Product Description

The Eisner Award-winning run of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev comes to a blistering conclusion! First, they outed Daredevil in the press; then they married him and made him the Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen. What could they possibly do to top that? Four words: WILSON FISK IS BACK! Collects Daredevil #76-81.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #403754 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Customer Reviews

Good ending to Bendis's run - despite plot holes
As a Daredevil fan who liked Bendis, but loves what Brubaker is currently doing with the book, my feelings with regard to this particular story arc are mixed. To start on a positive note, I'd say that this is a fun and relatively fast-paced story that ends on a high note, with the last issue of the arc being the absolute best part of the story. On the other hand, this arc is full of questionable logic and there is not as much respect for continuity as one would have liked. To an extent, these are things the seasoned fan has to learn to live with, and the new fan most likely won't even notice, but Bendis was often a little too careless in this regard in ways that are particularly evident in this arc. Still, it is a fun ride with a sensational ending, and a must-read for fans. Enjoyable, despite some not-so-minor plot holes.

Bendis' celebrated run comes to an end
During the long, celebrated run of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev on Daredevil, Bendis has single handedly become Marvel's top writer on a number of various series'. Hence the Murdock Papers being his and Maleev's swan song, as everything that Bendis has set up over the past few years comes to a tragic close. Wilson Fisk, the ex-Kingpin of Crime, has made a deal that will make him a free man, and make Matt "Daredevil" Murdock an incarcerated one. As the hunt for Daredevil is on, many of his friends and enemies come out of the woodwork, each with their own agenda. The climax and conclusion finds Bendis leaving on a down note, but leaves the door open for new writer Ed Brubaker (Sleeper, Captain America) to create something really good. Longtime Daredevil fans will love the guest appearances from Elektra, Black Widow, and Bullseye (particularly the dream sequence), and Maleev's art still impresses. All in all, though it's sad to see the best Daredevil writer since Frank Miller leave the book, Bendis does so in a fitting way that suits everything he's set up over the past few years.