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Typhoid (1995) #1-4+
DAREDEVIL: TYPHOID'S KISS
Daredevil's craziest ex-girlfriend, Typhoid Mary, is the star of her own twisted fairy tale! Peek inside the crowded head of Mary Walker, whose dissociative identity disorder and mutant talents for telekinesis and pyrokinesis are a deadly combination. But could the psionic psycho become a force for good when she fights for women too powerless to defend themselves? Typhoid's appetite for vengeance draws the attention of Ghost Rider, while her growing contempt for men places Daredevil and Wolverine in the firing line.COLLECTING Typhoid 1-4, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 150-151, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 213-214; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 109-116, 123-130; material from Girl Comics (2010) 3
416 pages, Paperback
First published August 25, 2015
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About the author
Ann Nocenti
737 books117 followersAnn Nocenti is most noted as an editor for Marvel Comics, for whom she edited New Mutants and The Uncanny X-Men. She made her comics writing debut on a brief run of Spider-Woman (#47-50) and subsequently wrote a long run of Daredevil (1st series) #236-291 (minus #237) from 1986 to 1991, directly following on from Frank Miller's definitive Born Again storyline. She also wrote the 1986 Longshot limited series for Marvel, and in the same year produced the Someplace Strange graphic novel in collaboration with artist John Bolton. She wrote "the Inhumans Graphic Novel" in 1988. In 1993, she wrote the 16-issue run of Kid Eternity for the DC Comics imprint Vertigo.
In Incredible Hulk #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-Men.
She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics.
She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel Prisoner X.
Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows.
In Ultimate X-Men, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series.
She edited High Times magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.
In Incredible Hulk #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-Men.
She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics.
She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel Prisoner X.
Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows.
In Ultimate X-Men, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series.
She edited High Times magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.
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March 18, 2016
Sadly, the first half of this is incredibly difficult to get through. I am a huge fan of the cerebral/ social justice nature of Nocenti's work, but this is devoid of any of those hallmarks. What made the character sizzle over in Daredevil is cast aside to put her in lingerie and try to sleep with every male character in the Marvel Universe. Featuring the gratuitous trading card and pin-up art seems to have everyone missing out on the "joke" that Nocenti built into this character.
The team-ups are a huge stretch, and the set-ups (man approaches Wolverine in alley; another man tries to rape Mary in a mall) are gauze-thin. In addition, the usual amazing work of Lightle (Doom Patrol, Legion) is bungled with the worst of 1990s inkers. This 90s sensibility that permeates the first half could be why I am distressed. The 90s era comics are seriously best forgotten...
Things do pick up again about halfway through with the introduction of a third personality that adds complexity to the virgin/ whore dynamic previously established for Typhoid. The Van Fleet miniseries also sets up an interesting premise for Mary, moving forward.
The team-ups are a huge stretch, and the set-ups (man approaches Wolverine in alley; another man tries to rape Mary in a mall) are gauze-thin. In addition, the usual amazing work of Lightle (Doom Patrol, Legion) is bungled with the worst of 1990s inkers. This 90s sensibility that permeates the first half could be why I am distressed. The 90s era comics are seriously best forgotten...
Things do pick up again about halfway through with the introduction of a third personality that adds complexity to the virgin/ whore dynamic previously established for Typhoid. The Van Fleet miniseries also sets up an interesting premise for Mary, moving forward.
April 29, 2018
The story of Typhoid Mary and her rampage is one to behold. This graphic novel is unique as it focuses exclusively on a woman with severe mental illness who must find who she is among all of the voices in her head. Mary Walker has dissociative identity disorder, and her one of her personalities manifests with a intense hatred for men, and an equally intense desire to protect women. With Daredevil, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Spiderman, and many more, the reader follows Mary as she struggles with mutant powers along with her mental illness, in a tale both heart-warming, and heart-wrenching.
November 3, 2016
4.5 really. I have no idea why this is called a Daredevil comic. It's all about Typhoid Mary.
December 30, 2015
Typhoid's Kiss should have been published under a different banner rather than Daredevil!! He hardly is seen throughout the whole book. Wolverine, Spider-Man and Ghostrider are used more in this volume with DD barely in it at all. If you are looking for Daredevil in this book then you will surely have to look elsewhere.
First half was very hard to read 90s work, way too busy for my liking both in text and colour.
I much prefer my comic book stories to make use of space by utilising picture only panels, easy to follow panels within pages and to be able to tell some of the story without overuse of text.
The second half features an OK two issue Spider-Man story and a very well done mature readers 4 issue length Typhoid Mary story. A much more adult story, this last part of the book makes a much better use of colour, space and distinctive art style to tell the story. Much better!! The second half of the book saved it from getting two stars from me.
First half was very hard to read 90s work, way too busy for my liking both in text and colour.
I much prefer my comic book stories to make use of space by utilising picture only panels, easy to follow panels within pages and to be able to tell some of the story without overuse of text.
The second half features an OK two issue Spider-Man story and a very well done mature readers 4 issue length Typhoid Mary story. A much more adult story, this last part of the book makes a much better use of colour, space and distinctive art style to tell the story. Much better!! The second half of the book saved it from getting two stars from me.
April 22, 2016
via NYPL - Not that it detracted from the book for me, but I'm amused that Marvel markets this as a Daredevil book. You can almost count the DD pages on one hand. There are three Typhoid Mary stories from MCP - the first was very poor: clunky, choppy writing, bad art (from Steve Lightle, who I've enjoyed elsewhere). I gave up on the second MCP tale when its first installment was no improvement and skipped the third entirely. Then there are two issues of Spectacular Spider-Man - both a little heavy-handed, but properly ambitious in their commentary on how women are treated society. The Typhoid miniseries his moments, but muddles along at times.
June 1, 2016
Typhoid is the ultimate female badass. How could you not like her. She's four different people wrapped up in one. While the book was titled as Daredevil he only makes a small appearance. Her encounters base around Wolverines, Ghost Rider and Spider-Man and end in a mini series that stars her as a private detective after being "cured". In which she defiantly isn't. Great buy. Glad I own it because I will re-read.
August 16, 2016
A really dark and disturbing read.Typhoid Mary is a very unique and fascinating character.Each story was interesting in its own way.Such superhero stalwarts as Wolverine,Ghost Rider,Spiderman,and Daredevil all made appearances.The last story which was the darkest was my favorite of the collection.A real showcase into the mind of a truly broken individual.Real good stuff.
September 8, 2015
Not going to lie. Typhoid Mary is one of my all time favorites, so I had to read this one first.
It also helps that there are comics in this one I have never read before.
It also helps that there are comics in this one I have never read before.
September 3, 2018
Like other readers, I don't understand why Daredevil is included in the title to this at all. I thought that this was going to be a collection of Daredevil comics centering around Mary instead of Mary stories by themselves. There is some great art in this towards the last third of the book, but I don't find these stories as satisfying as I would had I read them about ten years ago. The Wolverine story in here has some of the worst writing I have encountered in a while. The Ghost Rider story arc is slightly better, but a lot of this feels bogged down to me by the late '80s, early '90s comic book conventions that emphasizes sexiness and edginess over quality narrative. What is interesting, though, is to see how Ann Nocenti grow as a writer in this collection and witness as she becomes better adept at pacing and balancing narrative threads. Mary is an interesting character. I just don't find these stories as satisfying as Miller's work on Elektra.
January 7, 2020
I picked-up this book because I thought it would be full of Daredevil stories with Typhoid Mary in them. I was wrong. This is a collection of stories 100% focused on the character Typhoid Mary and her many split personalities. All written by the same author but with different artists, I did not enjoy these stories at all. I think I get what the author is trying to convey about Typhoid Mary (deranged, unstable, insane, trying to reconcile childhood trauma, etc). However, the execution is a mess. The art is hard to follow through most of the books, the character's powers are inconsistently used, and the main character is not really likeable and it does not feel like she brings anything to the table other than her conflict of personality. By far the best story was the final one which was more of a detective-noire piece but was ultimately let down by artwork which made it difficult to differentiate characters and locations. I do not recommend this book.
October 4, 2018
I made it through the first sequence with Wolverine and started on the Ghost Rider part. The Ghost Rider part seemed like the same story told again with a different backdrop. It was hard to get through the first section so I gave up. There are so many better things to read don't waste your time on this.
September 2, 2023
CN: misogyny and sexism, rape, violence against women, ableism/general loose grasp on psychiatric terms, gore/torture/murder
Three stars because I didn't know the character before and now I love her, but the actual stories and art aren't particularly good.
Three stars because I didn't know the character before and now I love her, but the actual stories and art aren't particularly good.
November 27, 2025
Highlights of this compilation are the Marvel Presents issues featuring Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Daredevil, and so on, also the Spectacular Spider-man issues. All of it is pretty dark and psychological.
September 26, 2025
Overall it’s solid. The Marvel Comics Present stories don’t flow that well but the Spidey issues and the Typhoid story itself are great
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