and more.  Now that same attention is brought to Spider-Man (and the Black Cat).

If this was the first Marvel comic you ever read, it would make a fan for life.  DD and Spidey have incredible banter.  They’re goofy but all to serious as well.  There is a deep friendship but that doesn’t mean that either thinks the other man is perfect.   The best part of it though is showing the competition between the two men.  Both heroes diving down to the streets below and waiting for the other man to chicken out first was, well, MARVELous.  Two men who have encountered everything the universe can throw at them and more then lived to fight another day? You are damn right they would have an askew perspective of life.  One of those perspectives being that death is not anything to be afraid of.  Daredevil might hold the trademark on being a “man without fear” but Spider-Man could hold his own.

Then there is the Black Cat.  Many women will say that they are always in control of a situation.  With some, its true but with many its a bunch of crap so they feel better.  Black Cat is absolutely in control every moment.  Even when arrested and thrown in the back of a police car.  She has it under control.  Picking your spots and waiting for the right moment does not equal defeat.  It equals planning and ingenuity.  Sure, the bad luck powers help but this woman would have things under control even with no powers.  You cant acquire a power like that from any radiation or lab accident.

There is a fluidity to the characters movements that I love.  Neither Spider-Man nor Daredevil nor the Black Cat would be limited to traveling in a two dimensional plane.  Up and down and every angle between is within their abilities.  The art also looks to have some parkour moves in there, and really what better real world model to use while drawing some super heroes?

Anytime any comic crosses over with Daredevil during Mark Waid’s run, that makes it an instant must buy.

Part 2 in Daredevil #8