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Title: Essential Daredevil: The Man Without Fear by Stan Lee, Wallace Wood, John Romita, Gene Colan, Wally Wood ISBN: 0-7851-0949-8 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: See Daredevi's Action-Packed Beginnings
Comment: I am a huge fan of the "Essential" line of tpbs that Marvel is publishing. You get 25 continuous issues collected together for a cover price of $14.95 (usually less at amazon.com). Although the pictures are in black and white, it does not detract from the beauty of comic book art in the 1960s. Daredevil has always been one of my favorite Marvel characters, but has only recently started to become a mainstream hero and be recognized in the same breath as Spider-Man. Another wonderul character from the great mind of Mr. Stan Lee. This book shows the origin of Daredevil, and takes you on many adventures and changes in the life of Matt Murdock's alter ego. Pick this one up ASAP!
Rating: 5
Summary: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR!
Comment: I love this initial volume of the Essential Daredevil as it collects the first 25 issues of early DD. It allows me to remember the times as a child when I still owned all of the Daredevil comics from #6 (the last appearance of his black and yellow costume) on. Even in b&w, these stories are a must for anyone who grew up on DD (and the rest of the Marvel Universe). All I need now is to know when Volume 2 is coming out.
Rating: 3
Summary: Originality that was not quite tapped into:
Comment: It is quite obvious, that with all the material that Stan Lee had to write each month, that obvious structural patterns in each book would develop, simply because of Lee's workload. If you haven't noticed, most of Lee's hero's have a girlfriend they want, but can never have, are noble, enjoy being a hero and forgo workload and social life to continue that interest.
Such is the case with Daredevil, which is a truly original idea in using a blind person as a Superhero. However, Daredevil, after the first brilliant issue, is left with the cliche' love interest that of course he can never have, a workload that he forgoes due to his superhero activities, and the usual noble character trait that drives him to being a hero. Therefore Matt Murdock comes across as somewhat one dimensional. Too bad. On top of that artwork was a bit uneven. We see good, but ineffective efforts, by many fine artists including John Romita, but it is Gene Colan that finally breaks Daredevil open and defines the character for the rest of the decade. That art, really stands out from the rest of the book!
Many complain about the black and white in these Essential issues, but this reveals the true work of the artist and you never get that when it is masked by color. Here we see, for the first time, how good Colan's work is and how well he brought Daredevil to light. Since this is the first issue we don't see the great Kingpin saga's yet to come, but we do meet Spiderman and it is great to see Daredevil know when he is outmatched by someone else instead of getting the usual "I can defeat him" lines. Overall, this books is great to have, just realize that Daredevil is having some growing pains and it will be many more, unreleased issues to come, before Daredevil finds his niche.
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Title: Essential Captain America by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, George Tuska, Dick Ayers, John Romita, Jack Sparling ISBN: 0785107401 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Stan Lee Presents the Essential Avengers, Vol. 1: Avengers #1-24 ("Marvel Essentials" Series) by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Don Heck ISBN: 0785107010 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Essential Iron Man by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Al Hartley, Larry Lieber ISBN: 078511002X Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: The Essential Silver Surfer by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Buscema ISBN: 078510271X Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Essential Uncanny X-Men by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby ISBN: 0785109919 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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