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From: frankr@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Miller's Daredevil
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 22:10:00 EST
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Nf-From: inmet!frankr    Dec  8 22:10:00 1985


I just finished the most recent Daredevil. I think that Miller's work is
outstanding. The only problem I have with this story is the quickness of 
Murdock's mental collapse. Even if we eventually discover that it was 
hastened by drugs (I think they would have to be bloody subtle drugs to
escape the notice of Matt's hyper senses, eh?) I would have liked to see
a more gradual decay.

And that is my only complaint. That's it, the only one. A single complaint.

This has quickly become one of my favorite books. I think that Miller 
does the definitive Kingpin. In his hands Fisk becomes a complex, evil
man with weaknesses and strengths and passions and pettiness. Miller's 
Kingpin is my favorite Marvel villan.

The battle between the Kingpin and the Daredevil has epic qualities. The
tale is told in grand melodramatic strokes. Fisk is unrelentingly evil and
Murdock is the battered but ultimately undefeated hero. I think Miller does
this sort of story better than anyone writing comics today.

Good stuff.

Franklin Reynolds
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