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Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus

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Daredevil's darkest days begin as he takes control of the Hand clan of ninjas - or are they controlling him?

The Man Without Fear casts his shadow over the Marvel Universe! Daredevil has become the leader of the Hand — but instead of reforming the ninja clan, are they corrupting him? As Daredevil crosses a shocking line in battle with Bullseye, and sets up a stronghold in the midst of Hell’s Kitchen, his former friends and allies — including Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Elektra and the Daughters of the Dragon — are determined to stop him. But can they save Daredevil’s soul as New York City crumbles under the weight of his new order?

DARK THE LIST — DAREDEVIL; DAREDEVIL (1998) #501-512; SHADOWLAND #1-5; ELEKTRA, BULLSEYE, GHOST RIDER, SPIDER-MAN and AFTER THE FALL; MOON KNIGHT #1-3; BLOOD ON THE STREETS #1-4; DAUGHTERS OF THE SHADOW #1-3; THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #148-149; POWER MAN #1-4; and REBORN #1-4

1112 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2018

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Andy Diggle

531 books170 followers
Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. He is best known for his work on The Losers,Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Adam Strange and Silent Dragon at DC Comics and for his run on Thunderbolts and Daredevil after his move to Marvel.

In 2013 Diggle left writing DC's Action Comics and began working with Dynamite Entertainment, writing a paranormal crime series Uncanny. He is also working on another crime series with his wife titled Control that is set to begin publishing in 2014.

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Profile Image for Shannon Appelcline.
Author 30 books169 followers
March 4, 2018
This omnibus is pretty much Andy Diggle's short run on Daredevil. The problem was always that it was dominated by Shadowland, one of the most over-done crossovers ever for a single comic, and also a crossover where Daredevil loses all of his agency and characterization. With that said, I liked it better getting to read it all in one big chunk like this.

The Fight in Hell's Kitchen (List, 501-504). It's impressive how directly this continues on from Brubaker's run, with The Hand and the Kingpin squaring off over Hell's Kitchen. Plus, we get the delightful intervention of the Dark Reign storyline, which just makes everything more complex. This story somehow manages all of that complexity, presenting an enthralling story about these many factions, and making it personal as well [5/5].

The Fight Within the Hand (505-507). Daredevil's detour into Hand politics unfortunately isn't as good. There's some good darkening of Matt's character and one great surprise, but this story is otherwise too decompressed and too inconclusive [4/5].

Shadowland (508-512 + SL1-5 + After the Fall). The actual Shadowland event is a mixed bag. The Daredevil issues are pretty good, because they focus on how all these happenings affect the people in Matt's life. Meanwhile, the Shadowland issues focus on superheroes and are an endless series of big fights. When Marvel originally published these issues, they made the fatal mistake of segregating the story into two volumes; it's tons better having the whole story together here, and it helps the Daredevil issues lend their strengths to Shadowland. Still, as a whole, this crossover is just a shade better than good. The dehumanization of Matt really takes him off the table as a character and unfortunately contributes to the lack of emotional connection in the Shadowland issues. Which is a shame, because plotwise this all could have been pretty intriguing [3.5/5]

Shadowland also has an endless series of spin-off books, that were just too much. Many of them had a good premise: offering dramatically turning points for the lives of heroes, but authors had problems integrating that well with Shadowland, and if there were any good stories they were lost amidst this excessiveness.

Elektra. A nice short on Matt & Elektra's relationship and history and her appearance in Shadowland [4/5].

Bullseye. Who mourns Bullseye? This is a fun little story on the topic. [4/5]

Moon Knight (1-3). An ugly, muddy story that doesn't know if it's a crucial story to Moon Knight's life or a crossover with Shadowland, and thus it doesn't do a good job of either. Unfortunately, it's the Shadowland material that feels particularly superfluous [2/5].

Ghost Rider. In contrast to the Moon Knight comic, this one nicely leverages the Shadowland event to create a major event in Johnny Blaze's life. Though it's a brief little comic, it's meaningful in both its aspects, and has gorgeous art [4/5].

Spider-Man. Really, Spider-Man and Shang Chi. This is a nice comic because it brings Mr. Negative into the Shadowland mix, but it's otherwise relatively shallow [3/5].

Blood on the Streets (1-4). Misty, Shroud, Paladin, and Silver Sable are a nice group (if not quite a team). The question of who is framing the Hand for murders is also a nice mystery that integrates well into Shadowland while still being its own thing. And, there's a strong resolution in the final issue. The problem is that the storyline really drags in getting there, with too many issues spent turning up more bodies without much plot advancement [3/5].

Daughters of the Shadow (1-3). It's great to get additional background and focus on Colleen. Here, we see her searching after her mother and looking into her history. The Shadowland connections are pretty light, but there. Unfortunately, throughout a lot of the story, Colleen is just being pushed from plot point to plot point, and that's all a bit dull. A good ending thought, and a good new beginning for Colleen [3/5].

Thunderbolts (148-149). A nicely adversarial assault on Shadowland by the Thunderbolts. It's a little shallow, and perhaps a better Thunderbolts story than a Shadowland story. (My biggest issue is that the continuity of this attempt to rescue prisoners isn't reflected elsewhere, like this was a late entrant.) [3+/5]

Power Man (1-4). Definitely the best of the Shadowland crossovers. The new character, Power Man, is quite interesting, though his powers seem somewhat different from his later appearances. However, the real joy of this comic is getting a Luke Cage and Iron Fist reunion, something that had been teased throughout the other Shadowland series [4+/5].

Daredevil: Reborn. A generally OK book. It’s got some nice characterization and a believable realization for Matt, but there’s nothing special about the actual plot. Sadly it finishes off a Daredevil run for Diggle that started off great but quickly descended into the mediocrity of crossovers and special issues. [3+/5]

The other sad thing about Diggle's run is that it marked the end of the Bendis/Brubaker/Diggle era of Daredevil, an era of continuous storytelling that offered a darker tone and that didn't focus on superhero tropes. Even though this Diggle run was the least of it, as a whole it was the best Daredevil era since Miller. Though the Waid run that follows was well received, it was much more of a standard superhero comic, and would rudely jerk Daredevil out of the continuous narrative that ran from 1998-2011, and especially from 2001-2011.
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2,586 reviews79 followers
April 13, 2025
This was definitely the weakest of modern Daredevil runs I’ve read but at least I didn’t completely hate it. The main story is that Daredevil decides to become the leader of The Hand so it didn’t fall to someone worse. His plan was to try to use it for good. However, three guys back in Japan at the main Hand headquarters have a plan of their own to use DD for their own personal gain. Matt is slowly consumed by a negative energy and slowly becomes more and more questionable with his choices. Especially with what happens with the Bullseye situation. There were some far fetched things that happened like DD have a giant castle built in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen called Shadowland, and having The Hand ninjas operating from there taking out people and running the police out of town. I feel like the FBI or the army would have shout that down immediately. Matt comes off as the villain and seemed one dimensional with not much of a voice or personality. The slightly more interesting part was watching the other characters react/deal with what Matt was doing. The tie in issues were hit or miss with some actually being pretty cool like Moon Knight, Power Man, Daughters of the Shadow and my favorite, Blood on the Streets. The book end issue to the main event, After the Fall was really good final issue to everything. Book closes out with the 4 issue mini, Reborn. After leaving NY feeling down and ashamed of what happened with Shadowland, Matt gets caught up in some gun running crooked cops in a small town which brings back out the will and desire to get back to doing what’s right. I thought this was a short and simple solid end to this omnibus.
Profile Image for James DeSantis.
Author 17 books1,205 followers
March 10, 2025
Truly one of the worst Omnibus I own. And will own. Only cause Daredevil is my favorite character of all time in all of comics.

But let me make this very clear. This Omnibus sucks ass.

After having some of the best runs of all time for Daredevil in Miller, Bendis, Brubaker, Chip, Waid, and more you get this pile of hunking shit. Basically starts off decent enough with Daredevil the leader of the hand. But soon in we get to this mystical bullshit where a demon takes over Daredevil and he runs New York with the hand attacking superheroes. But it's SO badly done, the dialogue is AWFUL, the tie-ins are extremely piss poor, and the ending is garbage too. The "Reborn" storyline after is the only OKAY thing after 500-600 pages of pure nonsense garbage but that can't save this Omnibus.

Truly one of the worst runs for a fan-favorite character. After so much good, this is so awful it hurts. Luckily Waid is next up on my reread to wash this garbage out of my freaking mind.
Profile Image for Richard.
1,062 reviews473 followers
January 13, 2021
★★1/2

This ongoing Daredevil series has been an eventful one, starting all the way from the surprising events of Kevin Smith's problematic opening run, all the way through Ed Brubaker's great time on the title. Now Andy Diggle is the latest creator and brings it all to an epic conclusion that takes all of the heartache that's happened to Matt Murdock in recent years, and brings it to a boiling point! It's all centered around the Shadowland crossover, which sees a broken Matt Murdock making the stupid mistake of thinking he can take control of the ninja death cult, The Hand, and do good from within. This leads to a corruption of Matt's soul, a tumultuous takeover of Hell's Kitchen, and an effort by all the street-level heroes of Marvel to stop Daredevil by any means necessary.

I applaud Diggle's balls for really taking Daredevil to dark depths that we've yet to see. And knowing the character of Daredevil, that's saying a lot. He takes the Hand takeover that Brubaker introduced and really makes it the ultimate test for Matt's soul. I do wish that he went even further though and didn't introduce the magic side of things, because that gave Matt an excuse and an easier way out instead of really having him making hard decisions and having to contend with those decisions, the way that the other writers have done in the past.



But the thing that really weakens this book is the crossover event bloat. While Diggle's main Shadowland event issues and Daredevil issues are all good, the endless tie-ins are mostly inconsequential and tiresome, and it's frustrating that they take up like half the book! But overall, it's a cool wrap up to one of comic's best ongoing superhero series of all time, before the next series, which is a huge reset by Mark Waid!
Profile Image for Onur Kaya.
39 reviews19 followers
April 21, 2019
Yarısı bomboş tie-in sayıları ile dolu olduğundan o kısımları okumadım ancak ana event hikayesi pek bir şeye benzemediği için, onla alakalı olsun diye yazılmış sayıların, hele de yazar kadrolarında sağlam isimler olmadığından aynı şekilde pek bir halta benzemediğine eminim. Ana hikaye ve epilog tırt, çizimleri güzel sadece. Eksik kalmasın diye zamanında almıştım, keşke özetini okuyup geçseymişim. 2000'lerin başından 2015'e kadar neredeyse aralıksız güzel yazılmış bir karakterin tek sıçış noktası.
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1,826 reviews461 followers
May 29, 2024
2.5/5

Some cool moments and ideas are here but it's the weakest DD run I've read.
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Author 34 books178 followers
May 27, 2025
Overall this wasn't a bad crossover starrng Marvel's street level heroes. Daredevil has basically been possessed and is now leading the ninja clan known as The Hand, and he's built a fortress in the middle of Hell's Kitchen. I would like to have seen more Punsher in the story, and really by the end it got pretty crazy with Daredevil sprouting horns and...well, I don't want to say too much here.

This was a polarizing crossover, as many readers didn't like it. I was sort of in the middle. I didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. I thought it was okay, just not great.
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538 reviews31 followers
May 17, 2021
Really enjoyed reading this despite the general distaste I hear from most people.
This is a Great ground level Marvel Universe/ Hells Kitchen story. Daredevil is the spark that started everything but he’s also the least important part of the story. This looks at lots of slice of life moments in other lesser known or even completely new heros, which I really enjoyed.
I would have rated even higher if the main event and tie in stories had been arranged together a little better rather than separated out.
Overall I really had fun reading this. Way better experience than the Unncanny X Force omnibus I read recently.
Profile Image for Bahman Naraghi.
81 reviews
April 24, 2018
Kind of hard to write a review for a trade that includes 24 issues of different comics with different writers.
Really liked the main Shadowland arc, but some of the tie-ins and related titles were just lame.
Profile Image for FrontalNerdaty .
476 reviews9 followers
March 16, 2021
Daredevil is leader of The Hand! He hopes to change them from the inside. But with several key figures from his life plotting against him will he be able to achieve his noble hopes?

What I liked -
Daredevil taking over The Hand after Elektra makes perfect sense. I like that he wants to change them to being a force of good and it’s in-line with how Matt operates. The issues leading up the Shadowland event are solid and the event itself is fun. This tome contains all the tie ins and whilst some are decent (Daughters of the Dragon being a highlight) they aren’t essential reading. The Daredevil: Reborn arc is good, if not a little basic.
Major props to Marvel for printing an omnibus in reading order as opposed to printing purely in the order they were printed.

What I disliked -
As with every Marvel event a good portion of the tie ins are garbage. Shadowland is no exception. The Moon Knight issues are a particular low light.
Having Matt turn in to a literal demon was a bit on the nose considering his whole thing is inner demons but it worked for the story.

Favourite panel/ moment -
Daredevil with an army of The Hand taking on corrupt police was fun!

3/5.
Profile Image for Kathleen.
1,956 reviews40 followers
November 6, 2019
While I don't really love the premise of Shadowland (a beloved hero falls to evil, but ), some of this story is very well told. In particular, there was a single issue of Ghost Rider that absolutely blew me away. From the art to the storytelling, it was absolutely gorgeous, and made me realize that I should probably read more Ghost Rider.

This is a classic Daredevil story, and important backstory for the Fraction run that I adore, so I do recommend reading it. And if you are going to read it, this omnibus is a great way to catch the whole of the action.
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2,839 reviews168 followers
April 7, 2018
I am tempted to go 2 or 2 1/2 stars on this, but I got enough enjoyment out of it to bump it up a bit. It does, however, have some problems.

First of all, the premise is kind of silly. So the entire plot hinges on the fact that Daredevil kills a bad guy and so all of the other good guys lose their minds about it. "He's out of control! We have to bring him in!". But wait a minute, a lot of heroes kill bad guys all the time. In fact, Iron Fist brings this up to Luke Cage at one point and Luke Brushes it off with "well, this is different". Also, immediately after everyone starts shaming Matt for killing a bad guy, they all go off and start killing ninjas left and right. Finally, Punisher shows up (the undisputed king of killing bad guys), and someone (I think Misty Knight) says "After this is all over, we're bringing you in, Punisher!". Ok, so you want to arrest people that kill bad guys, but for some reason Daredevil's body count of 1 trumps Punisher's body count of a third world country? Oh, and by the way, after "it's all over" they seem to forget that they want to bring Punisher in because it is never mentioned again.

Secondly, for a Daredevil story that is over 1000 pages there is VERY little Daredevil actually in here. And, when he does show up, he just sits around and broods. Out of 1000+ pages, Daredevil has only a handful of lines, and most of those are along the lines of "Kill them!", "Get them!", and "Follow my orders!".

Next, most of the issues besides the Shadowland main issues and the Daredevil issues are pure fluff. Nothing happens that affects the main plot at all. And, when it does look like it will intersect with the main Shadowland plot, it is immediately retconned (sometimes in the same issue that the plot device started). For example, .

The biggest mystery in the whole book is how Lady Bullseye manages to fight in that outfit without a major nip-slip every five seconds.

Unless you are heavily invested in any/all of these characters or you just HAVE to read everything Shadowland related, I suggest you just pick up the main shadowland story and the related Daredevil issues.
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1,382 reviews48 followers
December 6, 2024
(Zero spoiler review)
Someone told me I was going to hate this. I very much wanted them to be wrong, and after the opening half dozen or so issues of the main series, I felt somewhat smug and self assured that this was actually going to be bloody good. I mean, it only had to follow Bendis and Brubaker's runs. Two of the best Daredevil runs EVER. And with Roberta De Latore's utterly sublime artwork, it had every chance of succeeding. And then the Shadowland event started... and it was all downhill from there.
Taking what was already a banana skin of a premise and utterly spaffing it up the wall with such rampant mediocrity (if not downright incompetence) Shadowland ruined a pretty good intro, and had my enjoyment of this series (as well as comics in general) plummeting like a skydiver with a busted parachute. Had said skydiver read this, it may have been a case of self sabotage, for I felt my will live to live draining from my body at terminal velocity, too.
Billy Tan's pencils are great, though the computerised slop that passed for colour and that time (and largely still does) utterly washed out so much of what made it great. And when the script was as diabolical as it was, even De Latore's gorgeous art would struggle to elevate this dreck.
Popular characters show up for a few panels for no other reason than 'big dumb Marvel event', so we better put them in. I mean, they fit in the story about as naturally as an elephant shagging a cat.
I had somewhat more modest hopes for the tie ins, but they were various shades of who gives a shit, with the artwork varying wildly, but always let down by the colours. Moon Knight, Shang Chi, Iron Fist, all amazing characters down incredibly dirty by Marvel allowing such absolute incompetence to run rampant throughout their universe and bring an event already brought low somehow even lower. To think you could get a job at Marvel by turning in such wretched garbage. I've seen more interesting and nuanced storytelling stuck to the inside of toilet bowls.
Daredevil reborn was a middling (though seemingly masterful compared to what came before it) conclusion, though it was marred by what was undoubtedly the worst art in the entire omnibus.
As much as I enjoyed the opening few issues, it will forever be tarnished by what proceeded it. Somehow, it's still better than Zdarsky's overhyped effort.
Give me a good writer and De Latore's art and I will clap for more like a mindless seal. Give me this and all you get is my ire. 2/5
Profile Image for Juan José.
41 reviews2 followers
October 14, 2024
This review contains spoilers.

Daredevil is one of the few mainstream comics that keeps a great overall quality over the years, holding many awards and nominations while staying true to its origins as a regular series. It is a crime noir series at heart, set against the backdrop of the Marvel universe, and while it stays true to its roots in the pulp genre, it does so within the boundaries of its own realism.
And in Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus, Daredevil turns evil because he is possessed by a demon.

In an afterword included in this omnibus, writer Andy Diggle argues that this plot "makes perfect sense in hindsight." And this may be true, but that doesn't mean, in any case, that the execution delivers.
This is just my personal take after reading Marvel comics, but when you deal with magic in the Marvel universe, there is always a price. Here, those that want to turn Murdock into a vessel for The Beast never pay it; there is no ritual, no reagents, no sacrifice. Matt "damns" himself (by killing), and this powerful demon inmediately gains access to his soul. It's rushed; it's cheap; it's unrealistic within the rules of the shared universe.
For an event which claims to be "Daredevil vs the street-level heroes," gone is the urban ninja; gone is the lawyer and even the leader of the Hand. From this point on, it's just a mosh pit of all heroes being slapped around by an elongated Daredevil in a black suit, conveniently finished by another touch of magic.
The event, as a whole, not only feels shabby, but unnecesary and irrelevant. Moreso when you read all the tie-ins. Don't even bother with those (Case in point: in one tie-in, Misty Knight, who is actively investigating a crime, decides to ignore a call to her cellphone by her associate, because she's "not in the mood." This cheap narrative trick is inmediately followed, of course, by Knight being attacked. In the next story, by another writer, Knight fights Colleen Wing because she "doesn't answer her calls." What can I say?).

Luckily, all of this is followed, as an epilogue, by After the Fall and Daredevil: Reborn. This neo-western, with amazing art by Davide Gianfelice - evocative of the great noir storytelling of Eduardo Risso - truly gives us back what Shadowland failed so miserably to achieve - a great Daredevil story. With this, Diggle vindicates himself in my eyes.

All in all - great build-up, irrelevant event, amazing epilogue; 3 stars out of 5.
And on to Mark Waid's run!
10 reviews1 follower
October 4, 2024
Sucks. Diggle fundamentally does not understand Daredevil at all. I knew that this story is looked at as really the lowest point for DD since the 2000s, but I really didn’t expect it to be that bad. I bit the bullet on the omnibus to fill the gap in the collection, and I was already resigned to the fact that it wasn’t going to be anywhere as good as any of the other Omni runs, but oh my god? I am genuinely shocked at how bad it is. This whole event feels straight out of the worst part of the 90s.

Quick list off the top of my head of the dumbest stuff in this book:

- I know it’s a comic book, but a whole city full of ninjas calling Matt “lord daredevil” is so fucking dumb that it took me out of the book everytime someone said it (which was constantly)

- Bullseye can fake a seizure by controlling his heart (!) I always hated this interpretation of his power, but this doesn’t make any type of sense. And then a dislocated shoulder (!!!!) makes him unable to fight Matt

- Matt, who worked as a Public defender and a private criminal defense attorney overlooking hundreds of jail cells and saying “we can build a bigger prison” is such a fundamental misunderstanding of the character that it’s shocking it got published

- I noticed a lot of this in this book, but there are some many turn of phrases that are just wrong that I genuinely wonder if: Diggles first language was English (being 100% serious), and if a single editor looked at this book. The one I wrote down because it was so stupid was: “when you mess with one of our friends…..you mess with both of us”.

That’s just off the top of my head there is a ton more that really sucks too. The art is consistently bad. The tie ins are all terrible and don’t even portray the same event happening in the main story consistently. In the main book Foggy sneaks into the headquarters of the hand. In a tie in Ghost rider explodes through the wall holding Foggy by the neck.

Truly awful.
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568 reviews
April 4, 2025
The finale of Brubaker's run ended with Daredevil taking over as head of the Hand, hoping to reform it from the inside. This omnibus covers the period of time where Daredevil ruled over Hell's Kitchen.

Unfortunately this story doesn't reach the highs of Bendis' or Brubaker's runs. Part of the problem with this story is quite quickly Daredevil loses his agency as a character, and thus much of the events that take place aren't emotionally significant. However the writing of Kingpin and Daredevil's supporting cast continues to be a strong point.

The omnibus contains the many tie-in stories connected to the Shadowland event. They vary greatly in quality. The Elektra story is an interesting character driven short. Power Man focuses on a new hero taking up the mantle of Power Man. The new character is pretty interesting and feels complex. I really enjoyed the Thunderbolts tie-in issues. I haven't read that era of Thinderbolts before but I really enjoyed the dynamics of the different villians forced to work together.

Most of the other tie-ins weren't particularly compelling, and suffered from predictable plots and poor dialogue.

The omnibus finishes with Daredevil Reborn doesn't feel like anything particularly special. It's not a weak book but rather it doesn't do anything new with the character which was a tad disappointing as I had hoped for something more compelling to come from this era.
7 reviews1 follower
January 9, 2025
Whilst it doesn't quite live up to the masterpieces that are Bendis and Brubakers runs prior, Shadowland serves as a fitting ending to to the world class saga that is daredevil Volume 2. Superb writing from Diggle makes for a fantastic read, and great work from Marco Checchetto and Rafael De Latore! The main Daredevil run and shadowland event maintain the top quality we've come to expect from the character, but unfortunately some not-so-great and unnecessary tie ins (looking at you Moon Knight, Bullseye, Blood on the Streets) draw out the book and drag the overall quality down. However some excellent tie ins (Power-Man, Ghost Rider for the artwork alone, Daughter's of the dragon) make this worth it if you've got some time and need something to read. I think this whole thing would've benefitted from not being an event, but it was good to see lots of marvel characters being involved for this end of an era.

Giving it a generous 4 stars as I feel like the main event and Daredevil issues were fantastic and shouldn't be penalised because of other content in the book. Just too many pointless tie ins as usual with these event omnis- which is exactly why I've skipped the Devil's Reign Omnibus!

Anyways, I'll move onto a different character or publisher for a bit as I like spacing my DD omnis out, but then it's on to Mr Waid's critically acclaimed run after that! Can't wait!
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43 reviews1 follower
August 8, 2024
Hacía tiempo que no leía un cómic dentro de la continuidad y tampoco lo echaba en falta.
La historia de como un héroe alcanza el ápice de la organización y se ve consumido por la organización como idea me parece ingeniosa, siendo que tomas a un personaje de valores tan marcados como Daredevil y como ese aura alrededor suya se ve quebrada tras la decisión de matar a Bullseye por no hacer lo suficiente para salvar a aquellas familias y sentirse como el culpable directo de las mismas.
El personaje de Daredevil me ha gustado, el problema lo encuentro en el resto de personajes que conforman un repertorio bastante prometedor y hssta ahí lo positivo, apareciendo varios meramente como cameos o que en el momento de tener que captar algo de atención haya preferido saltar en la historia por ser personajes que poco o nada afectan a la trama principal siendo una pérdida de tiempo para el lector ese tipo de tramas, muchas de ellas con muy buen dibujo pero con un contenido carente de relevancia para el eje central.
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224 reviews3 followers
October 17, 2024
All previous prejudices aside regarding the “Shadowland” run, I didn’t hate it. An alternative look at the characterization of Daredevil was interesting and imo, necessary. Brubaker ended his run with DD joining The Hand, so that avenue needed to have been explored in its most honest way. And to be quite honest, I’m glad DD ended Bullseye’s life. This trope with superhero’s living up to a certain standard by allowing justice to handle the bad guys is too idealistic. Sometimes the only way, is “The Punisher” way. I didn’t care for the tie-in’s with Moonlight, Ghost Rider, Spiderman and especially Powerman but I understand that it was important to explore Shadowland through diff pov’s. Overall this was a quick read omnibus, almost so fast I didn’t stop to appreciate the art…reborn was a little cool, typical story as well. 3.5/5 a must for any DD collection.

I will say, I enjoyed this run way more than Mark Waid’s take on the character.
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374 reviews2 followers
January 30, 2025
It's not the most well-regarded chapter in the Daredevil mythos. Some people's favourite, some people hate it. If you ignore most of the tie-in chapters and focus on Daredevil and Shadowland itself, it's a serviceable story, show what happens when you do let the devil in. But honestly, I'm undecided about this one yet. I knew going in that it was divisive. I didn't hate it. There was some cool stuff, but essentially, it was cool potential wasted. I'm glad I read it, as part of my Daredevil complete essential read. But I'm happy to be on the other side and ready for what's next.

Edit: I saving grace is Marco Checchetto's art in the beginning arc, "the devils hand." I love his Star Wars stuff. And his Zdarsky Daredevil run was the first Daredevil comic I properly read ( I will reread it to end this journey).
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57 reviews1 follower
July 25, 2025
Wasted potential. One word.

I usually love Marvel’s street-level stories — in fact, I think it’s one of their strongest areas.

Add a bit of Eastern mysticism and magic into the mix… does that ruin the flavor? Depends entirely on the writer.

Ever since they started focusing on the Daredevil–Kingpin–The Hand dynamic, I couldn’t quite fall in love with it.

Sure, it reads smoothly and keeps you intrigued — I’ll give it that. But when the whole arc turns into yet another flat, surface-level “hero’s fall” narrative… it kills the tension, the charm, everything.

And don’t even get me started on the ensemble cast. You build this massive group of heroes, yet aside from Luke Cage and Iron Fist, no one really gets meaningful weight in the story.

The final act of Shadowland had the potential to hit hard — but sadly, it just didn’t land.
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795 reviews63 followers
April 16, 2025
The Good: 'Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil', 'Daredevil' issues #501-512 , the five-issue 'Shadowland' miniseries and the 'After the Fall' epilogue (a total of 19 single issues). Ridiculous premise but somehow still entertaining.

The Bad: The 20 (!) tie-in issues. Utterly pointless filler stories trying to make 'Shadowland' into a meaningful crossover event, which it wasn't.

The Ugly: 'Daredevil: Reborn'. A mercifully short four-part, sub-par story about Daredevil finding 'himself', with the weakest art to grace the pages of a Daredevil comic in years, to lay the groundwork for Mark Waid's Daredevil run.

For those of you keeping track, less than half this omnibus is worth your time, so only completists should consider getting this book.
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728 reviews8 followers
April 23, 2020
Taking into account only the main Daredevil series, Shadowland, and tie-ins written by Andy Diggle, this is a 4-star book. Quality drops off significantly when you get into the additional tie-in series. Individual reviews below.

Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil, ☆☆☆☆
501-504, The Devil's Hand, ☆☆☆☆
505-507, The Left Hand Path, ☆☆☆
508-512, Shadowland, ☆☆☆☆
Shadowland 1-5, ☆☆☆☆
After the Fall 1,☆☆☆☆
Elektra 1, ☆☆☆☆
Bullseye 1, ☆☆☆
Moon Knight 1-3, ☆☆
Ghost Rider 1, ☆☆
Spider-Man 1, ☆☆
Blood on the Streets 1-4, ☆☆☆
Daughters of the Shadow 1-3, ☆☆
Thunderbolts 148-149, ☆☆
Power Man 1-4, ☆☆☆
Daredevil: Reborn, ☆☆☆
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Author 93 books670 followers
April 13, 2025
DAREDEVIL: SHADOWLAND is a lot of character development and build up to Matt Murdoch taking over the Hand but being corrupted in return. The story here is disjointed if you aren't reading SHADOWLAND directly. Still, I love anything with Typhoid Mary and White Tiger as well as Elektra. So it is a lot better than it has any right to be. Still, I would have just combined Shadowland and this story into one arc in Daredevil. Which this, of course, does. Still, I wasn't too fond of the offshoot stories as I don't think they tie in very well other than the Elektra ones.
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1,557 reviews11 followers
January 12, 2025
Leida una edición que incluye Shadowlands y el resto del arco de Diggle. Nos alejamos del NOIR de Brubaker y Bendis para una historia más convencional de superheroes, lleno de ninjas y traiciones que, a pesar de ello no desmerece y se lee con gusto. Al final un poco de búsqueda personal por el medio Oeste en plan Jack Reacher nos devuelve a Davevil a un Nuevo Día, preparado para retomar su cruzada en Hell's Kitchen
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13 reviews8 followers
February 27, 2022
I'd have given this book 4 stars if it just contained the issues that make up the main storyline, however it is pretty diluted by a large amount of tie-ins. Not all of which are bad, it's a pretty mixed bag. But they are all pretty unessential. I'll probably be skipping most of them on any rereads of this book.
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86 reviews
December 14, 2022
Probablemente lo más flojo que he leído de Daredevil.

Rápido y directo, pero demasiado ambicioso. Es un crossover más o menos grande con personajes importantes de Marvel, pero quiere ser más de lo que es: un crossover y un arco pobre.

Regulero.
20 reviews1 follower
November 4, 2025
This was definitely different than the typical Daredevil, but man, this was good. Daredevil taking over the Hand in Hells kitchen!? Sign me up! Lots of great story and some bigger street level characters. Idk why this got so many bad reviews because I loved it. The artwork is also very nice.
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