Daredevil, Volume 3

Daredevil by Mark Waid #3

by Mark Waid (Writer), Greg Rucka (Writer), Chris Samnee (Artist)

It's the meanest team-up you ever saw as Daredevil, Spider-Man and the Punisher find themselves caught up in an epic chase across Manhattan for the Omega Drive - a powerful and dangerous information source that could change the course of all their lives! Plus: It's lawyers in love as Matt Murdock finally makes some time for Assistant District Attorney Kirsten McDuffie. But when Megacrime strikes back at Daredevil, the sightless super hero finds himself imprisoned in Latveria for crimes against the state! And as the law firm of Nelson & Murdock undergoes a drastic change, Matt's "happy go lucky" veneer at last begins to peel back, revealing darker truths that may just end his heroic career.

Collecting: Daredevil 11-15, Avenging Spider-Man 6, & The Punisher 10

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Fiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 19, 2012

About the author

Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The entire Waid run is a buddy read with the dynamic duo of Anne and Kat.

Omega Drive overdrive. Just when I though Mark Waid was ready to wrap up this storyline. Bam! Another volume. I’m not complaining, but how much more can you milk this thing?

It seems that Johnny Storm left one of his Fantastic Four uniforms at a hooker’s apartment and some bad guys got a hold of it. The “4” in the middle of it has all sorts of data on science, the criminal underworld and the best recipe for green bean casserole ever. So leagues of bad guys are out to get it. We’re talking A.I.M., Hydra, the Secret Empire and a women’s crochet group from Billings, Montana all want to get their grimy paws on it.

In this volume you have a four way team up between Daredevil, Spider-man, the Punisher and a lady Punisher. Spider-man is in rare form (He calls Daredevil, “Magoo” and banters, or tries to, with silent Frank Castle). Plus, trying to keep the Punisher from killing people is always a challenge.

This is a strong run because Mark Waid makes Daredevil’s alter ego Matt Murdock compelling. There’s a nice flashback issue that involves Matt trying to save Foggy Nelson’s bacon in law school by outwitting a law professor.

The last set of issues has Dr. Doom trying to shut down Daredevil’s powers in order to figure out what makes him tick and transfer his unique skill set to the Doombots or Latverian soldiers. Daredevil is essentially powerless as he tries to escape.

I’ve read volumes 1, 2, 3 and 7 (sadly, not in that order) and I have to say I have not been disappointed yet.

[Dan Schwent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Avenging Spider-Man #6 - Everyone wants the Omega Drive! Daredevil, Spider-Man, The Punisher, and his partner take on a shit load of ninjas!

Things are kicking into high gear with the Omega Drive. Spidey, Daredevil, and the Punisher work fairly well together. I'm not sure Frank's going to keep his promise about no fatalities, though...

Punisher #10 - Things heat up as Frank, Cole, Spidey, and Daredevil take on AIM, HYDRA, and all the rest.

There was lots of carnage but the Punisher acted true to character in the end. This storyline might be going on a little long. I'll be glad to get back to solo Daredevil.

11 - Cole has the Omega Drive! Can Daredevil get it back and destroy it before hell comes crashing down on him?

DD manages to not die and leaves with the Omega Drive! I guess it's still in play.

12 - Matt finally goes on a date with Kirsten McDuffieand explains his past with Foggy until things catch up with him.

Things heat up with the Omega Drive again but Foggy and Matt at law school was one of the best character moments of the series.

13 - The four megacrime groups are in Time Square and Daredevil has the Omega Drive around his neck!

This didn't go like I thought it would but at least the Omega Drive is out of play for a while. I'm liking the relationship between Spider-Man and Daredevil the way Waid writes it.

14 - Daredevil finds himself teleported to Latveria!

Wow, and I thought being blind would be bad but losing your remaining senses one by one would be so much worse. Those Latverians are pretty miffed about the whole Omega Drive thing.

15 -Doctor Doom has Daredevil in his clutches. How will old Hornhead escape?

Shit, those were two brutal issues. How the hell are they going to get nanobots out of DD? Ant-Man? If I wasn't already bound to read the next volume, I'd have to now.

Closing Thoughts: This was not my favorite volume in the series so far but it was still pretty good. I'm glad the Omega Drive storyline was resolved and I'm digging Daredevil interacting with the rest of the Marvel Universe. Mark Waid's Daredevil is one entertaining read. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

[Kemper · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the Daredevil series on Netflix with its bloody emphasis on the blind vigilante fighting crime at a street level, and it very much felt like the the tone of the comics since Frank Miller’s legendary run on the book back in the ‘80s was part of the trend of making superheroes gritty and mature. However, it’s also been a relief to get into Mark Waid’s take on Daredevil in which he’s lightened DD up after decades of misery being heaped on him.

So, we’ve got Matt Murdock making a conscious effort not to be the most depressing hero in the Marvel universe. Even the power of positive thinking has it’s limits when you’re holding an indestructible hard drive with information critical to mega-crime groups like Hydra and AIM. Now that he’s not just sticking to the rooftops and alleys of Hell’s Kitchen, Daredevil can get some back-up from other characters like Spider-Man and the Punisher as they team up to keep the Omega Drive out of the hands of the bad guys. Then Dr. Doom's minions want revenge on Matt because all of his shenanigans have cost Latveria a lot of money.

It’s a lot of fun to see Daredevil working more in the mainstream rather than be relegated to the darker shadows of Marvel’s New York. Waid does a fantastic job of balancing the lighter tone with still making the stories seem serious, and I particularly like how there is a bit of question hanging over Matt’s new attitude. Is this an act of will to make his life better or is it self-delusion that is papering over some real problems?

Great stuff that is a nice reminder that comics can actually tell fun stories that have weight without making us all feel like we need antidepressants.

(7/23/15 - Edited because I was reading this as individual comics via Marvel Unlimited and realized later that I actually went one too many and talked about some of the story from an issue not in this volume. Oops.)

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I'm going to go ahead and admit that the whole Omega Drive storyline just confuses the hell out of me.
I don't get it, I don't get it, I don't get it!
He can't use the information on the drive (without collapsing the stock market or something), he can't give it to the Avengers or S.H.I.E.L.D. (because they would use it...and bring about financial ruin to millions of innocents), and he can't hang on to it, because all the bad guys want to kill him for it. He's even drawing fire from some of the good guys who want it.
Hello, Mr. Castle!
Nice to see you've recovered from your stint as Frankenstein!
After a lot of posturing and growling, DD and his sidekick Spidey convince Punisher and his partner (She-Punisher) to help them pull off a daring con!
The plan is to get the bad guys (Hydra, A.I.M, etc.) all together, and then publicly destroy the disc.
Problem solved!
It all goes swimmingly until one of Matt's team betrays him...It's the girl, of course. How many times to you have to get screwed over by a woman, before you realize that we're all evil, conniving, bitches, Daredevil?! Duh.
Oh, don't worry, it all works out in the end.
Or does it?
The last story in this volume is all about DD vs Dr. Doom.
He wants reparations, because he lost a lot of money due to Matt screwing around with the Omega Drive.

There's also a Date Night issue in this volume! Matt is dating Kirsten McDuffie, and they have some cute scenes together. Especially the stuff where she's trying to get him to admit that he's Daredevil.


I really like the way Waid writes both Daredevil and Spider-man.
The humor between those two characters definitely makes me want to come back for more.
Good stuff!

[Molly™☺ · Rating 2 out of 5]

40% | D+ | Meh

"Because Daredevil--A.K.A attorney Matt Murdock--has the worst kept secret identity since Hannah Montana"

Daredevil, Spider-Man and Punisher team up in order to deal with those who are after the Omega Drive once and for all

Now, please don't hate me for this, but I really didn't like the main storyline and its resolution in this volume. Daredevil and Spider-Man teaming up? Sure. Adding The Punisher into the mix? Not so sure I can see them as a trio. I also felt like their inclusion ends up overshadowing Daredevil who seems to fade into part of the ensemble, and by no means acts as the standout. What I did I like? The 'b' story. The flashback with Matt and Foggy is great, amazing even. It serves to show the bond between the two, as well as giving us another glimpse of the somewhat cocky, yet still highly likeable, Matt who we saw in the previous volumes. It really isn't a bad book, and there's still a lot to enjoy, I just personally disliked most of the Omega Drive storyline. Going into the next one without any bias as it will hopefully be the start of a new main plot! 🤞🏼

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

2025 Review - Not too far off from my original review. This one is funny as heck with the "team up" in this volume. And there's some good moments with Foggy and the past. But the final arc is just okay with some great moments (Yes, Iron Man still has a awesome badass moment).


2016 Reivew - *Daredevil helps give birth for a lady stuck on the highway*
Lady: Thank you so much. I think I'll call her Daredevil. Even "Dare" for short.
Spider-man: Oookkkaayyy....

This volume cracked me the fuck up. I loved the first half of this. Punisher, DD, and Spider-man all team up and the hilarity doesn't let up thanks to Spider-man and Punisher's opposite personality. I also loved the shit out of the art here, and everything flowed real well.

The second half wasn't as good. Daredevil backstory with Foggy was great but the second half of him being kidnapped just didn't jive well with me. Felt off, not all that interesting, and besides that Badassssss Iron-man moment I wasn't feeling it too much.

Overall it was a very fun volume, with a bit of a slow ending. A 3.5 out of 5.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was quite good tbh.

It starts with the usual Daredevil team up of Spidey and Punisher as they take down the crime organizations using the mega drive as a tool and then we have great moments with Punisher as they're facing villains from all side and more. Great moments of struggle for Matt and good focus on Lady Punisher and her backstory and what Matt finally does to get rid of it and it was a sweet way out.

And the other story was him being captured in Latveria and being forced to operated on as they're trying to find the secrets to his Radar sense and it's a story about escape from there but it was so stretched out and could have been done in one issue and that story was meh and skippable. Overall Okayish volume with good team ups and date and Latverian idiocracy.

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

No, we weren't done with the Omega Drive yet. I'm ok with that, even though I'd kind of forgotten about it a little bit. What actually makes this volume great is Daredevil teaming up with Spider-Man and the Punisher (plus Punisher's sidekick). It was spread across all three books, and it's fantastically consistent. Spidey is in fine form, and watching him and Daredevil interact with Punisher is actually a lot of fun. There isn't much like or trust or even respect there, which makes for some great reading. I think there isn't much left to do with the Omega Drive after this volume, and I'm glad of that. It's time to move on.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grew up steeped in DC Comics. I liked Marvel quite a bit, but I never felt like I had a grasp on the characters the way I did with the major DC ones. I assume that's because there weren't really any recent renovations to any major Marvel heroes' origins during my formative years, but also maybe because of the complexity of the relationships between the Marvel characters and the daunting continuity stretching back decades always made it feel like I was jumping into the middle of an extremely long soap opera. It still feels that way sometimes, even though I've done a lot of catching up this year thanks to Marvel Unlimited.

All that to say: I never really had a favorite Marvel hero growing up. I definitely really liked Spider-Man, but I'm not sure he ever held "favorite" status for me. I guess I never fully sympathized with Peter Parker, which of course is funny since his sympathetic-ness contributed to what made him popular originally. And of course since the Marvel movies began capturing my interest, the primary Avengers have made a big impression on me. But still, not favorites.

(I know, save it for the memoirs. Give me a minute.)

Somewhere in the midst of the eight Daredevil collections I've read since April (such as the incredible stories Born Again and the Elektra Saga by Frank Miller, a great storyline by Ed Brubaker where Matt Murdock goes to prison, and the beginning of the most recent run by Mark Waid), something happened. It crystallized with this current storyline - an exciting, fun, and funny volume where Daredevil (along with Spider-Man and the Punisher) uses a cache of secrets to play the various divisions of Megacrime against each other.

I found my favorite, and he is the Man Without Fear.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars

Interesting plot and nice artwork like usual. I really loved the Spider-man/Punisher crossover of the first half much more than the second half, but it was still good.

P.S. I never understand how Foggy can always stay so mad at Matt for being Daredevil. It's basically on my bucket list to have a best friend turn out to be a superhero/vigilante. I would never get mad. I would immediately request a sidekick application to fill out and submit.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The climax of the Omega Drive storyline kind of sputters to a finish in this one. While the team-up with the Punisher, his new female partner and Spider-Man is a nice touch, the conclusion seems a bit thrown together. Why is it that Doctor Doom is supposed to be the big bad but he only makes an appearance in a painting? I guess attempting to recreate Daredevil's powers seems believable enough.

The art in this volume definitely takes a step back from the previous volumes as well. From the beginning to end of the story we go from this...



To this...



Maybe the bar was set too high by the previous artist but Samnee's art feels like a real letdown by the end.

Likeable enough overall, but could have been a lot better.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daredevil teams up with Spider-Man and The Punisher as they ward off Mega-Crime’s pursuit of the Omega Drive - a storage device holding key information on all of Manhattan’s most powerful criminal organizations. When he’s able to find even a modicum of personal time, Daredevil sheds the red tights to court Assistant District Attorney Kristen McDuffie but soon realizes that a modicum is often too much to ask for when you’re The Man Without Fear. Kidnapped by associates of Doctor Doom, Daredevil finds himself locked up in Latveria for crimes against their nation. Can Daredevil escape and return to Manhattan or will the good natured Matt Murdock buckle under pressure leaving the old Daredevil room to surface?

Mark Waid’s run with Daredevil continues with Volume Three. While progressing the story tied to the Omega Drive, Waid takes some time to send the reader back to Matt and Foggy's college days in which both were blossoming law students. The flashback, while not entirely necessary, expanded on their long running friendship while giving the reader a reprieve from the ongoing plot.

The bulk of the book has Daredevil held captive in Latveria. Under the supervision of a high ranking official in Doctor Doom’s army, Daredevil is stripped of his heightened senses. Without his reliable radar sense, Waid explores just how handicapped Daredevil is in his fight against crime. While the story isn't spectacular, it’s great to see Matt Murdock pushed to his limit, forcing pieces of the old aggressive Daredevil to the surface.

[Vinicius · Rating 4 out of 5]

No terceiro volume do Demolidor por Mark Waid, temos o segundo crossover do heroi, mas agora além do Miranha, também temos o Justiceiro participando da trama, em parceria com sua nova "companheira". Embora a trama não seja excepcional, ela é o que todo leitor fã dos heróis urbanos da Marvel gostaria de ver: interações bem feitas entre os personagens e muita ação.

Nesse primeiro arco em que ocorre o crossover, temos novamente Waid dando continuidade ao que envolve o Omega Drive, pois as organizações tem conhecimento que Matt Murdock está em posse do item. Por isso, o Homem-Aranha decide ajuda-lo, e ao mesmo tempo, o Justiceiro vê a oportunidade de obter informações das organizações para ir atrás delas.

A interação dos personagens, por conta de suas diferentes personalidades, rendem bons momentos, enquanto a trama avança de maneira satisfatória e com bastante ação.

Após isso, temos mais histórias envolvendo o Omega Drive, no entanto, o Demolidor pede ajuda ao Homem Aranha e aos Vingadores para realizar um plano. Entretanto, a organização do Dr. Doom consegue capturar Matt e leva-lo para Latvéria, onde o Homem Sem Medo se encontra em uma situação complicada, que não se resolve nesse encadernado.

Ademais, destaco Waid trabalhando o título de Homem Sem Medo para o Demolidor, pois ele brinca com esse conceito em momentos bem oportunos, alegando que Matt não tem medo porque não enxerga as situações em que se mete.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three volumes in and we’re still on this omega drive storyline! Daredevil has a memory disc that looks like a Fantastic Four patch which contains dangerous information of numerous villainous organisations and all of them are after him. The first half of the book features Daredevil teaming up with Spider-Man, the Punisher and Cole. Who’s Cole you ask? No clue, I haven’t been reading Greg Rucka’s Punisher run, but I think she’s the wife of a man who was gunned down at her wedding, turning her into female Punisher.

So the four of them hatch a plan to lure the various baddies to one place, “destroy” the omega drive in front of them, thus getting them off of Daredevil’s back while he hands the info over to the Avengers. I feel like this storyline has been going on forever especially as I’ve lost interest in it by now. Bad guys chase Daredevil. Daredevil outwits/outfights them. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Waid finally wraps up this storyline about halfway through this book but the whole team-up storyline is pretty dull and pointless given the ending where it was all for nothing. Anyway.

There’s a cool story from Matt and Foggy’s past when they were in law school room-mates and how Matt went all Sherlock Holmes on one of their professors who had a grudge against Foggy for having a privileged background. Then we’re back to this bleeding omega drive nonsense where another convoluted plan takes off. Thankfully this one goes a lot faster and the story becomes Daredevil being held hostage by Dr Doom in Latveria who’s intent on vivisecting poor Matt to find out how his radar works.

Daredevil, a blind man, gets his remarkable abilities from his enhanced senses so seeing him cope without them after Doom’s nanobots immobilise him is a novel feature of the story, lending an air of desperation and vulnerability to the character that I liked. A lot of readers have remarked on Waid’s approach to Daredevil, giving him a happy go lucky (or devil may care) attitude for most of the series, but in this story arc Matt addresses his attitude directly, talking about how much of a concerted effort it is and a façade at best. It’s an interesting insight into Matt’s mind, as well as referencing an acclaimed aspect of this series.

Daredevil Volume 3 is half a good book. The omega drive storyline went on too long, plus Cole is an awful character who gets far too many pages, but the young Matt and Foggy story and Matt’s fight for survival in Latveria made it worth reading. With Daredevil fighting for his life as the book closes I’m still on board with this title and want to see what happens next, especially as this omega drive stuff is finished.

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK I really liked this one. Finally got to the end of the Omega Drive storyline, with some help from Spidey and the Punisher. I love this trifecta of NYC 'heroes', they strike me as the ones who would have been the most help in 1970s NYC when it was really rough. I recognize Cole-Alves from the Greg Rucka Punisher book, but she doesn't need to be here at all. I was really loving the conversations between Spidey/Daredevil and Frank. Daredevil is perfectly suited to both these guys, because he's not as clean as Spidey but not as lethal as Frank Castle, but relates to both enough to have them work together, when usually Frank and Peter aren't a good idea to put together. I would have been happy reading more about these guys for a while.
The one issue story of how Foggy and Matt came to be best friends was another little gem, like the one with the blind kids and the bus crash in Vol 2. (it doesn't fit in a larger story arc, but it's a great way of establishing character and very important in understanding the closeness of the 2). I really liked it, and it may have been the most important part of Vol 3.
The volume closes out with Daredevil in Latveria, and ending up trapped in Doom's castle...lets just say this is very well done, and left us with quite a cliffhanger for Vol 4. There's some special guests that show up too.
All in all, a solid effort, and 3 volumes in, we'd have to call Mark Waid's run a success so far. Looking forward to Vols 4-5!

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Omega Drive crossover wasn't worth all the trouble, except for a few moments: the surprising humour of Frank Castle, the surprise of Rucka being able to write funny Spidey quips, and the moment of conscience from Alves.

The rest of the book was interesting in that there were some new plot points to follow, but overall felt like a letdown because the brilliant art design of Rivera and Martin: neither were on display. I feel like a shit for complaining about decent art not being the mind-blowing inventive and intuitive stuff that launched this run, but how can I help the ridiculous expectations those guys set for us?

It's like when I tasted German beer for the first time, after being raised on Molson and Labatt products. Sure they could get you drunk just as easily, but how could I assault my tongue and take a big steaming dump in front of my nose after they had experienced sublime notes of actual hops, rich malts and ridiculously complex yeasts? I mean, come on. Would you not resent Three's Company after Cheers? Or Honey Boo Boo after New Girl?

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

The omega drive storyline finally wraps up with help from the Punisher and Spiderman, but then in the fallout Daredevil gets kidnapped and taken to Latveria. At the end of this volume, Daredevil is in dire straits so we'll have to see how things turn out next volume.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm really loving what Mark Waid continues to do with Daredevil. It feels like a combination of silver age wackiness with modern age groundedness, which Waid pulls off with flare thanks to the incredible artwork provided by his various pencillers.

The only reason I hesitate to give this book 5 stars is the Greg Rucka/Mark Waid team up story at the beginning of this volume. Something about Rucka's dark, realistic themes doesn't mesh well with Waid's high-flying adventure, and it comes across a little tonally confusing. There's also a little too much of an emphasis on the importance of a Macguffin, rather than on the characters or their struggles. That said, the art is still great, and the stories that follow are fantastic. This deserves all the Eisners it receives.

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toto nezačalo vôbec dobre. Týmovka so Spider-Manom a Punisherom bola dosť silená. Matt Murdock si neodpustil zopár kázaní o tom, že pomsta nie je cesta a áno, prišlo aj na povestné “you kill this man, you become like him”. Hrozne napísané žvásty zahádzané lopatou klišé. V dvanástom zošite sa ale kresby chopil Chris Samnee a kvalita išla raketovo hore. Rande “na slepo” v lunaparku bolo dokanalé. Kudos za krásnu citáciu The Great Escape a vlastne celú epizódu z Latverie. Škoda záverečnej deus ex machina. Prvá polovica slabé 3*, druhá polovica 5*.

[Drew Canole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty disappointing series so far. The first issue of this series was pretty killer, and a refreshing experience after Shadowland, but this series hasn't really gone anywhere interesting.

This book finally wraps up the Omega Drive storyline. The conclusion was fairly interesting; although, it feels pointless because I just couldn't figure out why Daredevil doesn't give the drive to The Avengers or Fantastic Four - you know, people that are more powerful and have better connections than Daredevil. Daredevil says something about how he wants to use the drive in some way, or something, but that all falls flat to me.

I'm glad that storyline is over. Now, hopefully, this series can explore a story that uses Daredevil and his powers, backstory, and temperament, in a more effective way.

[Nerdish Mum · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so much more fun than I was expecting! I've read very little Daredevil so I was looking to expand my knowledge. I loved his relationship with Spider-man, they are an absolutely perfect team. Daredevil is the straight man to Spider-man's comedy. The story itself surrounding the thumb drive with information on all the crime syndicates was very well done and I think well thought out. How it was resolved was genius. I thoroughly enjoyed this and will be looking for more volumes in this run.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

the third volume in waid's daredevil run and he is able to keep up the quality level of the first two books. this book starts off with the spiderman, punisher, daredevil crossover that is done very well. even spiderman didn't get on my nerves in this story. after that there are two issues finishing the omega drive storyline and some issues dealing with some fallout.

the whole mark waid run is fantastic with the date issue as the high point for this volume.

[Matty Dub · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5

This continues to be good but the Megacrime angle gets really tired in this one, it’s been 3 arcs, wrap it up already! It does get wrapped up though and pretty neatly but then DD deals with the repercussions of it and it picks up again! It’s still fun, I’m just ready for something new. I also disliked how fast Foggy turned on him, it’s consistent with continuity but not with the fresh start this series gave Matt. Great art all around.

[Joseph R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daredevil has the same problem as last volume--the Omega Drive. It's a piece of Fantastic Four tech that stores information on five different super criminal organizations. After defeating Black Spectre (one of the organizations), he's now on a mission to keep it out of any wrong hands. That includes Frank Castle's hands. Frank is The Punisher. He'd love to use the information to cause mayhem and destruction for organized crime. Daredevil thinks that will involve too much collateral damage, so he teams up with Spider-man to keep Castle in check as the three try to destroy the drive, hopefully in public where all the bad guys will realize it's gone and stop hounding Daredevil. Plans don't go according to plan. Other plots are tried, though they are interrupted when Doctor Doom abducts Daredevil for his own nefarious purposes.

This story continues to entertain and be creative. The plans to get rid of the drive are interesting. At first, the Doctor Doom stuff seems shoehorned in. As that story develops, it makes a little more sense. The art is a bit uneven since the story was spread over different comics. The volume includes issues of Avenging Spider-man and The Punisher. It was one of those crossover stories--the bonus materials in the back show how the three different issue covers are put together to make one big picture. The characters look a little different in the different issues, a fact I found distracting. Still, the story is solid and I am ready for more.

Recommended.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Volume 3. To me, it was better than Volume 2 - and I'm enjoying Waid's run even more now. The story kept me hooked throughout and I like how each of the issues tied directly with the main story. I really enjoyed seeing Matt work with Spider-Man, Punisher, and Lady Punisher. The action was good and so was Matt's dialogue with Lady Punisher.

I also enjoyed seeing Matt's date with Kristen and the flashbacks to Matt and Foggy's law school days. This chapter only touched on the main story (Omega Drive), but I enjoyed the focus on Matt and Foggy's friendship.

The ending of it was intense and exciting too - and the next couple issues ratchet up the stakes and action. They were intense. While Waid's run still has moments of fun, it definitely got darker and more intense in the last two issues. Matt went through a lot and Waid did a great job in showing his struggle and pain and strategy. I'm hooked and excited for Volume 4.

As with the other volumes, I felt that the artwork and action were good. Overall, this is a good book and I enjoyed it a lot.

[Jaye Berry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Shut up about the Omega Drive I do not care about the Omega Drive plotline that we are still dealing with from the last issue.

I did really like Spider-man and the Punisher teaming up with Daredevil though because that feels like a trio that just wouldn't work but then it dis. There was also an issue that had a flashback story that happened when Matt and Foggy were in college and that was weirdly the highlight of this entire volume.

After we finally get done with the Omega Drive shit, then Matt gets kidnapped to fucking Latveria by Dr Doom and his people who want to *checks notes* copy his radar sense that they somehow know about. I unreasonably hated all of this because it felt so out of place and random. Most of it was just Daredevil flailing around confused because his senses are going bye.

The art changes a couple times as per usual but one of them was so distracting in how rough it looked.

I'm not really mad at this volume- I'm just disappointed.

[Wing Kee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better but the cross over was absolutely pointless.

World: The art is okay, it's the best when it's done by the normal team, the cross over not so much. The world building here is still fine, it's a bit wonky and rickety because the Omegadrive is such a mcguffin that in fact makes no sense. The Latveria part was nice and the Coney Island was great though.

Story: The 3 issue cross over was without consequence and nothing happens here except endless action scenes. The issue at Coney was fantastic and a great quiet moment which was needed. The Latveria stuff was frightening and also cool. Not much else to say.

Characters: Matt is fine, not much development here except his relationship status, I like it! Foggy stuff was great. That single issue made the entire book.

Solid stuff.

Onward to the next book!

[Logan Harrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10:
Another chaotic collection of issues following Daredevil all across New York City and eventually Latveria!

The Omega Effect event that kicked this collection off was really solid and I love how well the trio of Daredevil, Punisher, and Spider-Man worked with one another! I’d love to see more stories with the three of them!

I also really appreciated the insight into Foggy and Matt’s law school days, really bringing forward their friendship while also showing that Foggy today is really fed up with Matt. I can’t wait to see how this goes when the two of them are opposed!

[Amanja · Rating 3 out of 5]

We finally get an end to the plot from volumes 1 and 2, it was... anti climactic unless you're following the punisher maybe. But I do continue to appreciate seeing more of the matt murdock side of the daredevil coin and getting insight into his and foggy's relationship. Overall, this whole run lacks some kind of focus. Each issue seems a little disjointed from the others.

[Trevor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daredevil acquired a device desired by the criminal organizations collectively known as Megacrime. To secure it, he teams up with Spider-Man and Punisher. Unfortunately, this earns him the ire of Latveria and Doctor Doom.

This volume is much more plot-focused. Unfortunately, the plot is boring.