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Daredevil Omnibus
Daredevil Omnibus, Vol. 3
Here come Daredevil and the Black Widow! When Natasha Romanoff enters Matt Murdock's life, one of the greatest eras in the history of the Man Without Fear begins. This massive Omnibus presents their action-packed adventures together - scripted by Gerry Conway and Steve Gerber, and featuring the iconic art of Gene Colan! But the Widow's entrance means a rocky road for Matt Murdock and Karen Page. A relocation to San Francisco will cement Matt's choice and open up a new world of adventure - with villains like Electro, Killgrave the Purple Man and Mister Fear in tow! There's also a crossover adventure with the Avengers and X-Men, and a fight with Kraven the Hunter that turns cosmic! Moondragon - who mistakes DD for a thrall of Thanos! Collecting DAREDEVIL (1964) #75-119, AVENGERS (1963) #111 and material from AMAZING ADVENTURES (1970) #1-8.
1160 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1975
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Gerry Conway
2,065 books89 followersGerard Francis Conway (Gerard F. Conway) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics' vigilante the Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. At DC Comics, he is known for co-creating the superhero Firestorm and others, and for writing the Justice League of America for eight years. Conway wrote the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.
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June 8, 2025
It took me nearly a month to read, but I’ve finally completed the third — and final (at least until they release a volume 4) Pre-Miller Daredevil omnibus.
Characterized by trying new things and frequently not hitting the mark, oftentimes I would read this and wish I was doing something else. It’s like homework. Perhaps it’s the way he does it, maybe it’s because this is so early in his career, but I did not like most issues by Conway here. It’s historic; Murdock’s second home is San Francisco, and it’s thanks to that decision from Conway, which a nice preface describes the decision was made almost on a whim; Conway visited the city during a time of aimlessness and found himself loving it so much that when he joined the Bullpen, he pushed DD there, taking Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow, with him.
Nonetheless, I felt that their romance here was very similar to Matt and Karen Page’s romance in issues past. The Will-they-won’t-they and the occasional kiss while constantly fighting over “should we be heroes or just in love” kind of got annoying after a while and I was happy that, when Steve Gerber started writing the book, Murdock returned to himself. However, Natasha’s random appearances after that kind of took me out each time.
It’s only when Gerber is writing did I get really caught in the story. I think he is a great writer, and I liked that oftentimes these issues had something to say about the then-current controversies in the government and stuff. A lot of what’s being discussed just kind of made that proverb ring true for me, “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose” — “the more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.” I liked the Mandrill and Nekra and I loved the issues with Man-Thing.
I’m gonna be honest I do not want to read these first three omnibuses again. I’m not gonna sell or get rid of them because all of the DD Omnis on my shelf makes for a nice display piece, but these were all just such meddling reads. You can feel history through the ink and I liked that, but so much of it was the same cyclical stuff. I think that’s why a lot of my collection is modern, but if it wasn’t for these growing pains, we wouldn’t have what we have now.
I will be taking a break from the man without fear. Next time, it’ll be the Frank miller stuff all the way to Nocenti. This was 1,136 pages. With just the Frank miller main book, companion, and elektra, that’s 1612 pages. Just the two DD is 1,243. I’m excited but lowkey dreading it all.
Characterized by trying new things and frequently not hitting the mark, oftentimes I would read this and wish I was doing something else. It’s like homework. Perhaps it’s the way he does it, maybe it’s because this is so early in his career, but I did not like most issues by Conway here. It’s historic; Murdock’s second home is San Francisco, and it’s thanks to that decision from Conway, which a nice preface describes the decision was made almost on a whim; Conway visited the city during a time of aimlessness and found himself loving it so much that when he joined the Bullpen, he pushed DD there, taking Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow, with him.
Nonetheless, I felt that their romance here was very similar to Matt and Karen Page’s romance in issues past. The Will-they-won’t-they and the occasional kiss while constantly fighting over “should we be heroes or just in love” kind of got annoying after a while and I was happy that, when Steve Gerber started writing the book, Murdock returned to himself. However, Natasha’s random appearances after that kind of took me out each time.
It’s only when Gerber is writing did I get really caught in the story. I think he is a great writer, and I liked that oftentimes these issues had something to say about the then-current controversies in the government and stuff. A lot of what’s being discussed just kind of made that proverb ring true for me, “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose” — “the more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.” I liked the Mandrill and Nekra and I loved the issues with Man-Thing.
I’m gonna be honest I do not want to read these first three omnibuses again. I’m not gonna sell or get rid of them because all of the DD Omnis on my shelf makes for a nice display piece, but these were all just such meddling reads. You can feel history through the ink and I liked that, but so much of it was the same cyclical stuff. I think that’s why a lot of my collection is modern, but if it wasn’t for these growing pains, we wouldn’t have what we have now.
I will be taking a break from the man without fear. Next time, it’ll be the Frank miller stuff all the way to Nocenti. This was 1,136 pages. With just the Frank miller main book, companion, and elektra, that’s 1612 pages. Just the two DD is 1,243. I’m excited but lowkey dreading it all.
August 31, 2024
I did still enjoy these issues, but it became very clear through multiple writers that no one really knew how to put their stamp on this character in any meaningful way this early on. When they moved Matt to San Francisco, I just didn’t dig it and unfortunately, that was almost all of this volume. When sales were not the best, they threw Black Widow in this title and a lot of the character interactions with them in a relationship really feel forced. While I can appreciate these for what they were, these issues certainly lacked the charm that the issues in the first two volumes had.
October 25, 2024
(Zero spoiler review) 2.75/5
We are slowly edging away from the silver age stylings that epitomised (and severely dated) the first two offerings, yet that bronze age turn towards something a little more grounded and gritty can't get here fast enough for this humble hack.
Gene Colan's multi year run on Daredevil comes to an end. I'll never, ever complain about Gene on Daredevil (yet once replacement Don Heck is out of the way) Bob Brown comes in and maybe, just maybe kicks things up a notch once again. It's just a shame that Steve Gerber comes in at the halfway point for Gerry Conway, and the really nice little dynamic between Black Widow and Matt Murdoch, mixing goofy 70's comics histrionics with something more meaningful and real gets washed away, returning to some truly cringe inducing 'villain of the month' stories, with some of the cheesiest 60's era dialogue you've ever heard. He occasionally hits the D spot now and again, but the narrative never truly recovers, despite Brown coming in to make the sub standard storytelling at least look a whole lot better.
The Conway/Colan DD and BW stuff is really solid and definitely worth reading. The rest... Well, you can't win em all. 2.75/5
OmniBen.
We are slowly edging away from the silver age stylings that epitomised (and severely dated) the first two offerings, yet that bronze age turn towards something a little more grounded and gritty can't get here fast enough for this humble hack.
Gene Colan's multi year run on Daredevil comes to an end. I'll never, ever complain about Gene on Daredevil (yet once replacement Don Heck is out of the way) Bob Brown comes in and maybe, just maybe kicks things up a notch once again. It's just a shame that Steve Gerber comes in at the halfway point for Gerry Conway, and the really nice little dynamic between Black Widow and Matt Murdoch, mixing goofy 70's comics histrionics with something more meaningful and real gets washed away, returning to some truly cringe inducing 'villain of the month' stories, with some of the cheesiest 60's era dialogue you've ever heard. He occasionally hits the D spot now and again, but the narrative never truly recovers, despite Brown coming in to make the sub standard storytelling at least look a whole lot better.
The Conway/Colan DD and BW stuff is really solid and definitely worth reading. The rest... Well, you can't win em all. 2.75/5
OmniBen.
June 14, 2024
This vol 3 omnibus of early years Daredevil was a lot better than the previous 2 volumes however, it still doesn’t hit. I would have much rather read X-Men when these issues were coming out. I can see this being a nostalgic collectors piece otherwise, it’s a nice edition for any Daredevil omnibus “completionist.”
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