Daredevil: The Dark Art

by Charles Soule, Roger McKenzie, Ron Garney (Illustrator)

Losing a big case lands A.D.A. Matt Murdock in hot water with the city, leaving him less time to clean up the streets as Daredevil. But as his protégé, Blindspot, tries to take up the slack, the young hero gets in over his head when he stumbles on a horrific crime scene — one that will terrify even the Man Without Fear! Muse — a murderer who turns his victims into works of art — is on the loose, and Daredevil and Blindspot are no fans of his “masterpieces.” Everyone’s a critic! Who has placed a bounty on DD’s head big enough to bring out every contract killer in New York City? Just how did Matt Murdock put his double-identity genie back in the bottle? And can he win the case of his life, in front of the Supreme Court? Daredevil (2015) #10-28

Genres: Marvel, Comics

424 pages, Paperback

Published February 10, 2026

About the author

Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.

Reviews

[Billy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muse was very short but overall wasnt to bad I enjoyed the kast few issues.

[beau · Rating 4 out of 5]

8.5/10

For the most part all the stories in here were incredibly enjoyable, but alot of them had very anticlimactic endings and a few of the shorter stories were just kinda wacky and In some cases meaningless filler. That being said the journey is the main thing I focus on and Charles soule has not failed in making me think and throughly entertaining me with this run

Soule one hundred percent gets Matt Murdock as a character, but sometimes I find the writing a bit goofier than the previous runs I’ve read, I get a stylistic choice but for example bendis and brubakers run felt like the target audience was primarily adult, but when reading this Im not completely sure who it’s targeting. it feels really dark and grounded at some points but then it can get a bit goofy for example; bringing daredevil into court, it just seemed a bit daft. Don’t get me wrong I actually really enjoyed that story, but it just kinda lacks that dark, gritty, Matt in complete despair feel that the brubaker and bendis run delivered.

Another quarrel with this book is that Matt does not have a love interest, for me daredevils love interests are a pivotal part of the over hanging story for a run and that being void in this comic feels like there is something missing, it doesn’t feel like Matt is constantly falling/ going insane.

Shoot me I don’t care blindspot is badass. Soule has provided some fucking wicked new characters, blindspot being my favourite not only is he a wicked superhero idea his character has depth and his relationship with Matt is fun to read. Muse is such an awesome villain and the dark art storyline is up there with some of the best daredevil stories that I’ve read so far (anticlimactic ending though) and I even quite liked tenfingers and the purple man

There’s a lot to critique in this comic but there’s nothing major and there’s definitely more to enjoy. I think it’s a really solid read and it feels quite fresh.
Good art is well, I recommend it’s definitely an underrated run

[Des Fox · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good, but uneven. We finally get to the retcon explanation and while it was pretty well handled it was a bit anticlimactic for what was almost certainly just an editorial decision. Muse is great, but I don't know what he really adds to the DD mythos as more than a villain of the week. The Supreme arc was the best part of this, great lawyering and Waid level Murdock/DD integration. The stuff with Blindspot was pretty hit and miss. His sacrifice was heroic but his recovery arc was kinda flat and confusing. I'm not sure if he has magic eyes now or something? Is he just not blind now? The meaning of his injury is currently lost on me.

[Jacob Ligon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am incredibly disappointed at how little Muse is in this book. He’s on the cover and yet I feel like the damn PURPLE PEOPLE got more of a showcase than he did… so lame man.

Now, regarding the rest of the book, you get some really good stuff in here. I really love all the court stuff with Legal near the end. You get some decent artwork and you get some answers to questions the first book sets up. Overall this is a good book… but it’s definitely advertised incorrectly. You get VERY little Muse in this book and I think that’s honestly just a shame.

[meagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

they could’ve done so much more with muse in the show, so frustrating

also daredevil interacting with my current marvel obsession, medusa, was the highlight of my year thus far

[Gerardo Castellanos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would’ve appreciated if there was more Muse but overall the book was fire