Daredevil: Ninja

Daredevil: Ninja #1-3

by Brian Michael Bendis, Rob Haynes (Artist), David Self (Colorist)

Nothing is more sacred to the Man Without Fear than the staff of his late mentor Stick. So how do you think he'll react when it's stolen? Who would take this seemingly worthless item -- and why? And to what ends will Matt Murdock go to retrieve it? From the mean streets of New York City's Hell's Kitchen to the neon spires of Tokyo, this breakneck paced story not only touches on story elements from Frank Miller's classic Daredevil run and also brings events full circle to "Guardian Devil", the DD saga written by acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Smith!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 2001

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Amanja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Daredevil: Ninja proves that Bendis has some down points in his career and he most certainly hasn't always had a grasp of Daredevil as a character.

Daredevil: Ninja is a completely pointless short run that ads nothing to canon and barely even has a plot. Additionally, the art is plain, simplistic, and dull.

For some reason this version of Daredevil is snarky and quippy. It reads more like a Spiderman comic book than a Daredevil one. It really threw me off and I didn't care for it at all.

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[Caleb Abel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was honestly one of the worst arcs I've ever read out of the thousand+ issues I've read since starting Marvel Unlimited two years ago. I can't believe Brian Bendis wrote this. Nothing about it sounds like either his voice OR Matt Murdock's.

To make matters worse, it also has some of the ugliest art I've ever seen. It looks like someone decided to make a comic after playing with Adobe Illustrator for a week.

Terrible.

[Hannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

The art and the story are both super bland, but this has some of the worst art I’ve seen. No backgrounds to speak of and the flatted colors (with one-tone vector shading) clash. The lineart looks like someone got the trial version of adobe illustrator and decided to pen tool the whole thing with the same width.

[Kenneth Morrison · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I am NOT a Bendis fan. There's just something about his writing that bugs the heck out of me. So, why did I read this book? Because it was a quick read, I had the book lying around because a friend gave it to me, and I was bored. What did I think? Still not a Bendis fan. For this book, I really felt that Bendis doesn't have a clue about writing characters with their own specific voice. The characters just didn't sound the way that I would imagine these kinds of characters speaking and thinking. Not that I'm an expert, but it just felt amateurish to me.

The art was okay. Not usually my style, but for the story, it worked. I'm just glad that I didn't spend about $13 on this book.

[Emily Matview · Rating 2 out of 5]

I remember having this book recommended to me by a fan of Bendis’ indie work, and it really turned me off to trying out his work for quite a while. Apparently the artist took a lot of liberties with Bendis’ script and I’m inclined to believe that, as it’s nowhere near the quality of Bendis’ work on the main Daredevil book. Luckily it’s a standalone book and in no way needed to understand the main run.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not extraordinary, but not bad at all. I wouldn't buy it. I read it as I borrowed it from the library, and that was based solely on its artwork intriguing me. I wasn't disappointed, and, as far as quick reads go, it was perfectly good by me.

[Paolo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok, Bendis, you got the rent going on an' all that... But you could have spared us Daredevil constantly ranting about his hate for ninjas, in a no-brainer plot, without an acceptable ending. No great graphic, either.

[Nate Deprey · Rating 1 out of 5]

A bad outing for Bendis. Matt Murdock seems out of character. A little too Peter Parker-esque. The ninja part feels unrealized and a bit of a cash grab.

[Mathew · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think Bendis must have needed a vacation from writing "real" daredevil stories. There is almost literally nothing of substance and the whole mini-series can basically be summed up in two or three sentences. I'm dying to erase the text and do a fan rewrite, and I have a suspicion that the book might actually work better if read in reverse order.
Bendis also clearly has very little knowledge of Japan or it's history, which would normally annoy me (since I've lived here in Osaka for 20 years now) but it actually graduated into the "so bad, it's good" territory for me. If only they'd thrown in a capsule hotel, I think we could have hit almost every Japan cliché in under 90 pages!
I did like the art. Which used clean and simple illustrations with a muted color palette. The series is pretty action packed, but the art style made it look like DD was disco dancing rather than kicking ass, which amused me greatly.
Final opinions: Don't pay money for this, but if you find it laying around and have 30 minutes to spare, meh- why not.

[Ahdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story was not that compelling, but the artwork was so great. It's a short, action-packed read that makes every panel worth slowing down to examine. There is a lot of fun nods to Japanese martial arts lore to appreciate as well.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really poor, near unreadable. What the... has happened with Bendis’ writing over these past 5ish years is beyond me

[ilham · Rating 1 out of 5]

this just left me confused

[Trevor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daredevil hates this ninja crap.

[Robert McCallum · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was terrible - if there was a point to it then I couldn’t work it out.
Everything was wrong - art, plot, layouts, dialogue- all of it was awful

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5⭐️

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Proof that not all of Bendis's Daredevil run was golden. This is a pointless turkey that feels half baked. The art and coloring make it look like a bad Saturday morning cartoon.

[david shin · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept of Daredevil as a ninja is cool, and the art is quite enjoyable, but other than that, it has a very weak story.

[Trey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Attempting to be cinematic, but actually ended up being kind of hard to follow. Not the best effort from Bendis.

[Μιχάλης · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointing, but had some pretty clever lines in there

[Sean Camoni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Weak story, weak writing, the art was not the best.