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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Complete Man Without Fear, March 7, 2007
If you enjoyed 300, Sin City and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, witness where Frank Miller got his start. Collecting Miller's historic, early 1980's run, the Daredevil Omnibus presents one of the greatest examples of serialized superhero comics. While the collection starts off slowly, it quickly build up steam with the introduction of Elektra, through the clashes with Bullseye and culminating with the conflict against the Kingpin.
Along with inker, embellisher, penciller and colorist Klaus Janson, Frank Miller created one of the greatest runs in this character's history, perhaps even overshadowing Stan Lee, Bill Everett and Wally Wood's work from the sixties. This may be the only example where character was so successfully reinvented, surpassing even what these great creators had done before. Miller's style and design mature significantly as the issues progress, while the stories change from standard Marvel fare to the first modern day "crime comic". Further, the recoloring (seemingly based on the original palate) brings vibrant new life to this run.
Additionally, the Omnibus contains an extensive interview, Miller's pencil breakdowns and Janson's colorguides for issue 190, giving a rare glimpse into the creative process. A steal at twice the price.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
really nice book, May 7, 2007
I call this my Daredevil bible.
It has a really nice Red hard back cover with black Daredevil drawings on it.
The book itself containts over 30 colored issues of Frank Miller's run on Daredevil which includes some really classic moments for the character.
I noticed in the Marvel: Age of Apocalypse books it almost looks like the images were scanned from a comic, this is not the case here. All the pages are crisp and clean almost as if you have the original edition.
There is also a section in the back that has interviews and classic covers and sketches.
The price of this book is a bit much. Honestly if you aren't a hardcore DD fan I wouldn't suggest buying this particular item, I would go for the much cheaper soft cover editions. If you are a big DD fan then I suggest buying this.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WHEN MILLER WAS KING!, August 28, 2007
Before Sin City, before Dark Knight Returns, there was Frank Miller's Daredevil. In my opinion the best thing he ever did. He took a "B" rated super hero comic, that was being published bi-monthly, and turned it into one of the best selling monthly books of it's time. The ideas that Miller introduced in these stories are still resonating in the Marvel Universe today. He turned Daredevil into a super-bad ninja warrior. He made the Kingpin a major villain with unlimited underworld clout. He transformed Bullseye from a two-bit hood into the world's greatest assassin. And most noteably, he introduce Matt Murdock's ninja assassin love interest, Elektra.
These are some of my favorite comics of all time. The stories are a brilliant blend of super hero adventure and film style action and pacing. Not as light and upbeat as some of the books of the time, but not as dark and depressing as the "gritty" stuff Marvel is publishing these days. While I really liked some of the early adventures of DD by Stan Lee, Wally Wood, John Romita etc., for me Daredevil begins and ends with this legendary run. Nuff said.
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