Review: Daredevil #1

Marvel and DC have both gotten on my nerves over the past 7-10 years with the way that they will end a current comic series and restart it with a new #1 just a few months later. I have plenty of ideas on how it should be done, but in the words of Peter David, "But I Digress..".

Marvel relaunched Daredevil a week ago and I had mixed feelings about it. First it was a Marvel book and I don't normally go for those. I also have never been a huge fan of the character, except for the Miller and Kevin Smith runs. I then noticed that a man named Mark Waid was going to be doing the writing chores. That got me intrigued enough to give it a read.

Mark Waid has done an amazing job of making a character that has been put through the ringer over the past 10 years as accessible as if he was brand new. This issue has him stop a kidnapping from being committed by The Spot, try to go back to being a lawyer, and start researching a mystery that is pretty interesting. This is a back to basics approach to the character that I hope DC takes with their re-launch.

I give this 5 out of 5 batarangs. I called my local comic shop, www.poepoz.net, and had the owner put this book on my pull list. Make mine DC, with a Marvel title or two. If there is a better book being published by Marvel at this time I do not know about it.

Daredevil #1 cover art.

Now This is Worth the Wait!

In 1994, DC Comics hired a writer named James Robinson to write a book titled Starman. It was spun out of the Zero Hour event and was about a legacy character who very few mainstream comic fans knew. It was a hit and the series ended 7 years later in 2001. DC has recently released the entire series in Omnibus format and if you have never read it you should pick it up and try it.

With the spoilers and solicts for the DCnU in September, James Robinson was missing from the creator list. He has been writing JLA for DC and people were beginning to speculate about why he was absent.

We now have the answer. He is revisiting the world of Starman with a new 12 issue mini-series that is debuting in October. Take it away DC.

THE SHADE #1
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by CULLY HAMNER
Cover by TONY HARRIS
1:10 Variant cover by CULLY HAMNER
On sale OCTOBER 12 * 1 of 12, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US * RATED T+
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. See the Previews order form for more information.
James Robinson returns to the world of his acclaimed STARMAN series with a new 12-issue series starring the antihero known as The Shade! An attack at the Starman museum kicks off a globe-hopping, centuries spanning quest that will irrevocably change The Shade's life, and ultimately shed light on his true origin! Artist extraordinaire Cully Hamner (RED) kicks off the series, and upcoming issues will feature art by such luminaries as Darwyn Cooke, Javier Pulido, Jill Thompson, Frazer Irving and Gene Ha!

This is very exciting for fans of his Starman work....who knows maybe this will spin into an ongoing in a year after the mini-series ends. It is being published under the Dark line in the DCnU, so it will contain some of the characteristic mood and material we loved about the Starman series. Go to your local shop and pre-order it right now....you will be glad you did. Here is the cover for issue #1.

WOW!!!! What a September!

I have recently had a chance to look at the newest Previews and all I can say for what is shipping in September is WOW!

First, Dark Horse has Buffy season 9 issue #1, Roy Thomas writing the ongoing Conan Road of Kings, and all of the Star Wars books.

DC has their re-launch of 52 new #1 titles, including new #1's of Action Comics and Detective Comics. This has the comic world buzzing right now about all of the possible story ideas and where the company can go from here.

Zenescope has all of the Grimm Fairy Tales books including a new Neverland book. Plus their newest hit, The Fly and a soon to be hit Raven Gregory's horror book The Theater.

Dynamite Entertainment has a new Bionic Man series written by none other than Kevin Smith. They also have a comic adaptation of George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones beginning as well. This could be a hot book considering the popularity of the HBO series based on the book.

Marvel is coming close to a conclusion with the Fear Itself story and all of its tie-ins. The Ultimate universe is shipping issue 2 of Spider-Man and Ultimates and a new #1 of Ultimate X-Men. The mutants are taking center stage along with Fear Itself leading to the new status quo in October.

It is the end of an era in Image because long time Witchblade writer Ron Marz is leaving the book after this months' issue #150.

There are more books than I have money for. Luckily for me my local shop, which can be found online at www.poepoz.net offers a good subscription discount. Look up the information online because it is good for online subscribers as well.

Here are my can't wait picks of the month for September.

The Theater #1

Detective Comics #1

A Game of Thrones #1

Action Comics #1

Buffy Season 9 #1