If you ask me, it’s hard to even conceive a better superhero than Daredevil. He’s got it all, and just in the right amount: Supernatural skills that essentially fall short compared to the set of skills he’s acquired through hard work and discipline, yet enough hot-headedness to screw up said hard work and discipline, a childhood trauma on top of another childhood trauma, plenty of brooding to last him five lifetimes and enough moral ambiguousness to save him from being disgustingly good. So much drama! Such tension! And his (new) costume is really cool, too. From there, Daredevil teams-up with Captain America to investigate Nuke's origin, with Miller writing a line that explains Cap's ethos with unmatched succinctness ("I'm loyal to nothing, General, except the dream) while also closing this battle between Daredevil and the Kingpin on a fitting note. 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. Pero ya entrando en el aspecto técnico, lo que realmente destaca de la etapa de Frank Miller en Daredevil, lo que marcó el mundo del cómic en los años posteriores, es el estilo del dibujo y lo bien que se complementaban dibujante y entintador, Miller planteando las páginas y haciendo los bocetos y Janson dando detalle y profundidad al dibujo. Miller utilizó todo el repertorio de técnicas que aprendió de los cómics del maestro Will Eisner, en especial Spirit, para plasmar el movimiento y la acción de daredevil... puso mucho énfasis en retratar los barrios de New York, creando una ambientación genial para las aventuras del personaje, huyó de las estructuras clásicas del comic book para presentar las páginas de forma inusual en la época, con grandes viñetas rectangulares, tanto panorámicas como verticales que eran más adecuadas para representar la ciudad y el movimiento del protagonista por ella, asimismo, Miller fue capaz de realizar un dibujo fluido y fácil de interpretar para el lector, de manera que se podía arriesgar a presentar gran cantidad de páginas que reflejaban la acción sin cuadros de texto que la explicaran, cosa bastante inusual en aquellos momentos. Incluso a día de hoy sorprende lo fácilmente que se leen estos cómics. This issue starts with young Miller experimenting with one of his future tropes: narration by tv screens!

Daredevil by Frank Miller Omnibus Companion (Hardcover)

Well this was the missing link for a long time. I've read Bendis legendary run, brubaker, waid, and so on. I, however, never did read the original Frank Miller run. I did read Born again, I did read Man without fear, and while I enjoyed both I didn't love them. This...I oddly fell in love the second Miller jumped on as head writer. Characterization is also a bit mixed for me with some characters being rather one dimensional (Foggy, Bullseye) while others are more well rounded or intriguing. Interpersonal relationships were well explored and less lionizing than the typical superhero fare which I appreciated as well. 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. The artwork of this leaves something to be desired. It's by no means horrible, but it could've been much better. Some of the artwork in this is just outright goofy.So this big ass book, they call those Omnibus, starts off with Frank Miller as actually just a artist. But a couple of issues in he becomes a plotter too. And by about 7 or 8 issues in he becomes the actual writer of this series while Klaus Janson continues the excellent art with Miller's penciling. What really worked well here with the two is both are artist and Frank Miller, when he was on the top of his game, was a hell of a writer/plotter. 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. Also is the Frank Miller run a self contained story/volume/series or is it just a list of all the Daredevil comics he's worked on without any real connection? And are "The Man Without Fear", "Born Again", and "Reborn" separate series or are those part of said run? 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."

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El estilo de dibujo de Miller, fue comiéndose al propio guionista y no porque Miller sea (o fuera) un grandísimo dibujante propiamente mismo, sino por la forma de narrar visualmente, lo que empujó poco a poco a que las historias fueran también mas cinematográficas en todos los aspectos. Poco después el bueno de Frank agarró al demonio por los cuernos y se puso al mando de la colección con la total libertad que da saber que estas en una colección que ya tiene los días contados. Y haciendo lo que le daba la gana, no solo salvó a Daredevil, sino que marcó un punto y aparte que ha influenciado y ha sido respetado durante casi 40 años por los autores que llegaron a la cocina del infierno después él. 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. 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?The conclusion to "Born Again," remains the strongest chapter of the storyline. After the Kingpin hires super-soldier Frank Simpson, aka "Nuke" to kill Daredevil, Nuke launches a full-scale assault on Hell's Kitchen, prompting Matt to finally suit up as Daredevil again and eventually, the Avengers intervene. Recopilación de la etapa de daredevil dibujada por Frank Miller... en los inicios de esta etapa Miller comenzó dibujando los guiones de Roger McEnzie, tras unos cuantos números de adaptación pasó a hacerse cargo del guión y los lápices siendo entintado por Klaus Janson, Miller y Janson desarrollaron un estilo muy adecuado y efectivo para la serie que les proporcionó un gran éxito, al final de esta etapa Miller fue delegando en la parte gráfica, parcela en la que Janson iría ganando más peso cada vez. Then Miller sets up Bullseye and makes him a extremely evil threat. While doing so he also gets to showcase Matt's limits and how close he is to letting Bullseye finally die. It's a great issue and only helps set up the big showdown later in the omnibus. Then Miller introduces the man, the legend, Fisk, into the big picture and things get even more crazy. This book had some comedic moments, mostly with Turk. It was a nice way to break up the darkness of this.