DAREDEVIL #500
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Size: pages
Price: 4.99
Oh, hey, the phone is ringing. Who’s on the other line? Oh, it’s Brubaker. He’s busy making an Awesome Captain America series, but he was kind enough to phone in the end of his Daredevil story.
He leaves the series with a really adequate ending to his arc. Everything that he wanted to happen happens. But that’s all there really is to it. Everything just sort of folds into the conclusion.
Apart from Spider-Man 600, all of the 500/600 issues have felt really anti-climactic. Hey here’s our big six dollar collection of mediocre stories about our longest running characters. Enjoy them. Slightly.
I should emphasize that, while the story didn’t excite me, the ending leaves an awesome opportunity for the next story arc. Finally, this book can go in a completely different direction. Because, even though I’ve enjoyed the Smith/Mack/Bendis/Brubaker Daredevil era, it’s sort of been the same events happening over and over. Now with Daredevil (important plot point removed for non-spoilery) we can see Matt Murdock do something other than mope about all the terrible things that happen to his wife/girlfriend, lie to the press, and fight and make up with Foggy.
There are some really cool pin ups in the back which balances the preview for The List, a title that I was more excited for before I read the preview for it.
Art: 4 - Very Good
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"even though I’ve enjoyed the Smith/Mack/Bendis/Brubaker Daredevil era, it’s sort of been the same events happening over and over. Now with Daredevil (important plot point removed for non-spoilery) we can see Matt Murdock do something other than mope about all the terrible things that happen to his wife/girlfriend, lie to the press, and fight and make up with Foggy."
^Couldn’t agree more. I stopped reading this book a while ago because it felt like going around on the same merry-go-round for a few too many times. The whole title has been like ever-lengthier redo’s of Miller’s "Born Again". Which isn’t to say that it hasn’t been awesome, for the most part–I might even like Bendis’s work on the character even better than Miller’s–but after a while it got to be waaay too much of the same themes, imo.
@flapjaxx: I’m hesitantly excited about the future of this book. An event takes place in this issue that completely changes the game. If Bendis or Brubaker or Miller or Carey or someone were taking over this title, I’d say it was destined to be awesome, but I’m not a fan of Diggle. I’ll read the first issue to see how he handles it, but most of his Marvel work has been filled with let downs for me. I just don’t think he understands how to write dialog.
I disagree with the big issue comics of the titles being "mediocre". 🙁
@MrWilson: That’s cool. I’m glad people are enjoying them. Personally, Cap 600 didn’t grab me as much as Reborn has. Hulk 600 made me want to smash (as all Hulk has since the re(d)launch. I loved Spidey 600. Am I missing another one? I feel like there was one more biggy that I"m forgetting, and, if so, that doesn’t bode well for what I thought of it.
I am greatly looking forward to Deadpool 900, though.
Thor. lol
I loved this issue though and wouldn’t mind if it was an annual type deal where they make massive comics at good price points.
I think Diggle may deliver a bit different than the current era od DD. Good review regardless though. 🙂
@MrWilson: Ahhh, right. I skipped that one because I’m not a big Thor fan.
I totally agree that I’d be willing to pay this kind of money for comics with the bonus material. THe pinups were great, and the classic back up stories are a neat feature.