A great first issue that felt good as a jumping-on point for me. Read Full Review

The most recent Daredevil run received a lot of praise and could be a tough act to follow as a result. There might also be reader trepidation over whether the new run will continue where the previous left off or try for an immediate reset. None of that need be a concern. Daredevil #1 is a strong first issue that also feels like a natural extension of what came before. Read Full Review

Kuder delivers beautifully detailed imagery throughout the issue. The art is lively and captures the gritty tone of the story and the city. Read Full Review

Daredevil #1 is a solid start to Saladin Ahmed's run on the title as Matt Murdock's quiet life after hell suddenly takes a demonic turn. Matt's resurrection question is intriguing (almost too much so), and that looks great. If Ahmed can pay off the resurrection question quickly and satisfactorily, this series will be off to a great start. Read Full Review

I'm all in on Daredevil's new direction. The character feels fresh, but his new role as a priest suits the legacy of the character. Throw in a supernatural threat, and Daredevil is shaping up to be an exciting new era to add to the legacy of epic runs. Read Full Review

It is oddly fitting to see the Man Without Fear as a Man of the Cloth. I doubt this new status quo will stick for long, but this is an engaging first issue. The art is somewhat weak at points, but there is far more good than bad in this new Daredevil. Read Full Review

All in all, this is a solid start to what will likely be another absorbing “Daredevil” run, and it's great that the emphasis on Matt's faith isn't going away after Zdarsky and Checchetto's run (not that I expected it to though, seeing as Ahmed is the series' first Muslim writer.) Welcome back Matt! Read Full Review

Ahmed manages to make this feel like a bona fide Daredevil story. He may have swapped legal proceedings for sheltering orphans, but he still nails Murdock's internal struggle between his moral code and his ceaseless desire to combat evil. Read Full Review

Ahmed gives fans many questions to consider as Daredevil #1 opens but it wasn't really enough. Read Full Review

Daredevil #1 feels reserved in many ways. It's a slow start overall that has interesting concepts but not an interesting pitch of those concepts. It feels rather safe in some ways and a little bit of a throwback in others. After the wild, emotional driven ride, that was the previous volume, this one is a definite change in pace. Read Full Review

This book was a lot more fun than I expected it to be, effectively resetting players into another crusade, or is that fools errand? Read Full Review

Daredevil #1 is a good start for this new era for the Man Without Fear that Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder are beginning. Their was a respect shown for what their predecessors established as they hit the ground running for what comes next for Matt Murdock. Read Full Review

At $7, its oddness isn't quite enough to sell me on the new chapter of Matt Murdock's life. Read Full Review

Daredevil #1 has solid character design and is visually attractive. Elektra looks great in her Daredevil outfit, and the coloring is excellent. Despite some layout design concerns, this book has good art and solid writing. Read Full Review

I like where this is going, I enjoy runs with a long and deep plot, and this one seems to be perfect for me. Im very happy with this first issue, and the art is very good.

I thought this was a highly intriguing debut issue for this new Daredevil run. With the critical acclaim Chip Zdarsky's run has received, Ahmed definitely had some huge shoes to fill here. With this issue, I feel as though he's setting up something really interesting. The setup we get here builds a very solid foundation and I'll be sticking around to see where this goes. Matt's new situation is fairly interesting, the strained relationship between Matt and Elektra is written well, and the antagonist sets an ominous precedent for what's to come. Good stuff all around with this one.

Ahmed has big shoes to fill, and he wisely uses this issue to establish a new tone. The writing feels like Daredevil pre-Bendis, as does the art. I don’t mind Ahmed and Kuder leaning away from the grittiness of Daredevil that we get so often, and I’m always a fan of writers leaning into the religious aspect of the character. It seems like Ahmed is setting Matt up to go head to head with a manifestation of the seven deadly sins, and I’m looking forward to the next issue!

After Zdarsky's phenomenal run, it is hard to continue writing Daredevil and still making it good and as exciting as previous run.

But thankfully, Ahmed seems to be up for the task.

honestly re-reading this again. While I'm not happy that this series is going to undo Chip zdarsky's Daredevil run, I understand that comic books will always have circular story-telling, and the characters are never really going to have a definitive conclusion and ending to their stories as long as Civilization exists. If this series goes down the gutter, at least in my head canon, Daredevil ended with Chip Zdarsky.

having said that, reading this right now in 2024, I got to say it's a good strong start. I'm hoping this run will continue Daredevil's streak of continuous good quality of comics. I like Saladin Ahmed's voice for Daredevil, and I like the art.

There sure is a hell of a lot of damn frivolous cursing which makes Matt come across as a pretty piss poor priest. It just seems strange that he’s being portrayed as a man of the cloth without the maturity or discipline to speak in a more reverent manner. Other than that it was a good enough first issue, plenty of intrigue to explain what happened to bring him here going forward, but I hope they restore him to his more usual role as a street level hero against his more typical rogue’s gallery. While Zdarsky’s run was good, most of it was Matt either in jail or as the head of some supernatural organization, it just felt like we were missing the old school Daredevil beating up mobsters while dealing with human problems that made some of his greatest runs so compelling. more

My main gripes are that the art doesn't really appeal to me for a DD book, and it felt rushed to have Matt become DD so fast. It did present a lot of good though. It had a good premise and an intriguing ending.

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The art is really good in this book, but in a nutshell -- it's just too supernatural to feel like Daredevil. Daredevil is a street-level character and now he's doing exorcisms? Not buying it. They also need to give Elektra a new name, she can't also be Daredevil.

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Uggh. Blah. Dude. What is this? What have you done to Double D??? If Daredevil were the housing market this issue would be the December 2008 issue; a major crash and burn. Saladin Ahmed, usually an amazing writer, seems to have been bitten by the Marvisney 'We will ruin your story' virus. And the art? It looks like it was run through a Daredevil art simulator. Everything Marvisney touches turns to poop a la mode. Daredevil avoided the Marvisney touch of death as long as it could with Chippy Z and now this along with the TV series starring D'Onofrio and co. has been sent to the belly of the beast for digestive purposes. Full take, my new DD break-up and art samples from Hell at:
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After Zdarsky’s run left us with us with so many questions, this new #1 unfortunately doesn’t really give us any answers. On top of feeling very rushed, some things actually didn’t make sense or connect with how Zdarsky left the character. Also the art didn’t do it for me really, that’s just IMO

"Somehow." That's the one word "explanation" on the splash page for how MM returned from the dead, and with total amnesia.
"Somehow" Matt, with no memory, no training, no ID, becomes a priest, working in a place that calls for close contact with children, no less. That's some screening process!
"Somehow" MM doesn't question who he was before six months ago, isn't plagued by his total lack of memory, isn't curious as to whether he has friends, family, et.
"Somehow" this made it through all the editors and onto the newsstands.
Art was very pedestrian.

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vmcomics - Sep 16, 2023

Somebody gets it

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - Oct 4, 2023

I think (or hope, anyway) that the “somehow” hand wave is just a placeholder with the intent to go more in depth into what actually happened in future issues

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Rushed first issue, the writer seems to want to get rid of Chips status quo as quickly as possible and the story suffers heavily because of it.

Kuder is a good artist but his art doesn't fit for Daredevil. After the last tremendous run this needs to be special and it simply isn't.

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dannymalt - Sep 28, 2023

To be fair. Hated Chip's status quo, and it's such an annoying status quo to write your way out of.

BR Havoc - Sep 29, 2023

I'd say you'd be in the minority. Instead of letting Daredevil breath for a bit we now have Daredevil the superhero exorcist going after the 7 deadly sins...

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