DAREDEVIL #600

Daredevil has always been one of my favorite Marvel books. It seems to be one of those B books that creators go wild with in strange, new directions. Ed Brubaker’s awesome run was probably ten years ago and yet I still think about it from time to time. Mark Waid and Chris Samnee tried a more lighthearted approach a few years ago that just didn’t do it for me. And I started reading Charles Soule’s current run but thought it sucked. I came back when he started his “Mayor Fisk” story and am glad I did. It’s not spectacular or anything, but the plot that builds up to this issue is a worthy story for the big #600. Soule added a new, Robin-esque sidekick to the book called Blindspot. Kind of silly that he’s named that since he ended up being blinded by the Bansky-like serial killer, Muse. In this issue, Blindspot faces the freshly escaped from prison Muse. The Kingpin is the mayor of New York and Matt Murdock is working for him as some sort of assistant. So of course The Hand shows up, shoots arrows into Fisk and sidelines him...leading to Murdock ending up being the next in line on the chain to take over as mayor. Pretty cool storyline to say the least. With art by the always great Ron Garvey, Daredevil is seemingly back where it belongs, as one of Marvel’s better, more interesting series. ***