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Aug 17, 2004 I guess that Daredevil made his first appearance in the Marvel universe around 1966 or 1967. I used to have the fitrst issue as a boy and I can still remember the cover very well indeeed. It featured a Daredevil in a yellow and black costume, swinging into action. A few issues later, DD's costume was changed to the more familiar all red strip. Daredevil never rivaled Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, or X--Men for popularity. However, he had his own hard core fan base who carried him through decades of action. and adventure. His alter-ego, the blind Matt Murdock, was more interesting than most. An accident with toxic chemicals when he was still a boy had deprived him of his sight, while heightening all his other senses. During the day, he represented poor people as the lawyer, Matt Murdock, while at night he prowled Hell's Kitchen as the vigilante, Daredevil. Given the present enthusiasm in the film world for comic book heroes, it was clear that pretty soon someone would get round to making a film of Daredevil. Now it has finallly happened, with Ben Afleck in the title role and love interest provided by Jennifer Garner. The special effects are pretty good, but the story suffers from too many sub-plots. The central villain, Bullseye, is not very compelling and the Kingpin of crime is just as tired on the screen as he was in the comic book. As I remember, he was essentially a Spider-Man villain who occasionally made 'guest appearances' in other Marvel comics, including Daredevil. The central theme of the film deals with Matt Murdock's love for Electra, who, though she loves the lawyer, Matt Murdock, believes that his alter- ego, Daredevil, killed her father (of course, he didn't really). This is a rather tired plot and recalls Harry Osborne's hatred of Spider-Man. I'm not sure that we'll see a 'Daredevil 2'. The film was not very successful at the box office and with 'Spider-Man 3' and a new Fantastic Four film in the pipeline (to say nothing of the X-Men and Batman from DC), DD might suffer the same fate of marginalization on the big screen as happened in the comic book itself. ------------ About the author Jon Aristides: Read, 'The Black Scarab of Amun-Ra'. Visit www.jon-aristides.com Email: aristidesjon2001@yahoo.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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