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Daredevil, Volume 3 by Mark Waid

dantastic's review

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3.0

Avenging Spider-Man #6 - Everyone wants the Omega Drive! Daredevil, Spider-Man, The Punisher, and his partner take on a shit load of ninjas!

Things are kicking into high gear with the Omega Drive. Spidey, Daredevil, and the Punisher work fairly well together. I'm not sure Frank's going to keep his promise about no fatalities, though...

Punisher #10 - Things heat up as Frank, Cole, Spidey, and Daredevil take on AIM, HYDRA, and all the rest.

There was lots of carnage but the Punisher acted true to character in the end. This storyline might be going on a little long. I'll be glad to get back to solo Daredevil.

11 - Cole has the Omega Drive! Can Daredevil get it back and destroy it before hell comes crashing down on him?

DD manages to not die and leaves with the Omega Drive! I guess it's still in play.

12 - Matt finally goes on a date with Kirsten McDuffieand explains his past with Foggy until things catch up with him.

Things heat up with the Omega Drive again but Foggy and Matt at law school was one of the best character moments of the series.

13 - The four megacrime groups are in Time Square and Daredevil has the Omega Drive around his neck!

This didn't go like I thought it would but at least the Omega Drive is out of play for a while. I'm liking the relationship between Spider-Man and Daredevil the way Waid writes it.

14 - Daredevil finds himself teleported to Latveria!

Wow, and I thought being blind would be bad but losing your remaining senses one by one would be so much worse. Those Latverians are pretty miffed about the whole Omega Drive thing.

15 -Doctor Doom has Daredevil in his clutches. How will old Hornhead escape?

Shit, those were two brutal issues. How the hell are they going to get nanobots out of DD? Ant-Man? If I wasn't already bound to read the next volume, I'd have to now.

Closing Thoughts: This was not my favorite volume in the series so far but it was still pretty good. I'm glad the Omega Drive storyline was resolved and I'm digging Daredevil interacting with the rest of the Marvel Universe. Mark Waid's Daredevil is one entertaining read. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

raul3893's review

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5.0

I loved every issue, so I’m taking no criticism, also this made me realize how much I need to read Spider-Man comics

modkuraika's review

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4.0

The growing discontent between Matt and Foggy is one of many highlights.

breiner26's review

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4.0

4 ⭐

fizzingwhizbee's review against another edition

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5.0

panels towards the end with dd climbing the castle in the rain are gorgeous :))

saoki's review

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5.0

The team-up bit is kinda meh, but the other stuff? Fantastic.

peter_xxx's review

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4.0

the third volume in waid's daredevil run and he is able to keep up the quality level of the first two books. this book starts off with the spiderman, punisher, daredevil crossover that is done very well. even spiderman didn't get on my nerves in this story. after that there are two issues finishing the omega drive storyline and some issues dealing with some fallout.

the whole mark waid run is fantastic with the date issue as the high point for this volume.

gcamelopardalis's review

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5.0

Even though there's stuff I didn't like in this volume, like how I found the whole omega drive plot hard to follow, I really just vibe with the writing in this run, so overall I'm just really enjoying it. I liked the Latveria story best I think, I thought it was cool the way they showed the degradation of his senses and then his powers compensating. Also I just love a good Latveria story.

wolfdreamer's review

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5.0

I can't stand indestructible heroes. Which is why this volume was so compelling, to see Daredevil, Matt Murdock, wrestle through his weaknesses, both personal and physical, and find them challenged to a most frightening level, to be taken to the edge of being the man without fear. This was my favorite volume so far.

crookedtreehouse's review against another edition

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4.0

The conclusion to the Omega Drive storyline draws in Spider-Man, The Punisher, and "Punisherette" from the Greg Rucka run of Punisher. It's a fun, complicated journey of two heroes and two anti-heroes teaming up for an adventure where absolutely no one is on the same page. And they're battling four different evil corporations who are also not on the same page.

I was surprised by how well Waid and Rucka's styles complimented each other, given that they are two very different styles of writer. I was also curious as to where the story would land once the OMega Drive was written out.

The latter half of this trade focuses on Daredevil being kidnapped, brought to Latveria, and deprived of his extrasensory powers. It's an intense read in a very different way than the first half of the collection.