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Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #5
Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 5
Collects Daredevil (1964) #42-53.
Matt Murdock has done battle with Marveldom's most maddening villains - but when he meets the Jester for the very first time, the rules change forever. Framing DD for murder, the Jester sets all of New York on a manhunt for the Man Without Fear! But there's another menace looking to push the stakes even higher: Starr Saxon, the mastermind who discovers DD's secret identity! Then comes the all-time Stan Lee/Gene Colan classic, "Brother, Take My Hand!" - a story that marked the ever-advancing march of super-hero comics into the social issues of the '60s by tackling the tale of a blinded Vietnam vet finding his way Stateside. It's a no-question classic! There's plenty of action, too, as DD jumps inside the ring to rub knuckles with Captain America, teeters over the city with Stilt Man, teams-up with the Black Panther and all the while struggles to rebuild his relationship with the lovely Karen Page. And as if that wasn't enough, we're rounding it out with the Stan and Gene's Not Brand Echh side-splitter, "Scaredevil, Defeated by the Evil Electrifico!"
Matt Murdock has done battle with Marveldom's most maddening villains - but when he meets the Jester for the very first time, the rules change forever. Framing DD for murder, the Jester sets all of New York on a manhunt for the Man Without Fear! But there's another menace looking to push the stakes even higher: Starr Saxon, the mastermind who discovers DD's secret identity! Then comes the all-time Stan Lee/Gene Colan classic, "Brother, Take My Hand!" - a story that marked the ever-advancing march of super-hero comics into the social issues of the '60s by tackling the tale of a blinded Vietnam vet finding his way Stateside. It's a no-question classic! There's plenty of action, too, as DD jumps inside the ring to rub knuckles with Captain America, teeters over the city with Stilt Man, teams-up with the Black Panther and all the while struggles to rebuild his relationship with the lovely Karen Page. And as if that wasn't enough, we're rounding it out with the Stan and Gene's Not Brand Echh side-splitter, "Scaredevil, Defeated by the Evil Electrifico!"
269 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2008
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Stan Lee
7,571 books2,353 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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November 23, 2018
Karen Page, Black Panther and Starr Saxon learn who really is Daredevil... so much for Matt Murdock's secret identity.
Another great and intense classic Gene Colan artist volume and Daredevil #47 Brother, take my hand! and #52, The Night of the Panther, this one drawn by a young Barry Windsor Smith, are still two of the best DD's stories ever for me.
August 9, 2016
4.20/5
"Daredevil, a name that was new in the then-bright world of superheroes...a name destined to reach the heights of flory, and the depths of despair"
EXCELENTES!! De los mejores hasta ahora. Me gustó el planteo del principio: y todas las fases por las que pasa Matt después de eso.
Estuvo bueno la participación de algunos personajes como el Capitán America
El último era de todos flashbacks, algunas cosas que ya habían pasado y otras no y estuvo bueno recordar el origen de DD.
Issue #42: 4.5/5
Issue #43: 5/5
Issue #44: 3.5/5
Issue #45: 4/5
Issue #46: 4/5
Issue #47: 4.5/5
Issue #48: 3.5/5
Issue #49: 4/5
Issue #50: 3/5
Issue #51: 4.5/5
Issue #52: 5/5
Issue #53: 5/5
"War! The most brutal, most idiotic, most loathsome manifestation of all that's wrong with mankind! And it's always the youngest, the finest, the best of our people that pay the highest price!"
January 26, 2016
Excellent reprint book of the silver age Daredevil stories. Great way for a reader to experience these very expensive and hard to get early issues. Very recommended.
September 24, 2019
The issues with the Jester are just fantastic
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