12/29/2022 0 Comments Oh golly you devil![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This displeasure carries over into the confrontation with Daredevil that kicks off the action in this issue.īut before I get to the substance of DD and Fisk’s confrontation, I want to take a moment to say-dang, that first Checchetto splash page of Daredevil swinging through the city sure is nice. Suffice to say-Fisk was displeased by this revelation. As Matt Murdock explains in this issue, Fisk’s documents are unreadable because the children of Zebediah Killgrave, aka the Purple Man, hypnotized the world into forgetting Matt is Daredevil. The Chip Zdarsky-penned Daredevil series, which is the most relevant lead-in to this event, concluded last week with DD’s arch-nemesis Wilson Fisk, the former Kingpin of Hell’s Kitchen and current Mayor of New York (but also still kinda the Kingpin) realizing all the info in his file labelled “Daredevil Identity” is blank or otherwise unreadable. And Marco Checchetto penciled it, which means (most of it) looks really pretty. I also remain irritated that the plot is so similar to my first Marvel event, which I enjoyed at the time but hasn’t necessarily aged well. So is Devil’s Reign #1 a good event comic? I would say “yes,” even if some of its allegories make me nervous and a scene involving Luke Cage makes me angry. They have to be the blockbusters of a genre that’s already a collection of bombastic punch-em-ups. At the same time, however, I am going to treat this like an event comic, which means evaluating its good or badness does require evaluating whether it delivers on the “event” label. Which is a long-winded way of saying: for me, reviewing Devil’s Reign is going to be an exercise in not falling prey to the hype trap. Such is the nature of hype and its aftermath. But even when events technically deliver on these promises, some shakeups are more well-received than others. With comic book crossover events in particular, every event claims it will make you question everything you thought you knew about the characters or permanently change the status quo. It was better in my head.” Crossover events and blockbusters both struggle to live up to the hype, because it’s their job to build hype. Oh golly you devil movie#But then the movie happens, and a lot of people are like, “huh. Everyone who’s anyone watches it five times on their lunch break, and if you consider yourself a fan of the thing that’s getting the blockbuster treatment, there’s a good chance you engage in easter egg-spotting and speculating about what it all means and how it’s all connected. In a way, crossovers are a lot like movie blockbusters. They’re like regular monthly comics and also something else entirely. I got hooked on Marvel comics through a crossover event (the original Civil War), and the shared continuity universe is, of course, a defining Marvel thing. Oh golly you devil full#Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Manuel Garcia, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Devil’s Reign #1 is full of explosive consequences and actual explosions involving Daredevil, Wilson Fisk, and a city of heroes caught in the crosshairs of their conflict.Īnna Peppard: Crossover events are weird. Things are getting political and punchy and all kinds of complicated in Devil’s Reign #1. ![]()
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