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Summary: WOW!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the very first Daredevil graphic novel I've ever read, and let me tell you, it REALLY blew me away!!!
You see, there are some,not all, but some superhero stories out there that just seem to have no character depth in them, the superheroes in some of them are just, well to be honest, flat! They are viewed as perfect beings with no flaws or personal conflicts whatsoever...because in these sagas, the superheroes have not only the problems of evil, crime, and corruption to deal with, but they also have to deal with the problems of their own tortured souls, their inner demons, if you will. These superheroes aren't perfect and that's what I like about them. They not only fight evil on the outside, but they fight the evil and darkness that threatens to overwhelm them and destroy them on the inside.
And "Daredevil:Visionaries" by Kevin Smith shows just that. Mr. Smith did an excellent job at portraying both the Daredevil's inner and outer conflicts. This story asks the question, that if a superhero was entrusted to take care of a seemingly innocent infant, and that infant was rumored and prophesied to one day plunge the world into darkness and evil, what would that superhero have to do to ensure the protection of mankind and the world? And would it be right for him to take "extreme" measures that may seem right in the eyes of the majority, but wrong in the eyes of the minority and himself? In this graphic novel, this single question takes the Daredevil to the edge and back, and could prove to destroy him and drive him insane!!
This graphic novel also gives valuable and well-proven advice that my wonderful, loving father once told me, that a man without any fear is truly a fool.
I urge you to read this groundbreaking graphic novel about the Daredevil, the one who is seemingly "The Man Without Fear". You definitely will not regret reading this!!
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Summary: daredevil and smith at their best
Review: This trade sat on my bookshelf for weeks before I finally finished what else I was reading and to be honest I wasn't looking all that foward to reading it. After I read the first comic I was completely blown away. I read the whole thing in about three days and I can honestly say that it is one of the best, if not the best thing I have ever read. I've read alan moore and frank miller and I think that smith is better than miller and right up to par with moore. The way that he ties everything in is amazing. One line of dialogue can make you weep like a little girl it is so good. Smith makes daredevil into a superhero with clouded beliefs and this works its way into the story very well and it makes for a more interesting read. The villians are very well done too and the way smith writes what daredevil thinks is beautiful. Also, look for quite a few references to two characters conjured up by smith in his movies. You can tell that he had this whole story in his head before anything was ever written on paper. Joe Quesada's art and palmottis inks are also a very big part to why I loved the book so much. I think quesada is the best artist out there and he makes daredevil seem evil and caring all at the same time. Without him it wouldn't have had the same impression on me as it did. Between the dialogue and the art this book gets a full five-star rating.
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Summary: A shadow of a shadow, at best.
Review: To put things in perspective, I enjoy Smith's movies, quite a bit. While he's a bit of a hack, I thought Mallrats was pure comic genius. His take on Daredevil, however, is a virtual showcase of his weaknesses, and in almost every conceivable way, it falls apart.First and foremost, Kevin Smith is a dialogue writer. His movies are at their best when they're talking heads, spouting lines back and forth. His strength is *clearly* not in visual storytelling, and this is plain in any movie of his you might pick up. The problem is that while in movies, you can still see the talking heads talk animatedly, in a comic, a dialogue-centric writer, with no flair for visual storytelling turns what could be a compelling story in the comic book medium into a novel with illustrations. It simply doesn't work well. Without giving much away, the story centers around Daredevil and Bullseye, with Karen Page as the lynchpin of the whole plot. It's a setup not entirely unlike the plot in Frank Miller's Born Again saga, but where Miller's story was human, moving and complex, Smith's story is trite, contrived, and inane. In fact, the "twists" at the end of the book can be read as a metaphor, almost, as if Smith was comparing his work to the superior-in-every-way Miller, and owning up to the fact that his incarnation of the Man Without Fear is a pale imitation of the real thing. Aside from casually dealing with one of the most important characters in the DD mythos with nary a care in the world, the book's art style is also strangely inappropriate. While Quesada's art is beautiful, DD's always been more of a human hero than most other superheroes, and Joe Quesada's geometric, bold style simply doesn't fit well with the atmosphere of the character, or the story. Visionaries isn't an appropriate name for this book. If this was Volume V of Imitators, that might be a different story. No disrespect meant to Mr. Smith - I think he's quite a talent. However, I didn't enjoy this book *at all*, and it's hard to see, honestly, why anyone else would.
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Summary: Visually intrigueing and very smartly written
Review: Without a doubt, this Daredevil run is truely a work of art. This paperback (why it isn't a Hardcover is beyond me) tells a story of mythicism and religion without being too serious or confusing. The readers were confused enough by the Daredevil run involving the costume change....Shudder. Kevin Smith is an emerging writer. Quesada is there already. This seems like a truely promising run by two very special artists, but as we know, Smith leaves after this story ends. So without a doubt, pick up this entire story and savor what has been made. The attention to drama, scenery, character, and emotion of the story is captured without going too far. Fun. Exciting. True Murdock. A great Daredevil Story.
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