World Famous Comics: Daredevil Vol. 2: Parts of a Hole
Daredevil Vol. 2: Parts of a Hole
By: David Mack Publisher: Marvel Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: March 01, 2003 Studio: Marvel Comics
Daredevil drawn semi-abstract ^ Following on from Vol 1 in which Karen Page was killed off, DD encounters a mysterious young lady Echo who is out to kill him because she is told by the Kingpin that DD had killed her father. In the course of their civilian guise, DD becomes infatuated with her and finally manages to convince her that he is not the killer. Echo then goes off to kill the Kingpin.
Perhaps it is the brevity of the story, whatever, but the whole plot feels contrived. It would appear that David Mack was chosen for this story precisely because he had created and illustrated Kabuki, a teenage girl with ninja-like abilities. This exact character is introduced here as Maya, a teenage girl with ninja-like abilities. Mack brings his drawings and intersperses it with Quesada's cartoony images. The imagery screams Howard the Duck romping thru Freaky Fables and Bill Sinkiewicz backgrounds.
Not as good as Vol 1.
Awesome! ^ The restart of the Daredevil series collected here is awesome! Kevin Smith is PRIMO, and the storyline takes your breath away! A must buy for anyone starting to collect Daredevil or anyone who loves the character!
David Mack's story... awesome! Kevin Smith's... not so much. ^ I read the original Kevin Smith story in Marvel Knights Daredevil when it first came out all those years ago. Never didn't really finish it. I now remember why I didn't. It's not that good. It's kinda silly and the main villain's (not gonna spoil who it is) reasons for doing what he's doing to Daredevil and his friends is very stupid. So meh.
Why did I give the trade 4 stars, then? Because of the amazing David Mack (of Kabuki fame)story, featuring Echo. David Mack knows how to write people, and in his story you can see it first hand. Echo falls in love with Matt Murdock, but the Kingpin, who has raised Echo since his father was murdered, orders her to kill Daredevil. She doesn't know the man she loves and the man she has to murder are one and the same, though. Very cool story.
Okay ^ This Hardcover collects both Kevin Smith's work on Daredevil and David Mack, with Joe Quesada providing art for both (exept for one or two issue's on Mack's run), and is overall an okay collection. Kevin Smith's arc, entitled Guardian Devil, is credited for reviving the Daredevil line from a long obsurity, though from what I've read of his work on this comic it was probably more to do with his famous name. His arc is good, but it just reads more like an average DD/superhero story right down to the behind the scenes machievallen super-villian. On top of that he fails entirely to make new readers of DD (like myself when I ofirst picked it up) actually care about what is meant to be a pivotal (to the character, and to this arc) DD character, Karen Page, whom he fails to properly characterise. Instead she is simply presented as a textbook "Women in Refrigerators" plot device, sans actual believable emotion. Essentially she turns up, whinges, cleans up in one or two pages, then is quickly and quite out of the blue killed off. Save money and get it in tpb form.
To save space I'll just say David Mack arc also okay, way too long, but with a few redeeming features (some solid exploration of Kingpins character, and some other things). And even though Karen Page just recently died, it is hardly mentioned let alone explored(actually there's a joke about Karen in here, which really confuses me, IS SHE IMPORTANT OR NOT?!) Once again, get it in tpb form, or pass it completely.
Joe Quesada art is a low point (so low that his fill in artist during Mack's run actually look's better). His art is really cartooney and is especially bad when DD is actually in costume, but it might suit some people I guess.
A Hole, With Parts ^ This work is enjoyable reading with fantastic art by Joe Quesada. The David Ross inked issue is especially sharp. Mack's beautiful paintings are a great visual point as well.
The main hole is the antagonist: Echo. Her ability to challenge and battle Daredevil is not believable, nor is her VCR regimen. But despite this plot flaw, the book is well written and much more economical in its prose than Kevin Smith's Guardian Devil.
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