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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Merv and Chico
With Daredevil #87 Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark have convinced me that the certain "Brube noir magic" found in Scene of the Crime, Sleeper, Catwoman and other Brubaker books hasn't disappeared as the writer went exclusive to Marvel. The "Daredevil in jail" storyline did a great job of balancing gritty realism and exaggerated superhero nuttiness. It couldn't just be Matt Murdock in prison, there had to be Kingpin and Hammerhead. And Frank Castle. And then Bullseye shows up. Another creative team could have made this all seem crass but Brubaker's handle on Murdock's "voice" and Lark's stylized art created a certain atmosphere that made it work.
The story's last chapter was like a well done television season finale. Answers to big questions were given but then at the end there's a sequence that brings up even more questions (this Newsarama article talks to Brubaker about the end of the storyline). While it may be the last few pages of this comic that gets a lot of attention there's something I noticed at the beginning that only had me liking this comic more.
That's right, Comedians of Comedy Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn are characters in the Marvel Universe and they're working on the wrong side of the law (they're pictured with fellow Comedian of Comedy Maria Bamford, who has yet to make an appearance in any comic).
Danny Rand as Daredevil proves he is no fan of Just Shoot Me (my apologies to Mr. Lark for having to manipulate his art so it could fit on my blog).
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