Daredevil Epic Collection, Vol. 8: To Dare The Devil

Daredevil Epic Collection

by Frank Miller

One of the most influential runs in not just Marvel history, but all comics history begins with Frank Miller's arrival as the driving creative force of DAREDEVIL. Miller remade the Man Without Fear's mythos - first by illustrating Roger McKenzie's scripts with art partner Klaus Janson, and then by writing his own instantly iconic tales. Miller grinds the grit of New York City's streets into every page, blending super-heroics with the dark tone of hardboiled crime. He also brings with him Elektra, the assassin with surprising connections to Matt Murdock's past -and the Hand, a group of eerie and unrelenting killer ninja. Elektra's tempestuous relationship with Matt Murdock was an instant hit in the '80s. It's just as compelling today and forms the unforgettable backdrop of Daredevil's high-stakes war with the Kingpin.

Collecting Daredevil (1964) #155-176 And Material From What If? (1977) #28 And Bizarre Adventures (1981) #28.

Genres: Comics

496 pages, Paperback

Published September 2, 2025

About the author

Frank Miller is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. His most notable works include Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One and 300.

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Reviews

[Shawn Gallagher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains some of the best stories ever printed in comics. Over 45 years old, but still fresh. It needs more stars.

[Federico Kereki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frank Miller starts working on Daredevil, and a whole set of changes comes up! Elektra, Kingpin, The Hand, Stick... amazing stories!

[Holden Welter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah this was awesome, a little slow in the beginning but it makes sense why they used Kingpin and Bullseye for live action. I’m going to spend all my money on this kick

[Nicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had heard great things about Frank Miller's run on Daredevil over the years so bought this on release but only started to read it last month; I was in the mood for reading older comics after the excellent first volume of Walter Simonson's Thor.

I don't think this volume starts too well but the writing and artwork get stronger as it goes on.

As expected the grounded aspects of the stories were well done; the development of Elektra, Kingpin and Bullseye was really engaging and I was a bit surprised about how prominent the latter was in the issues. Melvin Potter's recurring appearances was also unexpected and his journey was interesting.

However, I did feel the aspects that were not realistic or silly took me out of the stories: always appearing in Josie's bar and causing a bar fight, disguised with just a flapcap, changing into civilian clothes that materialise from thin air; occasionally he would have a bag. The ridiculous elements were particularly present in the fill-in issue that Steve Ditko pencilled, though his artwork was great.

It was a little annoying that DD's origin was retold a few times through this collection, though the time with Ben Urich was effective.

The artwork of Gene Colan and Frank Miller, inked by Klaus Janson is excellent. The panelling from Colan was really different and made me think of more modern comics, quite a contrast to the rest of the collection. There's also some experimentation from Miller that was cool to see.

Overall I did really enjoy it for the character moments and development though I didn't particularly like Matt or find him sympathetic. It'll be interesting to see how I get on with the next volume when that is published.

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally started to read Frank Miller’s Daredevil run with this book. The start of this book is okay with McKenzies run, but just okay for the most part really. The narrative really picks up with Miller picking up the pen to do the story as well as the decent art. As a fan of the show, the stories are familiar enough, but still enjoyable. The city really takes new life with Miller writing it. Turk is also a fun part of it. The implementation of kingpin and constant of bullseye are great. The hulk story was great too. Still waiting on that promised punisher appearance, lol. Looking forward to continuing his run digitally

[James Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm shocked that I never got around to reading the early Frank Miller Daredevil issues. Interesting to see the start of the new direction. I can see how Miller revolutionized Daredevil. It wasn't immediate, but his take on him is much darker. Gritty. This first chunk of issues isn't as strong as his later work, but it's still engaging. I look forward to re-reading future issues, especially those with longer arcs.

[Atheist Bale]

These Epic Collection by Marvel are excellent. I have no clue why they publish them out of chronological order if they aren’t going to do the iconic stories first but at least they seem to be prioritizing them for Daredevil. This shit is great, and it’s only the first half of Frank Miller’s best DD comics, hyped to get the next bit collected in December. Extremely funny and I love this horny Catholic blind boy, what a mess.

[Jeff Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

It starts the most influential run of all of Daredevil!