- This was a thick one! 520 pages almost full of story, just a couple of extras.
- I had a great time reading this, what can I say. I love Colan, especially with Frank Giacoia inks. The splash pages are awesome.
- Also, almost no captions! It reads pretty well. There are a couple of jokes on some splash pages about Gene not wanting captions, so maybe he complained to Stan?
- Leap-frog, a stupid idea masterfully executed by Colan. It's almost frightening.
- The whole Mike Murdock is an extremely silly idea but the physicality that Colan gives the character is amazing. Feels natural and a lot different from regular Matt.
- Also, it should have lasted half the issues it did. 20 issues with Mike is waaaay too much.
- This volume is also special because it contains the issues that are my earliest memory of reading superheroes: issues 32, 34, 35, and 36. I re-read them so much that I remember a lot of details more than 35 years later (never read them again until now!). I read them from a Mexican edition in which Daredevil was called "Diabólico".
- The splash page of Thor and Thing punching each other in the FF issue, holy crap! Kirby on 🔥
- Fave Issue: Issue 36. Astounding cover, great art with Giacoia inks, loved the opening splash page, the action sequence has great visuals, the ending is surprising, top top notch.
- Least Fave Issue: The king-size annual. Nothing really happens, although the two-page story about Lee and Colan brainstorming a plot reads like a documentary nowadays.
- 3.5/5: Really solid read. The plots are super silly but it's enjoyable. A silver age epic that isn't a chore to read.