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Daredevil Visionaries - Frank Miller, Vol. 1 Paperback – May 1, 2002

by Frank Miller (Author)

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All the elements that made Miller's tenure on Daredevil a comic noir classic are here: gritty, street-level action, moody atmosphere, and widescreen adventure told with a cinematic eye.The stories in this volume feature unforgettable characters like the Kingpin, the mammoth king of the New York Underworld; Bullseye, the deranged but deadly assassin; Elektra, the woman Daredevil loves but is forced to oppose; and, of course, Daredevil himself, blind as justice, he is an attorney by day and an urban vigilante by night. Also introduced in this collection is the mysterious ninja brotherhood, The Hand, the group that will ultimately cause Elektra's untimely demise.

The stories included in the volume dedicated to Frank Miller's classic work show the continued development of an artistic legend as his skills continued to grow in stature and depth.

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12 years and up
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176 pages
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English
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6.62 x 0.31 x 10.18 inches
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Marvel Comics
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May 1, 2002
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0785107576
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978-0785107576
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Comics (May 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785107576
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785107576
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.62 x 0.31 x 10.18 inches

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Frank Miller is one of the seminal creative talents who sparked the current gigantic sub-industry of motion pictures featuring comic book- initiated product. A sub-industry which had become a super-industry. This most profitable aspect of this millennium’s film production, now producing an annual flow of box office profits in the Billions of dollars, was launched when Frank Miller’s graphic novel re-take on the classic comic book hero, Batman, resulted in an entertainment industry-wide reconsideration of the genre in the deeper and darker vision Miller brought to it.
Miller re-defined the presentation of comic book characters and heroic fiction with his grand-daddy of graphic novels, “The Dark Knight.” This revolutionary work
not only kicked off the series of Batman films based on his redefinition, but a craze for such material that has thrown dozens of such heroes into multiple film franchise heaven. Certainly chief among these has been Miller’s uniquely classical take on superheroic narrative, “300,” and his “Sin City” books, each of which entered motion pictures with historic successes, and each now in Miller's creative phase of achieving its highly-anticipated sequel. Miller’s co-direction of “Sin City” has made him one of the hottest
directors… as well as a guiding creative force…for the new genre. Or one might say “super genre.”
Miller's latest graphic novel, Holy Terror, is his first original graphic novel in ten years. Join The Fixer, a brand new, hard-edged hero as he battles terror in the inaugural release from Legendary Comics.
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Good, but later issues are better

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2001

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This is for completists. The volume comprises the early part of Frank Miller's still-unparalleled run on "DD," when he was limited strictly to penciling chores.
While the art has that distinct touch, you can see even then Miller was yearning for something darker. But DD was still being written somewhat campily, complete with cartoonish / buffoonish foes and witty repartee--not as the darker, more obsessed force that Miller transformed him into when he got full reign on the book.
This volume consists of DD's 158 - 161 and 163 - 168 (# 162, a repackaged origin story drawn by Steve Ditko, is omitted for obvious reasons). They're good, but to get a better feel for what Miller is capable of, I'd suggest volume 2. There you'll get Elektra, more of Bullseye, the Kingpin, the Gang War plotline...this volume is merely groundwork.

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Frank Millers early drawing not storytelling.

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2011

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This Is the first stuff Frank Miller worked on Daredevil, but its only on art which is great. The stories are pretty good such as some Bull-eye's stories and The Incredible Hulk who's my favorite Marvel character and shows up in this. Lots of cool villains and lawyer stuff which is one great thing about Daredevil is his alter ego is just as interesting as his hero ego. There's also a retelling of Murdock's origin but not the Miller stuff with Stick. But its still good but not my favorite origin. If you like Daredevil and you are cool with some classic Daredevil Stories preparing for the greatest Daredevil run ever! I recommend this.

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Chris Francz

At the beginning of Frank Miller's inventive career...

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2012

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This great book covers the issues of Daredevil right before Frank Miller really took off. While the art is good, though standard, there are signs of the greatness to come in later issues. I own the originals of these comic books but wanted this bookshelf collection for regular handling. Nice book!

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James D. Fristrom

Frank Miller Only Drew These Ones - He Didn't Write Them

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2007

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I've got to wonder if the other reviewers are talking about a different book. In Visionaries Volume 2 things take off and start to feel like the Frank Miller we know and love, but with Volume 1 it still feels like the Stan Lee / Chris Claremont comic writing of the previous decade. My advice - skip this one entirely and go straight to Volume 2. Even that's not Dark Knight / Born Again / Sin City caliber, but you do get to watch him grow as a writer.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2016

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Good intro to Miller & Daredevil

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

This is another collection of Frank Miller’s run with Daredevil in the 1980s. It starts with issue #158 from 1979 where DD faces the Deathstalker when Miller first joined the series doing the artwork while Roger McKenzie was handling the story. The highlights of this collection are issues #159-61 where the mob hires Bullseye to eliminate Daredevil, and #164 where there is a retelling of the DD origins story. Miller’s drawings are really strong and during the confrontation with Bullseye he’s able to draw a series of panels of just straight action with little to no dialogue that would become one of his trademarks during this period in his career.

This is a really good intro to Miller and Daredevil as it covers his initial work with the series.

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Joseph Kucharski III

Daredevil and Frank Miller: Where it all began

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014

The DAREDEVIL stories that embarked Frank Miller on his career fell throughout the Jim Shooter reign at Marvel, during which two events occurred with titles catalog-wide: the status quo stayed the same, or titles drastically changed. Daredevil was fortunate to have both occur.

The initial stories are scripted by Marvel-mainstay Roger McKenzie, a decent Bullpenner probably best known for his Captain America as President idea, who was solid and advanced the stories in a very formulaic way. Miller doesn’t begin his term as writer until #168, which features the debut of Elektra.

Miller already had the beginnings of his art style, that would later be showcased in the likes of SIN CITY and 300, well in hand with the start of his DD tenure: the use of negative space and, the film noir-stylized shadows that truly made Daredevil a nighttime vigilante. As a writer, he knew how to plot. He started using tiny frames to focus on the action and making the page grander and cinematic, a style he greatly used in his DARK KNIGHT RETURNS story. His scripting, however, was extremely clunky and cliché, not differing too much from McKenzie’s previous work. Luckily, the concluding story arc of the collection featuring the return of the Kingpin set the tone for years of stories to follow. The only true clunker in the collection is the David Michelinie one-off that was filler between McKenzie and Miller’s runs.

These are fun stories told in the mighty Marvel manner of the early 80s and truly a must for any DD collector.

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Brilliant

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2003

This first collected edition of Frank Miller's (The Dark Knight Returns) brilliant run on Daredevil features some of the best storytelling to come out of Marvel in years, and the best Daredevil storyline to ever be published. Collecting all the classic issues that let readers read their favorite blind vigilante tangling with his arch nemesis the Kingpin of crime, the insane assassin Bullseye, and the mysterious group known as The Hand. But Miller's run was most notable for the introduction of Elektra: the beautiful assassin who was the love of Matt Murdock's life, and the tragic enemy of Daredevil. Miller's writing gave the Daredevil/Matt Murdock character more depth than he had ever had before, and the fact that when a new character is introduced (Elektra) and dispatched not long after and the reader actually cares, that in itself is a milestone in the comic biz, especially Marvel Comics. The showdown between Elektra and Bullseye gives me chills to this day when I read his dialog; I'm still surprised the comic was printed way back when considering the comic code. The art may turn off some readers, but it manages to grow on you (just like Miller's art on Dark Knight Returns). All these years later and all the writers and artists that have come and gone like Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, John Romita Jr., and others (regardless of how great work they all did on the character), it is Frank Miller's which still remains the best. The mega budget feature film which starred Ben Affleck was mainly based off the events from these issues, and if you enjoyed the film than you should definitely pick this up.

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