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This is GREAT! Another book I can drop! I can’t wait for the industry to implode
BETRAYAL! As Daredevil, both Elektra and Matt Murdock have made a home for super villains at the new stronghold of the Fist. But not everyone they've welcomed shares their vision for how things should be done. In this issue, that's going to cost them - and put them on a collision course with the rest of the Marvel Universe!
Rated T+
Daredevil #7 keeps the storyline moving with a terrific issue. Whilst all part of the same plot, the artists taking different parts gives layers to the story. The Hand and the Punisher have felt far away, only mentioned as an outside force. This issue brings them very close. I admire the voice this comic is developing, actually addressing key elements of superhero comics and society as a whole. Read Full Review
Daredevil delivers a riveting morality play of modern social movements set against an epic fantasy backdrop with some of Marvel Comics' greatest characters; it's a truly astounding superhero comic. Read Full Review
Daredevil #7 continues a series trend where the more down to Earth, character oriented story elements are much stronger than the long developing Fist/Hand arc. As welcome as the opening page recap was for whats going on with the Punisher side of this story, I still found myself losing interest in these moments. This is another strong issue, but I would like to see Zdarsky find more balance in these two sides of Matts motivation. Read Full Review
Daredevil #7 does an excellent job setting the stage for the big clash between The Fist and The Hand. Building off the previous issue, Chip Zdarksy, Rafael De Latorre, and Marco Checchetto continue to test Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios in fascinating ways. The direction things went does provide a lot of intrigue into how the Daredevil pair will deal with Punisher and Aka when facing off against The Hand. Read Full Review
De Latorre and Checchetto deliver some stunning visuals throughout the issue. The art is exciting and perfectly captures and complements the tension and emotion of the story. Read Full Review
Daredevil #7 is another great issue that advances the showdown between the Fist and the Hand. The reformed villains get a moment to think beyond themselves, making this a significant character issue. What is ideal is at the end of it all, you know there is a deadly threat waiting for these characters. The fire is starting up, so get ready for war. Read Full Review
Daredevil #7 should go down as a defining issue for the character. But without the context of a theoretical future for the character, the issue is diminished because of silly undead ninjas. Read Full Review
3.5 Razors, Daredevil, Elektra Read Full Review
In all, Daredevil #7 has a few bright spots and gorgeous art, but the story takes a breather from the looming war with the Hand to deliver a one-dimensional social message about the evils of corporations, the damage of gentrification, and the flaws of the prison system. There's nothing wrong with social messaging, but when it's delivered so flatly, the issue reads more like a lecture than a thought-provoking idea. Read Full Review
Incredible.
We see DD taking the rehabilitation one step further when he goes out to help people… with the help of Super-Villains. Matt shows them that there’s a gap between law and good and that their job is to fill it. I love the way Zdarsky writes this, it’s not so simple. He lets Bullet go but puts
surveillance on him. Matt always has to make hard choices and his ambivalence towards his actions, as shown in his inner monologue, is just a treat to read. Then there’s the fact that one of his main antagonists in this run is Frank Castle, and considering their debates over the years, all of what I said in the above gets a whole new level of meaning.
Honestly, a perfect book.
Conservative tears.
This book is very good but the highlight to me is the art. Is so beautiful I think the story would lose some points without it.
Definitely the best issue of this stretch of Zdarksy's run. It would be easy to have DD simply become an anti-carceral folk hero and make a whole comic preaching to you about the way the world should be, but Zdarsky grounds it wonderfully in Matt's self-doubt and anxiety, the lies he tells for the greater good, and thoughtful challenges from Bullet. De Latorre continues to turn in top-flight work.
Always a great read.
Similar wolverine daredevil is another character I love and read every issue of every volume. Also similar to wolverine the writing is phenomenal. Chip zdarsky is writing an amazing daredevil tale where we see Matt try a new method of rehabilitation for these smaller villains. I absolutely adore having Matt and elektra working together both wearing their own daredevil costume. I love stick and the hand being in the storyline and finally I love the vision this book has. Chip zdarsky continues to write one of the best daredevil storylines ever! I cannot wait for the next issue!
We get a cape book that actually has a hero trying to make a real tangible difference instead of putting people in jail over and over complete with page time exploring the nuances of the situation and displaying the impossible choices that have to be made as well as his inner conflict, and people give this a low score?
They are LITERALLY displaying how Matt is working to change one of the biggest arguments that Frank has against him. Which is leading into their clash. Open your eyes folks!
The books incredible. The wait is agonizing for the next issue.
Oh no, a comic with politics in it. Might as well jump off a bridge.
All art is political. You're just mad that Daredevil, both the title and the character, doesn't agree with you.
If the goat Lance ends up dying I’m going to lose it
The storytelling in words and art is up to the title's usual formidable standards. This is a well-structured, well-drawn, well-written book. A pleasure to read.
And I like the ideas. The big political/philosophical ideas, and the smaller ideas about how the characters are developing. I particularly like the way that they're related; the insights and developments come from how the characters think about the same issues the readers are thinking about.
I get the sense that the author might be regretting the "war with the Punisher" plotline he's obliged to get through. This issue shows it's possible to make progress on it while addressing other interests--but the combination could be smoother.
Matt teaches his new companions about the gaps difference between law and good, illustrating that there is more to rehabilitation than simply learning to follow the rules.
Extra points for the return of Stilt-man.
This issue was okay. It felt a little weird for Matt to fly 5 of his jailbroken rehab projects all the way over to North Carolina just to get involved with a demo case that I'm not entirely sure how he would've heard about in the first place unless he's like...checking the news from time to time in between reading ancient Fist prophecies and shagging Elektra. But I guess Zdarsky had to find some way to keep driving his politics home.
Other brief thoughts:
- The art was good, the story kind of advances but not really?
- Dragon? Sure, I guess!
- On one level, The Punisher using swords is cool, but on another level, it's weird and I don't like it.
- No, Bullet, prisons don't separate fathers from their children.. more
Art: 4/5
Story: 3.5/5
Total: 7.5/10
I think this book had good intentions, but the first half struggled to feel legitimate. I think it progressed, and did have some good moments, but I really didn't feel like it made me care like it tried to.
ZDARSKY HAS LOST THE PLOT!!!!!!!!!
I dunno. I think DD's gone over the deep end. "Everybody's looking for us" Elektra tells Matt, and the next thing he does is take his group of on the lam supervillains out in public to stop a landlord from evicting tenants? And beating up law enforcement? And then it all turns out to be unnecessary because Matt Murdock got a court order stopping the eviction anyway. (When? How? Matt hasn't been lawyering for a long time). Apparently DD's idea of 'rehabilitation' is getting the villains to break laws HE doesn't believe in. This arc is going down a very warped path, methinks.
Zdarsky seems to be stretched too thin. This issue does little more than express Zdarsky’s personal politics. The plot does not move forward in any way, and his politics are expressed in a logically inconsistent way, which is pretty annoying. IMHO - politics should be left out of ongoing series like Daredevil. Leave personal politics for indies, anthologies and limited series
Another book wants to get “pOlItIcAl” AWESOME! Yet another book I can drop from my list and more money I can save! I hope the implosion comes sooner than later, the industry needs to die already
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