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Summary: Great Collection of Some Amazing Comic Books
Review: I am not a big Daredevil fan. I like the character but I have never been a hard core fan. But if Frank Miller was still doing the book I would definitely become a Daredevil diehard.I picked the book up because I do have an appreciation of the work Miller has done with The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Year One. This artwork is some of his earliest and I do have to say some of his best. While at this point he had not taken over the writing duties of the book the stories are very good. Some good storytelling both in words and pictures. I recomend this book to any comic fan as Frank Miller's art is too fantastic to be ignored. Two follow up volumes are already planned to get the rest of Miller's Dare Devil work out, but you need to start with this book. Amazing crime art is Miller's niche in the comic world and this is has it all. A real sense of realism was brought to the world of Daredevil and Matt Murdock thanks to Miller.
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Summary: Brilliance about to burst forth
Review: I decided to reacquaint myself with these early Daredevil classics to whet my appetite for the upcoming movie. Volume One of "Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller" is a terrifically entertaining collection, giving us the first nine issues that Frank Miller worked on during his famous run on the "Daredevil" title from the late 70's to the mid-80's. Just keep in mind that these are early Miller works, before he finally broke forth as the brilliant writer/artist he would later become on both this title and many others. Here he isn't the writer at all, in fact (though a "co-plotter" credit eventually emerges), but instead is teamed up with writers Roger McKenzie and David Michelinie. The result are some pretty basic but undeniably entertaining superhero adventures featuring such villains as the Gladiator, the Mauler, Doctor Octopus, and fan favorite Bullseye. Yes, one definitely sees signs of the Miller-to-come emerging (especially in some of the darker, brooding panel layouts), but try not to fixate too much on that history-in-the-making aspect and just enjoy these prime examples of the kind of great old Silver Age superhero melodrama that Marvel cornered the market on early in the game.
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Summary: Still fresh after 20+ years
Review: I haven't read the issues collected in this trade paperback but when I read it, my respect for Frank Miller has gone up off the scale. Even though it was written in the early 80s, the plot, the pacing and the way he told the story is still compelling, fresh and exciting unlike similar Marvel Visionaries collection. Frank Miller's run has not only defined Daredevil. It has defined comics as well.
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Summary: Still fresh after 20+ years
Review: I haven't read the issues collected in this trade paperback but when I read it, my respect for Frank Miller has gone up off the scale. Even though it was written in the early 80s, the plot, the pacing and the way he told the story is still compelling, fresh and exciting unlike similar Marvel Visionaries collection. Frank Miller's run has not only defined Daredevil. It has defined comics as well.
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Summary: The Best Trade Paper Back There Is!!!!!!
Review: I know it seems like a bit of a stretch calling anything the best trade paper back of all time, but trust me this is truly the number one. Anyone who is at all interested in the Daredevil comics should read this. It truly shows the quality of Frank Miller's creations. To the re-birth of the Kingpin, from where in Spiderman, he was a bumbling crime lord, to Daredevil and Frank Miller, where he was THE crime lord! Bullseye, the creation of the mad man with a will to do whatever it takes to take down ol' hornhead. To the death of Elecktra, which is truly one of the most beautifully written pieces in comic book history. The chracter building of Daredevil in dealing with all of this ranks up there with some of the greatest pieces of literature ever written. With the upcoming movie of the Daredevil, it would be a travesty is the movie was not based on this collection of comics. Please read if your fan, please read if your interested, you will no be dissapointed.
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Summary: Dissapointed
Review: I've read all the praise and reviews for this classic Frank Miller run on Daredevil. I tried hard to like it but in the end I was highly dissapointed. These stories have aged badly (unlike the first three Spider-Man essentials which DESERVE to be a '60s pop culture entity). I'm a fan of Miller's Batman: Year One and I'm a fan of Loeb's Daredevil: Yellow. Too bad this failed to strike the charisma that does two graphics conveyed. If you're new to the medium, grab those two but approach Daredevil Visionaries 2 with an unbiased caution.
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Summary: Miller's early beginnings as a writer
Review: If there was ever a reason to read Daredevil, Frank Miller is it. While this book is only the very beginnings of Frank's writing career, it still sparks with brilliance. Frank Miller hit the scene back in the late 70's as one of the hottest new artists of the time. His first work that made people notice was on Daredevil. These issues were collected in Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Volume One, but as hot as his art was (for the time) it wouldn't be until he started writing that he would turn the comic industry upside down. In 1980, Frank Miller wrote (and drew) his first issue of Daredevil at the same time introducing fans to what would become the most popular Daredevil character ever, Elektra. He gave Matt Murdock, the comic worlds most swinging bachelor, a love interest fans actually cared about and at the same time made her his most mortal enemy. Then he did the unthinkable (especially in Marvel comics); he killed her. Frank Miller's early run on Daredevil in the early 80's continues to be a monumental milestone in the comics medium to this day. Certainly, the writing is not as well crafted or refined as what we would find in his later acheivements (Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, or any Sin City series), but that is to be expected. This is his first work, and on top of that, the 70's had only just ended. But one fact remains. No one has ever done Daredevil better. Not before. Not since.
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Summary: Old and dusty
Review: If you are a Frank Miller fan who came into his comics after Ronin and Dark Knight Returns don't expect this to be the same. What you see here is a pulp comic in true formula style. It hints at what Miller was to become but it never shows us. This is important. The comic itself is entertaining in the same way that any comic is. But the art is dull (slightly more black than the comics of the time), the color is poorly done and the scripts are banal. This is only slightly better than you're average comic. Nothing truly risky. No surpirse though considering that Frank was just a kid with no respect at the time. If you don't own Sin City or 300 or the new Dark Knight, then get those first. This is for hard core Frank Miller fans who want to see his roots, not for someone who expects the standard that he set with his later comics.
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Summary: Great Miller stories
Review: If you've ever wanted to find out what Frank Miller's original take on Daredevil was 20+ years ago, you gotta check this out. Plus, you get to see the crucial moments such as when Kingpin looses Vanessa, his love, and Daredevil looses Elektra to Bullseye. Don't expect fancy graphics or elaborated plots. BUT if you are a true comic fan and want to see the true story of the Man Without Fear, you have to check this one out.
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Summary: Essential to Daredevil Fans
Review: If you've ever wanted to find out what Frank Miller's original take on Daredevil was 20+ years ago, you gotta check this out. Plus, you get to see the crucial moments such as when Kingpin looses Vanessa, his love, and Daredevil looses Elektra to Bullseye. Don't expect fancy graphics or elaborated plots. BUT if you are a true comic fan and want to see the true story of the Man Without Fear, you have to check this one out.
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