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Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli

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jesselee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I had high hopes for this one since it's one of if not the most harolded arc of daredevil comic, but I was honestly a bit disappointed. Part of it might not be the books fault; from the get go we start off in a very different place than daredevil vol 3 left off at, to the point where I assumed there were more issues in between but if there were I couldn't find them anywhere. It's possible I just missed them though. But then, while Matt's life falling to pieces is portrayed very well and makes a lot of sense, him putting it back together, the "born again" part, feels very rushed, and there is even what seems to be a time skip in ht middle that glosses over a lot of it. I assume it's a time skip anyway, they don't really do anything to indicate that there is a skip or how long it was, there is just suddenly a very different status quo than in the issue prior. This happens in the last few issues so it makes the whole ending feel kinda weirdly jumbled and out of step with the rest of the story. There are so other oddities that I found off putting as well, for example Foggy's level of concern for Matt and his disappears fluctuates quite a bit for no discernable reason. In the first few issues he was really worried but by the middle he was acting like it wasn't a big deal at all. 
There is still a lot to like. As I said, it starts very strong with kingpins dismantling of Matt's life. It is perfectly believable in both how it happens and how the characters react to it. Karens subplot is very compelling and is the most development and narrative attention any of the love interests have gotten so far (during millers run anyway). Ben Urich's subplot is also more evenly paced than the main plot, ends up feeling more coherent. 
Ultimately, I did enjoy it overall. Just not nearly as good as I was led to believe it was.
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