Taken all together, Daredevil #1.50 proved to be quite a satisfying story. It doesn't do anything major, but it offers up some nice cool-down moments and serves well to introduce the character and a measure of his supporting cast as well. If nothing else, get this issue for the awesome artwork alone. Read Full Review

Before readers see any of these stories, though, they're gobsmacked by Paolo Rivera's stunning cover, serving as the biggest tribute to The Man Without Fear that a single piece of art can allow. There are over a dozen different likeness worked into the cover, all paying tribute to past artists strongly associated with the character like Wally Wood, John Romita, and Frank Miller. The names of every notable creator who contributed to the book over the past fifty years are worked into the art as well. This cover a pretty bow on one incredible birthday present, and "Daredevil" #1.50 is one awesome party, whose biggest shortcoming is that it's simply too short. Read Full Review

A special nod also needs to go to Marcos Martin, for his amazing variant covers. Scattered throughout this review, they're a brilliant way to celebrate Daredevil's 50th anniversary. Read Full Review

Waid's contribution is by itself worth the cover price, and the other two features are generally solid, if not nearly as admirable. Read Full Review

The third story is a fun one about one of the more quirkier moments in Daredevil's past, his alter ego/twin brother Mike Murdock. Karl Kesel and Tom Palmer have a little fun with the character and end the issue on a fun and happy note. It's here that I thought more could have been done by going a deeper into Daredevil's past to explore the future. Out of all the names on the cover of this issue, only a small handful, mostly from Daredevil's relatively recent past get the chance to contribute. The stories inside are so well done, but I wanted more. It's great to see this possible future for Daredevil, and I'm so excited to take the journey to get there. Read Full Review

Featuring back-up stories of Murdock's wife by Brian Michael Bendis by and artist Alex Maleev and wacky fake twin storyline in homage to the character's goofier period by writer/artist Karl Kesel, Daredevil #1.50 is a curiosity more than anything else offering a glimpse of what Waid might do with the character given no constraints and several decades. Hit-and-Miss. Read Full Review

Daredevil #1.50 is a bit of a mixed bag all things considered, but readers should enjoy it anyway. Mark Waid and Javier Rodriguez craft a twenty-three page story that will captivate the imagination of a longtime reader. Read Full Review

It might be surprising to many to learn that Daredevil has been around for 50 years. The series has also had many top notch creators through its history, who have contributed many outstanding story arcs. Its a bit awkward that this anniversary issue comes one issue after the Daredevil title was rebooted. I think Marvel could have done a better job of making the timing work so that the anniversary issue didnt have to have the weird numbering of #1.50. Although this isnt a great or essential issue, its still great to see the company celebrating the character, who with a popular series and upcoming Netflix television show seems to be doing better than ever. Read Full Review

Overall, Daredevil's 50th anniversary celebration feels like kind of a mixed bag. While all three stories try to speak to a different style that defined that character at different points in his history, only some of them manage to hit their mark. While Mark Waid and Javier Rodriguez created a story that's practically essential reading for the current run, Bendis and Maleev really failed to deliver on the promise of them reuniting. Rounding that out with a rather unassuming story by the Kessels that harkens back to a part of the characters history that might not resonate with most makes this a rather awkward book. There's some great, there's some not so great, but I would still say the great outweighs it enough to justify the $5 price point. Mostly. Read Full Review

Even hardcore hornhead fans are better off just waiting for the next regular issue as opposed to paying the inflated cover price of this book. Read Full Review

Daredevil #1.5 is an ok comic, there'ssome good andsome bad in it, but not even Mark Waid'sspectacular take on Matt Murdock's upcoming years can make it worth the higher price. The best way to celebrate Daredevil's 50th is to keep going with the current run, and thank God for that, because if all we had was this issue, then The Man Without Fear would have had a lame birthday party – one that was more a look back than a celebration. Read Full Review

Daredevil #1.5 suffers from a unique problem that a regular issue doesn't commonly suffer from. #1.5 is a collection of interesting artwork, unappealing storytelling and more blocks of text, letters and extra material than one can desire. It felt like just watching the dvd extras. Read Full Review

I usually hate these anniversary.whatever issues, but this was actually really great! Even the backup material.

This special issue was pretty good, but it can't compare to the regular series' quality, and it's quite disappointing to see that a standalone over-sized book is done worse than a monthly regular... anyway, both stories had some solid writing, but the art was sloppy and archaic.

Unless you're a big daredevil fan skip this book. The stories simply aren't that great.