“LIAR’S POKER,” PART 1 The latest addition to Marvel’s red-hot Noir line offers a unique spin on the Man Without Fear! Prohibition-era Hell's Kitchen is Kingpin territory, and until now, his only problem has been the masked vigilante known as Daredevil. When gangster Orville Halloran arrives on the scene, fresh from a stretch in Sing Sing and eager to stretch his wings, Hell’s about to get hotter. For P.I. Foggy Nelson and his loyal assistant Matt Murdock, it all starts when a desperate woman comes to their office with an irresistible story about her and Halloran. To Foggy, she's a client -- to Murdock, she's enough to make Halloran more
All-in-all, it's a perfect fit for the Daredevil franchise and looks to be the beginning of another series I won't be able to get enough of. Here's hoping that this follows in the same line as Spider-Man: Noir. Read Full Review
Luckily, there is one redeeming quality of Daredevil Noir, and that's the art of Tomm Coker, whose works recalls the Daredevil run of Alex Maleev and is gorgeous in precisely the shadowy, seedy, and smoke-laced way a noir comic should be gorgeous. If nothing else, he here proves that he'd be a perfect match for Daredevil's regular ongoing, which would hopefully give him a chance to draw better stories than this one. Read Full Review
It's very good work that seems wasted here, in this Elseworlds Hell's Kitchen. But Coker's work is good enough to keep me coming back for more, and the story might develop into something special by the end. It's happened before in the short life of Marvel Noir. Read Full Review
So Daredevil Noir is a noir-ish tale; one that follows the troupes but doesn't really add anything new to noir fiction or a Daredevil story. The art is quite different than anything you'll see in a traditional comic, which some might write off as experimental and edgy, and others will hate from the very beginning, but I'll give credit to Marvel for taking a chance. The story is told via flashback so readers already know where things are headed, and I'll give this another couple of issues to see if things improve, but for now it only brings in 2.5 out of 5 Stars. It's not terrible, but it's just not that great. Read Full Review
Also, I'd like to know what "IRT" feels like under my feet, especially when it feels "like a monster clawing its way up my shinbones." I know it should be "DIRT", but considering that "IRT" is what made it to print, I feel like I'm missing out on an essential life experience. Read Full Review
Not a fan of that art. Sometimes it's very hard to understand what you see. But still it's fitting and stylish. The story is not a 10/10, but it's just the beginning, a warm up. I didn't understand the nature of Daredevil's power here. There were no chemicals or something like that. But other than that it mostly just like it was in original. Nothing really innovative. Not a bad comic and not a masterpiece. I liked it though.
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