Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Jason Omnibus (New Printing)

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This issue is a cornerstone of American comics. The first relevant comic book completely conceived by Frank Miller. The first appearance of an icon of the medium, the tormented character of Elektra Natchios, ninja assassin by training and by vocation. A plot directly and unapologetically inspired by an issue of Will Eisner's The Spirit. The beginning of the complicated relation between Frank Miller and his female characters, destined to go down the drain over the years, after the death (spoiler?) of his 'daughter' Elektra. As with most Omnibus focused on a creator, the reader will need to get through a few issues where the creator (Frank Miller) plays a smaller roll, but when Miller is given position of "Writer" the story begins to take off within a few issues. Miller begins his own process of what a few Marvel writers before had true success with; an continuing interlaced story from issue to issue, rather than each issue being a "villain of the week."

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I don't think I've ever seen Matt so grim...so cold-blooded. He's changed. He's not the same man I used to know."Just as Frank Miller would later go on to define Batman for a new generation, he did the same for Daredevil a few years earlier. Miller's Daredevil is grim, tormented, flawed and, most of all, human. Matt Draper, a comics-focused YouTuber who likes to analyse every bit of Daredevil lore as if it was Dostoevsky, has this video on the story. So watch that if you want to hear about its themes: crime and redemption, salvation through love, perdition through loss. Whatever. Frank Miller's spellbinding scripts and pulse-pounding pencils mark one of Daredevil's greatest eras - but will the Kingpin and Bullseye's efforts rob the Man Without Fear of everything he holds dear?

Daredevil by Frank Miller Omnibus Companion (Hardcover)

I absolutely loved the introduction of Elektra. She is the first, and only, Daredevil love interest I like. I just wish we got to see more of her and Matt together.

The final issue of Miller's original Daredevil run is a standalone story, but it concludes Daredevil's rivalry with Bullseye after the previous issue wrapped up Elektra's story. Matt, seemingly broken by the past few months of his life, plays Russian Roulette with the paralyzed Bullseye, telling the story of how the revolver ended up in his hands. This book had some comedic moments, mostly with Turk. It was a nice way to break up the darkness of this. I do not like Heather Glenn, and I do not like the direction Matt went when he was with her. I'd much rather have Frank Miller break up Matt and Heather permanently than have this on again off again dynamic. It's what irritated me most about Karen and Matt. This relationship is just a repeat of that. Shame, when Elektra is right there. This is the best presentation of Miller’s and Janson’s creative output on Daredevil. It leaves out the extras provided in the earlier collections, so the transitions from story to story are smooth to start with and improve. It’s a concise(if large) exhibition of their work that shows both the gradual development of genre defining Miller and Janson partnership, and the evolution of Daredevil from second string hero to pop culture icon. Edition - 1st printing. Collects Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #158-161 and #163-191, and What If? (1977-1984 1st Series) #28.