![]() ![]() Although writers love pushing the character until he breaks, he’s never stood on especially solid ground – his entire life is one delicate balance act.Īlthough Frank Miller infused a sense of tragedy into Daredevil’s superheroics, I think the greatest contribution to the character was the sense of guilt and responsibility, which is driven by some deep-seated internal shame. ![]() These are paradoxes, entirely contradictory statements which perhaps lie at the root of Murdoch’s problems. He’s the devoted son who can’t honour his dying father’s last wish. He’s a Catholic who dressed up as the devil. He’s a lawyer who breaks the law at night. He’s a character whose entire life is just one big hypocritical lie. ![]() And not in the “he’s vaguely sociopathic and, thus, edgy” sense, either. Maybe it’s the fact that the character has no less than at least three defining runs, but I think it’s something more fundamental than that. I think that Daredevil might be my favourite mainstream comic book character. Daredevil puts a novel twist on flag-burning. ![]()
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