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

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The rest of this volume isn't quite as good, The early issues, #158-167, which were originally Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller, Vol. 1, are mostly Miller as artist, and they're more typical superhero fare (though they set up villains like Bullseye and the Gladiator who carry into Miller's issues proper). The latter issues, #183-191, which were originally Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller, Vol. 3, are much more scattered and contain some questionable stories. But, there's still innovation and the excellent issue #190, one of the best in the entire Daredevil run. This is a handsome collection of Frank Miller's initial run of Daredevil. However, the whole run is not created equally. This run signalled a change in the winds of the comic landscape. A slight breeze had now come over it and Miller was creating it. On his Daredevil run, he broke the mold that had been the standard on marvel. His stories had depth, something that Marvel was struggling to find. The template was to have the hero meet the villain and for the villain to go to jail after a bit of a romp. Frank Miller didn’t do that. He made a villain who was too powerful and rich to go to jail. The template was not to let stories spill over into the next issue too much. Frank Miller used every issue he had on this run to tie into the last one he wrote and made everything connected. The breeze in the comic landscape was truly blowing and in a few years when The Dark Knight Return came out, that breeze would turn into a tornado. 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. 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.

Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus - Goodreads

Este tochazo rompeespaldas es, para aquellos interesados en el personaje, el punto donde el Daredevil que todos conocemos toma forma. Frank Miller toma las riendas de una serie a punto de ser cancelada y la enriquece con un tono de cine negro y una miríada de conceptos nuevos (Elektra, la Mano) o renovados (Bullseye, Kingpin) para insuflarle nueva vida. Esta etapa es también importante porque marca un antes y un después ya no solo para el personaje, sino también para el autor y para el género de superhéroes en general. Este tomo, pues, es un trozo de historia que conviene leer, al menos, una vez en la vida. 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?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. This issue starts with young Miller experimenting with one of his future tropes: narration by tv screens! While the first few stories here showcase a more fun side of Daredevil and some cool moments with the hulk, they feel very typical superheroish. Then we get into Frank Miller's world and right away he sets up Elektra in such a intriguing way. A woman who once loved Matt, and he loved her, swallowed by grief and rage goes down a much darker path than Matt. Still, inside her, you can tell she loves him. 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." A classic superhero run with fluid and well framed action, tight storylines, and some surprisingly tactful characterization.

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Immediately as Miller takes over the writing duties, the story improves. Daredevil’s world becomes focused, gritty and interesting. Frank establishes The Kingpin as Daredevil’s main villain. Which was a stroke of genius. At the time Kingpin was under utilised and one of Spider-Man’s goofy villains. Miller turned him into one of the most complex, feared and powerful villains that marvel has. On top of that Miller introduced Elektra as DD’s love interest and ally. And not only does he establish, reestablish, and create new characters, he has terrific stories for them as well. Stories that are intricately connected to the loose story threads that were made before Miller wrote on the book and he ties those ends up beautifully in the end. 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. Ok, so I liked this, I just didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Miller's Daredevil run is one of the most lauded, most hyped runs of any character, at least in my experience anyway. To say I was going into this expecting something special would have been an understatement. I'd had the book for months and was holding onto it for a special occasion. Waiting for that moment when I needed a guaranteed winner to wash the taste of mediocrity out of my mouth. Did this book suffer from my ungodly level of expectation... maybe... probably... almost certainly. It's still pretty bloody good though.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. 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. 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.