Thank you for writing that superb tribute to a superb book. It's sometimes said that Daredevil is the superhero comic for people who don't read superhero comics, and there is a tragic quality to Matt Murdock's contradictory existence that transcends his pulpy, Silver Age origins. Miller was the first to discern the ultimate futility of a rational, successful lawyer driven to violate the very rule of law he's studied so hard to defend, but Bendis has brought the contradiction fully into the light, pitilessly exposing angle after angle even as Matt Murdock resorts to ever more desperate efforts to rescue himself from his ever-growing self-righteousness. Yet you can still admire Murdock for his incredible courage, his determination to see himself through an impossible situation by sheer willpower, even at the expense of those closest to him; the qualities that make him tragic also make him heroic. It was terrific stuff, and Maleev's superb artwork made each issue a pleasure to look at as well as to read. Daredevil won't be the same without them—though Matt Murdock, were he given a say in the matter, might well be rather relieved.

Modern comic books have been the most underrated art/literature of the pop era. The best of the bunch can easily stand up to anything else in the period. It's a shame they have to call them "graphic novels" so the snobs would give them some respect.

While I liked a couple of his earlier stories on Daredevil (like the Leapfrog child abuse story) I got bored with his approach very quickly and stopped buying the book.

I don't think his stories are as intelligent as he is trying to make them look. I abhor his "realistic" dialog.

Of course, his Daredevil isn't nearly as bad as his New Avengers, but that is not saying much, is it?

Daredevil #1 in 1964 was drawn by the late Bill Everett, who'd created "Sub-Mariner" in the '40s. "Daredevil" was his comeback to comicdom and I always remember it as the single most intriguingly drawn comic book I've ever seen anywhere, period. He had trouble with taking so long with assignments and it's no wonder, with all the unique and detailed character he packed into the faces (plus he was grappling with alcoholism).