SHADOWLAND #5 (OF 5)

Review by: ComicBookGuy37

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Written by Andy Diggle
Art by Billy Tan
Covers by John Cassaday, Billy Tan and John Tyler Christopher

Size: 32 pages
Price: 3.99

Well, that happened… Marvel’s latest event comes crashing to a close in this conclusion to the ruining of Daredevil, and not a moment too soon. Andy Diggle has always been a great writer, but his run on the Daredevil title has been average at best, and this five-issue mini-series has been absolutely awful. Nothing feels fulfilled or necessary, and it all seems to be heading towards trying to achieve the Captain America effect of redeeming Matt Murdock in 6 months time. The only problem with that is this: Captain America’s return was rushed, contrived and empty; his death, meanwhile, was one of the greatest comic books of the last decade. In contrast, the fall of Daredevil throughout this mini-series has been insultingly bland; hopefully this means Daredevil Reborn will be a masterpiece, but it’s doubtful. The art in this issue by Billy Tan showed a couple of moments of promise, but in the end, its standard muddy compositions. This has been a truly bad series, but now it’s over; and hopefully something good will come of it.

Story: 1 - Poor
Art: 2 - Average

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