With the focus of this issue largely on the Dark Messiah and his Disciples of Doom, Daredevil #98 becomes very hollow in terms of fun content. Matt's banter in this issue with the Disciples of Doom is annoying and the fighting isn't very good.

Once again the more interesting stuff is in Daredevil's personal life. I like how his new partner went to the trouble of making a briefing for Matt in Braille. And Black Widow teaming up with Matt was pretty fun - there's a great part where she says she's going to fight the Messiah with or without Matt - and that makes sense, with her being an independent hero herself. There's stuff to like here, including some pretty creative visuals, but it is a little lacking with the whole Dark Messiah stuff is just so lame. The guy just... explodes at the end? And then Daredevil closes out the issue with a few terrible lines I hated. This is not Daredevil at its best, which is a shame, because with this fun status quo, Black Widow, and the creative team, I definitely would have expected a lot more out of this comic. more