Elektra Natchios is the greatest assassin in the Marvel Universe - but having recently taken up the mantle of DAREDEVIL, she's taken a vow to never take a life again. But that vow is about to be put to the ultimate test, as KRAVEN THE HUNTER has her dead in his sights...and, unlike Elektra, he has no reservations about killing. If anything, he likes it when his prey struggles. At least, he thinks he does.
Rated T+
De Latorre has a great visual eye and that comes through with some awesome character shots and blistering action. I love the way the character moves in the fight scenes and am impressed with the detail and visual quality of the art. Read Full Review
Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #2pits Elektra Natchios against Kraven the Hunter, while also exploring her passionate and messy relationship with Matt Murdock. With one issue left to go, Kraven has Elekra dead to rights-and this may be one fight she can't win. Read Full Review
Framing the contrast is really nice. But it's only going to go so far. The opening issue firmly established Elektra's inner conflict. Hear that inner conflict is expanded on. Zdarsky and Company are doing a good job of bringing it all to the page in a way that seems simple enough to almost achieve a kind of flawlessness. Without a greater scope in issues to come, the story might have some difficulty maintaining a sense of direction moving forward, but Zdarsky has done a good job of keeping the action moving so far. Read Full Review
Bits and PiecesDaredevil: Woman Without Fear #2 is another strong example of simple-yet-effective storytelling. Zdarsky and the art team expertly intermingle small yet powerful emotional moments with rough and tumble hand-to-hand action scenes for brisk and entertaining read. Read Full Review
Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #2 is a tie-in but it's a comic that can stand on its own. It feels like the event is almost secondary as Elektra reflects on her life. It's a hell of an issue for a fantastic miniseries that has me begging for more. Even if you're not reading Devil's Reign, which you should, this is well worth picking up on its own. Read Full Review
An action packed issue will leave readers guessing as to what Elektra's secrets really are. Read Full Review
Zdarsky and co. find new ways of getting at Elektra's heart, with surprising results. Read Full Review
While new villain Aka hasn't really caught my eye as of yet, I'm excited to see more of Elektra's history with this criminal. And until we get that final confrontation, there's still plenty more Kraven the Hunter to go around. Read Full Review
Armed with one of the definitive writers of these characters, Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #2 is sharply focused on what it means for Elektra to confront the demons of her past, while reckoning with the status quo of the present. Read Full Review
Zdarsky clearly has a good understanding of Elektra as a character, taking readers into her mind as she struggles with her new role, while throwing in a few twists that some might not expect coming from a former assassin who can be shrouded in secrecy. Read Full Review
The next issue should offer more of the pair going at it while Elektra's old mentor enjoys the show. And now Elektra has the Thunderbolts to worry about as well. The longer tale, should she survive, we see teased as the possibility of Elektra and Daredevil teaming up to take out out the Hand. To get there, however, first she must survive Kraven and Devil's Reign. Read Full Review
Two issues in and this story is phenomenal so far! I've always loved Elektra and daredevil and read anything with either of them in it. I just keep telling myself to appreciate this era of daredevil and Elektra because in my opinion it is one of the best! I hope chip zdarsky writes them for as long as possible and really hope to see a full Elektra series come out of this.
Art is so beautiful and story progresses nicely
This issue explores Matt and Elektra’s relationship on a deeper level than before, and shows us what Matt means to Elektra and how important he is to her.
And I absolutely loved it, I love how Zdarsky writes this relationship. At this point, it’s gotta be one of my favourite relationships in comics.
So this whole miniseries is gonna be Elektra vs. Kraven, with the running battle used as a vehicle for introspective character examination. That's cool. It's supplied with solid combat pacing and some nice dynamic art.
I don't think the character insights are profound or revelatory enough to make this great. They supply sufficient meaning to make it good, though.
This comic is perfectly solid, but when the main title is a tour de force investigation of guilt and responsibility, it's hard not to feel disappointed by a spinoff that's just a meat and potatoes superhero comic, even if it's a good one
This is solid but I really feel like maybe there wasn't enough story to tell for a three issue (four if you count Elektra #100) story. At least not for the present day story. One issue ends with Kraven about to attack, and then this issue ends... with Kraven about to attack. Sure the circumstances are different, but... that felt really odd to me.
It was pretty good in certain parts but, it didn't feel as emotional as the first issue.
Art: 3.5/5
Story: 3/5
Total: 6.5/10
Elektra is looking better than ever in her DD costume, but the plot is bare bones. It's just Elekra vs Kraven. It's standard comic book affair but you need to bring something extra these days to stand out.
Yeah, so the whole "OMG Matthew will find out" turns out it's bullshit, he already knew, and I always hate it when writers do that sort of stuff. Plus the story really isn't good. There's only one issue left but honestly, Elektra deserves better than this, Zdarsky really doesn't have a good voice for her, at least not in this book.
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