There's an awful lot to like here, it's clear Zdarsky has thought an awful lot about Daredevil and has come to some quite brilliant conclusions. Mainly, that Matt identifies himself as the 'Devil' because he knowingly turns his back on God, he sins, sacrificing his soul for what he feels is the greater good, though how deep that belief goes is not made fully clear. However all of this is held together by some stiff dialogue, occasionally empty, weak narration, and an awkward page structure. As good as the content is, the act of reading it is not so much. Hopefully Zdarsky and Checchetto will get in their grove as the series goes along, because at it's very core, there is a masterpiece living within Daredevil 2019.

8.0

Dead Rabbit #1

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Deadly Class Vol. 4: Die For Me

Jan 4, 2019

8.0

Deadly Class Vol. 5: Carousel

Jan 30, 2019

8.0

Death or Glory #1

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Death or Glory #2

Dec 12, 2018

8.0

Death or Glory #4

Dec 12, 2018

8.0

Death or Glory #5

Dec 12, 2018

8.0

Descender Vol. 2: Machine Moon

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Detective Comics Batman: The Black Mirror

Dec 26, 2018

8.0

Doom Patrol Vol. 1: Brick By Brick

Dec 18, 2018

8.0

Doom Patrol Vol. 2: Nada

Dec 30, 2018

8.0

Fantastic Four (2018) #1

Oct 7, 2018

8.0

Fantastic Four (2018) #3

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Fantastic Four (2018) #5

Dec 29, 2018

8.0

Green Lantern (2018) #4

Feb 7, 2019

8.0

Green Lantern (2018) #6

Jun 11, 2019

8.0

Gunhawks (2019) #1

Feb 10, 2019
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God, I wish Westerns were more populaur.

8.0

Heroes In Crisis #5

Feb 1, 2019

8.0

Immortal Hulk Vol. 1: Or Is He Both?

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Martian Manhunter (2018) #2

Feb 1, 2019

8.0

Prodigy #3

Feb 7, 2019

8.0

Saga Vol. 1

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Saga Vol. 2

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Scarlet (2018) #3

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Seconds #1

Dec 30, 2018

8.0

Skyward (2018) #1

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Skyward (2018) #2

Jan 18, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #3

Jan 18, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #4

Feb 2, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #5

Feb 2, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #6

Feb 2, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #7

Feb 3, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #8

Feb 3, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #9

Feb 3, 2019

8.0

Skyward (2018) #10

Feb 3, 2019

8.0

Superman Vol. 1: Son Of Superman

Jan 26, 2019

8.0

Superman (2018) #1

Jan 17, 2019

8.0

Superman (2018) #2

Jan 17, 2019

8.0

Superman (2018) #5

Jan 19, 2019

8.0

The Batman Who Laughs (2018) #1

Dec 13, 2018

8.0

The Man of Steel (2018) #1

Feb 14, 2019

8.0

The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #5

Feb 7, 2019

8.0

The Umbrella Academy: The Apocalypse Suite Vol. 1

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

The United States of Murder Inc. Vol. 1: Truth

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

Thor (2018) #9

Jan 10, 2019

8.0

Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back On The Street

Dec 1, 2018

8.0

United States vs. Murder Inc. #1

Oct 7, 2018

8.0

United States vs. Murder Inc. #2

Oct 17, 2018

8.0

United States vs. Murder Inc. #4

Dec 8, 2018

8.0

Wonder Twins (2019) #1

Feb 14, 2019

8.0

Young Justice (2019) #2

Feb 7, 2019

7.5

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #4

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #8

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #11

Dec 14, 2018

7.5

American Carnage #1

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Black Bolt Vol. 1: Hard Time

Jan 17, 2019

7.5

Bully Wars #1

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Captain America Vol. 1: Home of the Brave

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye Vol. 1: Going Underground

Jan 6, 2019

7.5

Cover (2018) #5

Jan 23, 2019

7.5

Daredevil (2015) #604

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Daredevil (2015) #605

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive #1

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Doctor Strange (2018) #3

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Doctor Strange (2018) #9

Dec 8, 2018

7.5

Edge of Spider-Geddon #2

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Fantastic Four (2018) #2

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Fantastic Four (2018) #4

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Fantastic Four (2018) #6

Jan 17, 2019

7.5

Green Lantern (2018) #2

Dec 7, 2018

7.5

Hellboy: Winter Special: 2018 #1

Dec 21, 2018

7.5

Heroes In Crisis #2

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Heroes In Crisis #3

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Heroes In Crisis #4

Jan 4, 2019

7.5

Journey Into Unknown Worlds #1

Feb 4, 2019

7.5

Man Without Fear (2019) #5

Feb 1, 2019

7.5

Pearl #1

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Saga Vol. 4

Dec 12, 2018

7.5

Saga Vol. 5

Dec 15, 2018

7.5

Scarlet (2018) #4

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Superior Spider-Man Vol. 1 Complete Collection

Dec 1, 2018

7.5

Superman (2018) #3

Jan 17, 2019

7.5

Superman (2018) #7

Jan 19, 2019

7.5

The Batman Who Laughs (2018) #3

Feb 14, 2019
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I'm not sure if read Dark Nights: Metal and not liking it just made me more suspicious and critical of Snyder's writing here, or this issue is genuinely worse than the previous two. I'll probably have to come back to it later to be sure. But I feel like the tightness of the original, more metaphorical conflict is being stretched out by a more and more complicated plot.

7.5

The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #4

Jan 5, 2019

7.5

Thor (2018) #1

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Thor (2018) #2

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Thor (2018) #3

Oct 7, 2018

7.5

Thor (2018) #8

Dec 20, 2018

7.5

War is Hell (2019) #1

Feb 6, 2019

7.0

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #2

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #3

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #5

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #7

Oct 17, 2018

7.0

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #12

Dec 21, 2018

7.0

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #13

Jan 18, 2019

7.0

Batman: Li'l Gotham Collected

Feb 13, 2019
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Fun, but insubstantial. These probably read better by the month because their lightness morphs into emptiness when you read them all straight through. But still enjoyable none the less.

7.0

Captain America Vol. 2: Promised Land

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye Vol. 2: Every Me, Every You

Jan 7, 2019

7.0

Daredevil (2015) #606

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Daredevil (2015) #609

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Daredevil Vol. 2: Supersonic

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Doctor Strange (2018) #4

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Doctor Strange (2018) #6

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Edge of Spider-Geddon #3

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Edge of Spider-Geddon #4

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Edge of Spider-Verse Vol. 1

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Green Lantern (2018) #1

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Heroes In Crisis #1

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Jook Joint #1

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Man Without Fear (2019) #2

Jan 9, 2019

7.0

Man Without Fear (2019) #3

Jan 18, 2019

7.0

Man Without Fear (2019) #4

Jan 23, 2019

7.0

Mother Panic Vol. 1: Work In Progress

Jan 18, 2019

7.0

Prodigy #1

Dec 7, 2018

7.0

Prodigy #2

Jan 10, 2019

7.0

Scarlet (2018) #2

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas Vol. 1

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Thor (2018) #4

Oct 7, 2018

7.0

Thor (2018) #7

Dec 1, 2018

7.0

Zero Vol. 1: An Emergency

Dec 1, 2018

6.5

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #14

Feb 1, 2019
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Bachalo's stunning art just about salvages an awkwardly paced and written in-between issue.

6.5

Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #15

Feb 14, 2019

6.5

Criminal (2019) #2

Feb 14, 2019
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Um... Okay then? I hope this seemingly random jump to a completely different story (taking place decades later I believe) comes to something, because in and off itself it's kind of a silly cheap trick. That aside, the story itself is... pretty good. It still has that super strong narrative voice that Brubaker does so well, and Phillips are is, of course stunning, but there's something insubstantial and indulgent about this story and how long it takes to actually go anyway. There's a pretty absurd amount of trivia about fictional comic book history, mixed in with some real stuff, that's, like, cool, but not really interesting or that informing to the characters nor narrative. I also feel like I've seen Jacob's story in Bad Night and this doesn't add anything more to him than that fantastic story already did. Maybe I've gone crazy and this will all make sense eventually, but from where I'm sitting right now, this issue was a pretty big disappointment.

6.5

Daredevil (2015) #607

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Daredevil (2015) #608

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Doctor Strange (2018) #1

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Doctor Strange (2018) #2

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Doctor Strange (2018) #5

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Edge of Spider-Geddon #1

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Fantastic Four (2018): Wedding Special #1

Dec 13, 2018

6.5

Green Arrow (2016) #45

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Jook Joint #2

Dec 1, 2018

6.5

Man Without Fear (2019) #1

Jan 4, 2019

6.5

Mother Panic Vol. 2: Under Her Skin

Jan 19, 2019

6.5

Scarlet (2018) #1

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Thor (2018) #5

Oct 7, 2018

6.5

Thor (2018) #6

Dec 1, 2018

6.0

Daredevil (2015) #610

Dec 1, 2018

6.0

Doctor Strange (2018) #7

Dec 1, 2018

6.0

Doctor Strange (2018) #10

Feb 1, 2019
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Meh. I like the idea of the next arc, Strange having to pay for his abuse of the magic system. But as a character, Strange feels frustratingly cyclical in these 10 short issues, learning the same lessons over and over again, only to forget them just in time for the next arc.

6.0

Green Arrow Vol. 1: By Jeff Lemire Deluxe

Feb 13, 2019

6.0

Monstress Vol. 1

Oct 7, 2018

5.5

Books of Magic (2018) #1

Dec 1, 2018

5.5

Doctor Strange (2018) #8

Dec 1, 2018

5.0

Bug: The Adventures of Forager Collected

Jan 12, 2019
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I'm not completely sure how to feel about Bug. I felt fairly frequently lost in the plot and all it's related lingo, but that may well be because I have read none of the New Gods stuff this is following on from, there's no doubt plenty of other stuff that lack of knowledge is making me miss out on, even if it doesn't make the plot more coherent. There's this cutesy lightness to everything, which can be fun, but some of the jokes are pretty hack-y, like something Mike would say ironically on RLM. I know there's some level detachedness and irony to the whole thing, but the line is not very easy to draw for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot once I get through all the New Gods stuff... or maybe not.

5.0

Daredevil (2015) #611

Dec 1, 2018

4.5

Bitter Root #1

Dec 8, 2018

4.0

Dark Nights: Metal Collected

Jan 28, 2019
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Dark Nights Metal is the most turgid comic I have yet read. Reading it was like wading through mud, with a small hint of sweet treacle here and there. The first four issues are just plainly bad, there are no real scenes, just characters explaining what's happening to one another with very little actually, well... *happening*. I don't want to make the lazy and unknowable claim of 'laziness' but there's a very first draft kind of vibe to the density of this story, I thought when all the evil Batman came through the Dark Multiverse we'd get a bit more space and some actual character development, or something, but no. The only breathing space is found in the last two issues that wrap in a silly, contrived, but at least vaguely enjoyable way. I forced myself through the last half just to move onto the next thing, which I will happily do, with very little chance of ever returning to this mess.

4.0

Doctor Strange (2018) #11

Feb 22, 2019

2.5

Daredevil (2015) #612

Dec 1, 2018

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