By her own admission, Typhoid Mary is "a love-maker and a man-hater." She is a psychotic, schizophrenic predator who will use her gallery of multiple personalities for one single-minded purpose: to seduce, dominate, and ultimately execute her prey. Quickly becoming the underworld's most feared assassin, Mary terrorizes her targets with a seemingly inexhaustible lust for bloodshed. In service to the Kingpin, Typhoid Mary sets her deadly sights on Daredevil, the heroic protector of New York's notorious Hell's Kitchen. With Daredevil at her mercy, will Typhoid Mary be able to strike the fatal blow?
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A book with a lot of shining moments, but slacks off.,
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This review is from: Daredevil Legends Vol. 4: Typhoid Mary (Paperback)
This book is a little hard to review. It has all the markings of a Daredevil classic -- tragedy, love, conflict, et cetera -- but it also has parts that are mediocre, boring or confusing.Daredevil: Typhoid Mary introduces a new and great villain to Matt's rogues' gallery. What makes this book good is its relationships between the characters (Mary, Typhoid, Kingpin, Matt, Daredevil, and Karen). This is the best part of the book and I just wish that the author, Ann Nocenti, concentrated more on them. Instead of her centering and expanding on the relationships between the characters she gives in to boring action sequences towards the end of the book, after it started off nicely. There are useless appearances from Johnny Storm (the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four), which were meant for comedic value but come off as childish and unamusing. And, perhaps the strangest part of this book, the ending leaves much to be desired. It barely has anything to do with what has happened in the previous chapters. Basically what happens is, hell invades Manhattan. (I can't put the blame on Nocenti for that part, though, because it was a crossover event, titled "Inferno," between a lot of the Marvel properties that the editors probably enforced all series to undergo a part in.) It detracts from the overall value of the book and it's a distraction from what we should be paying attention to. Also, the writer redundantly expresses her feelings on war in a portion of the book. It's worthless to the overall story and she just uses the two main characters, rather unfairly I might add, to spread her pro-peace message. WE GET IT, YOU DON'T LIKE WARS OR NUKES. If you ignore the Johnny Storm appearances, the peace propaganda, the unexciting fight sequences (the good action pieces are the ones between Typhoid and Daredevil), and the incoherent ending, you've got a pretty good book on your hands. I know that I've painted a bad picture of this book, but I honestly must say that the shining moments in Daredevil: Typhoid Mary -- such as the taboo relationship between Matt and Mary, the failing connections between Matt and Karen (and Matt and Foggy, for that matter), the unusual and malignant "love" between the Kingpin and Typhoid, and so on -- deserve to be read, for they do make for a great story. Take the good with the bad. It's worth it in this case because the good is really, really good. And John Romita Jr. shows off some pretty nice artwork. Don't pass this book up. Its shining moments are worth the cover price.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
analysis of female and male interaction,
This review is from: Daredevil Legends Vol. 4: Typhoid Mary (Paperback)
This is one of the best comics I have read to date that explores female and male interaction. Using one of the best female villains that have appeared in a comic book, Typhoid Mary. Duel personalities, with psychotic manipulation perfectly written to create a formidable female foe, or equal - depending on how you overall see the charcter.Daredevil : Typhoid Mary is a comic that so relevant in so many ways, now that we are living in the 21st century, and the comic was written between 88 and 91. The anti war sentiments thoughtout, the frustrated male posturing that occurs within most of the male charters. The fragility of relationships, i.e. (Karen Page and Matt Murdock's fling with Typhoid Mary's other personality, the placid and timid Mary.) Manipulation, and power struggle between the "powerful" yet vulnerable male charters, and the manipulative and destructible Typhoid Mary. The pages where the Kingpin reveals his loss of his wife. Typhoid Mary's manipulation and power struggle with the Kingpin, which you could relate to women today, gaining more high-powered jobs, corporate etc. Considering the Kingpin represents the pinnacle of male power. Comics should be written like this, dealing with human interaction and strength weakness etc. Makes the story so much more relatable and interesting. The disappointing ending with the rushed conclusion, in which Manhattan is overun by Demons halted the enthralment of the overall story. Understandably comics have to run down its moments of greatness and conclude stories, which occurs a lot. But all and all, if you are a DD fan, or a new fan get this comic. It shows the interesting possibilities of a comic charter that is so contemporary, and so relevant to the current world we live. Excellent
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent -great addition to the DD mythos,
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This review is from: Daredevil Legends Vol. 4: Typhoid Mary (Paperback)
One of the main strengths is a great combination of characters.
Typhoid Mary is an intriguing character and is an excellent foil for Daredevil's character. Karen Page is a good supporting character, and Nocenti does not whitewash her past. The Kingpin is well-written and his actions are a logical follow-up to "Born Again." Is was especially interesting to see how the characters are coping with the events after "Born Again" (what does Matt do without his license? how does Foggy beave without Matt as a moral compass? etc.) Even the minor villains are well-rounded such as Bullet and his son who is preparing for a nuclear apocalypse. Many interestng themes - Daredevil as a man working within the law in his civilian identity but as DD works outside the law. Matt is against violence but uses violence himself as DD. There are also many political themes present too. The DD vs Punisher issue contrasts their approach to the criminal involved. John Romita Jr's art is pretty good overall. Sometimes the phyisques do not look quite right, but the panel layout is excellent. There are many standout panels - for instance DD being knocked onto the float in the anti-nuke rally and his delusions from his severe injuries. The ending was a little weak, and those not familiar with the Inferno story may have some difficulty following it. Also, I think some of the stories would have been enhanced if some of the issues preceding these would have included (247-253), but these can be obtained cheaply. But overall this was an excellent story and well worth the money.
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