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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 21:05:12 GMT -5
Kesel reveals more about Rosalind. Matt comes to respect her a little more from finding out how as a woman she built a successful law practice 30 yrs ago. And the fact that she did it partially by bluffing a mobster for 25+ years.
Kesel does a great job making Matt's life & his supporting cast more interesting than his time spent as DD. In today's modern titles I miss this aspect of a secret ID & a hero trying to live a "normal" life. In addition to Rosalind Kesel writes Foggy, Karen, Liz & others as "real" people that populate Matt's world.
Nord continues a great run. As I have said before Nord excels at drawing normal people in normal clothing. Perfect for this title with Kesel's scripts. The only bad part was his pencils suffered a bit under Milgrom & Barta's inks.
Next issue: the legendary Gene Colan starts providing the cover art. He also contributes guest pencils! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 22:53:40 GMT -5
 Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Karl Kesel. Script by Karl Kesel. Pencils by Gene Colan. Inks by Cam Smith and Paul Neary. DD is out on patrol. His thoughts are of Black Widow & Karen. He worries that her job at WFSK may pull her into something illegal. Misty Knight is at the station on behalf of Matt's law firm looking into the station. As she talks to the manager the manager starts smoking a cigarette. The fumes cause Misty to jump thru a plate glass door in fear. Meanwhile Foggy is on the phone with Liz & gets a call from Rosalind. He then rushes off in a hurry. Rosalind calls Liz to let her know that Foggy is at the Luna Lounge. DD gets attacked by a villain calling herself Insomnia. Foggy meets a supermodel at the Luna Lounge who needs DD's help. Liz shows up & "catches" Foggy with the model. DD takes a police officer's horse & chases Insomnia (who is on a flying platform) into Central Park. He throws his billy club into the turbine's rotors & she crashes into the lake. Insomnia gets away but DD discovers the chemicals she stole. They are the same chemicals the Grey Gargoyle tried to steal in #361. Insomnia arrives back at station WFSK. She calls down to the studio & asks them to send Karen up to her office.... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 23:08:28 GMT -5
 Always a pleasure to see Gene Colan's art. Above is the B & W version of the cover. If you need an artist to help Cary Nord it was a treat to get a master like Colan to fill in. Kesel begins the arc on the "mystery" behind Karen's job at WFSK. As usual he juggles several sub plots with all the characters. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 8:34:52 GMT -5
Cover pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Karl Kesel. Script by Karl Kesel. Pencils by Gene Colan. Inks by Cam Smith and Paul Neary. DD is out on patrol. His thoughts are of Black Widow & Karen. He worries that her job at WFSK may pull her into something illegal. Misty Knight is at the station on behalf of Matt's law firm looking into the station. As she talks to the manager the manager starts smoking a cigarette. The fumes cause Misty to jump thru a plate glass door in fear. Meanwhile Foggy is on the phone with Liz & gets a call from Rosalind. He then rushes off in a hurry. Rosalind calls Liz to let her know that Foggy is at the Luna Lounge. DD gets attacked by a villain calling herself Insomnia. Foggy meets a supermodel at the Luna Lounge who needs DD's help. Liz shows up & "catches" Foggy with the model. DD takes a police officer's horse & chases Insomnia (who is on a flying platform) into Central Park. He throws his billy club into the turbine's rotors & she crashes into the lake. Insomnia gets away but DD discovers the chemicals she stole. They are the same chemicals the Grey Gargoyle tried to steal in #361. Insomnia arrives back at station WFSK. She calls down to the studio & asks them to send Karen up to her office.... That's a gorgeous cover and one of the best I have seen in Daredevil ... It's dynamic, bold, and full of action here and there! Loved it!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 11:25:36 GMT -5
 Cover art by Gene Colan. Script by Karl Kesel. Pencils by Cary Nord, inks by Matt Ryan. DD breaks into the Kingpin's penthouse office in WFSK looking for Karen. Two of Fisk's henchmen try to shoot him. Meanwhile Karen goes into Insomnia's office. Insomnia asks her to stop DD from bothering WFSK. Karen thinks Kingpin is behind this & runs. Foggy is back at the office. Rosalind shows up with the model from last issue. While there a delusional fan breaks in with a gun. The model yells this was the stalker she wanted DD to stop. Deuce jumps onto the delusional fan & Foggy grabs his gun. Back at WFSK Misty (from last issue) has recovered from her exposure to the fumes & helps DD. DD finds out Insomnia is using the chemicals to disperse a nerve gas thru the city. Karen has run out of room on the roof trying to get away from Insomnia. DD shows up & fights Insomnia. Once she gets a hold of DD's billy club she knocks Karen off the roof & escapes. In a beautiful 3 page sequence DD dives off the roof, grabs Karen, caroms off buildings, twists around so he is under Karen, & lands in a rooftop pool. Foggy stands up to Rosalind & tells her to stop messing with his life. He states he will continue to see Liz. Rosalind is pleased that Foggy stands up to her. Back at their apt Karen is in fear from the gas Insomnia shot at her while on the roof. As the effect wears off she falls asleep. Matt realizes Insomnia is not working for Kingpin. He realizes she is working for...Mr Fear!. The last panel shows Insomnia handing over DD's billy club to Mr Fear. |
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Post by String on Mar 23, 2017 11:29:07 GMT -5
I've only read of Rosalind in Smith's limited run so I didn't really know about all this backstory for her. Some great stuff there, Matt playing superhero will always be the bigger draw but when he's surrounded by a strong supporting cast, the book is even better. Rosalind is a very good addition.
Nord's art has looked better and better with every issue but if you need a guest artist, can't go wrong with Colan. That looks great!
Matt quipping jokes is always fun, it's a shame that most writers think he should only be mired in depression. That Law & Order quip was funny!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 11:31:46 GMT -5
 What an action packed issue. I loved how Matt will do anything to protect Karen. I liked how Deuce has made Foggy less timid. I liked the last page reveal of Mr Fear. The best part was the 3 page freefall with Matt & Karen. The page above is the first page. This page is a perfect example of Kesel's dialog (Matt's thoughts). And it shows how Nord has really grown as an artist over the last year! Next issue: Mr Fear & the Molten Man! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 14:24:16 GMT -5
Gene Colan is becoming a favorite for doing Covers - man his Daredevil rocks!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 19:25:36 GMT -5
 Cover art by Gene Colan. Script by Joe Kelly. Pencils by Cary Nord, inks by Matt Ryan. The Molten Man gets ready for a board meeting at Osborn Chemicals. DD rescues some workers caught in a street collapse. Liz arrives at the law office. Foggy tries to talk to her but she brushes him off. When Matt arrives she takes him as legal counsel to the Osborn Chemicals board meeting. At the meeting one of the employees brings in a briefcase that releases fear gas. The board room erupts into chaos as fear grips everyone. The Molten Man becomes enraged. Matt tries to go into action as DD but his senses detect Mr Fear in the building. Mr Fear has set this up as a diversion so he can steal the chemicals he needs to make enough fear gas to paralyze NYC. DD has to make a decision: stop Raxton's rampage or stop Mr Fear. DD stops Raxton (the Molten Man) & breaks the window to the board room. Fresh air floods into the room diluting the fear gas. Mr Fear gets away with the chemicals. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 19:43:37 GMT -5
#364 was Kesel's last issue. Joe Kelly became the new writer until the conclusion of the Mr Fear story in #375. He finished this issue based on Kesel's outline. If you didn't read the credit box you wouldn't have known that Kesel did not write this issue.
Kelly would write his DD run similar to Kesel although it had a slightly harder edge. In an interview Kesel stated he left for several reasons: His editor James Felder had left with #363. Kesel was writing for both DC & Marvel at this time & his workload had increased. Also Cary Nord would be leaving with #365 for other work.
Gene Colan (#366-368,370) & Ariel Olivetti (#369,371-375) would take over pencils.
The Kelly/Colan/Olivetti run included more confrontation with the Black Widow. The Ghost Rider. DD stuck in the middle of a prison riot. And of course several run ins with Mr Fear.
Overall Kelly's run was good just not as great as the Kesel/Nord run. Unfortunately the Guardian Devil story (in Vol 2 #1-8 by Kevin Smith & Joe Quesada) would dismantle the Kesel & Kelly stories & return Matt's life to constant tragedy. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 8:41:15 GMT -5
Gene Colan is becoming a favorite for doing Covers - man his Daredevil rocks! You may also like Joe Kelly's run that followed Kesel's. Colan did pencils (cover & interior art) for the first part of his run. See my post above for issue #'s. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 12:00:26 GMT -5
Gene Colan is becoming a favorite for doing Covers - man his Daredevil rocks! You may also like Joe Kelly's run that followed Kesel's. Colan did pencils (cover & interior art) for the first part of his run. See my post above for issue #'s. I do like Joe Kelly's as well too ... and I haven't read much of his books on Daredevil and I'm going to try to track down some of those books as well. Joe is an excellent storyteller and sadly I didn't had time to read them! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 16:33:00 GMT -5
You may also like Joe Kelly's run that followed Kesel's. Colan did pencils (cover & interior art) for the first part of his run. See my post above for issue #'s. I do like Joe Kelly's as well too ... and I haven't read much of his books on Daredevil and I'm going to try to track down some of those books as well. Joe is an excellent storyteller and sadly I didn't had time to read them! Kelly's run was good. It was a little darker than Kesel's. It was also a bit uneven in quality. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 20:42:38 GMT -5
I do like Joe Kelly's as well too ... and I haven't read much of his books on Daredevil and I'm going to try to track down some of those books as well. Joe is an excellent storyteller and sadly I didn't had time to read them! Kelly's run was good. It was a little darker than Kesel's. It was also a bit uneven in quality. Thanks again, but I'm going to try to read Kelly's Run anyway. I'm a fan of Daredevil and I haven't read any of the Kelly's books yet, and I love Kesel work very much and I just started to read his books from a dear friend of mine that just dropped them off at my place and he gave me #353 to #365 for me to read and told me that he wants it back in a month. I'm starting on reading them tomorrow and using your reviews to help me out! Stay tuned Micheal! |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Mar 27, 2017 22:36:31 GMT -5
Great reviews! Unfortunately 90's covers just don't do it for me personally.
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