During those times, Daredevil was originally pinned with colorful characters (Stilt-Man for crying out loud), fighting different ones every day, and battling it out in court battles. Waiting for that moment when I needed a guaranteed winner to wash the taste of mediocrity out of my mouth. Frank Miller’s art during this time is very good but nothing sticks out as memorable until Miller takes the writing reins.

Entonces llegó Frank Miller como dibujante a las ordenes de Roger McKenzie y nos encontramos cosas impensables como que un fachon irredento como el Miller de hoy en día, dibujara a la viuda negra, veterana de Stalingrado en aquella época, jurando por las barbas de Lenin en el guion de Mackenzie. This 800 pages volume starts with the issues penciled by Frank Miller and after a couple of issues, move into the stories that written by him. Lee's run still loomed large over this, though once Miller got up to speed with his own natural style coming through, things picked up, and we were treated to some spectacular artwork, and some enthralling stories to boot.Miller utilizó todo el repertorio de técnicas que aprendió de los cómics del maestro Will Eisner, en especial Spirit, para plasmar el movimiento y la acción de daredevil. Then Miller introduces the man, the legend, Fisk, into the big picture and things get even more crazy. But even in less important chapters of their run such as this, Miller and Janson manage to pool out some interesting visual ideas. Action in particular is wonderfully fluid and dynamic, rivaling work by Tezuka in it's use of cinematic composition and movement.

Here we get to watch (for the first time in comics), a character move from a typical spandex-clad, fighting hero with a secret identity to a thoughtful and troubled person who contemplates murder and love.It’s a good thing he’s doing his own art because he would be an illustrators nightmare with how much detail he crams into every page. The central part of the story revolves around a fist fight in a movie theatre, with the Maltese Falcon in background. Even if the middle is near perfection I still think the ending of this Omnibus holds up extremely well too.

But I think that this is important to mention for parents who may have children who like to read superhero comics. But will the Kingpin's one weakness - his all-too-human heart - undo the criminal empire he has built for himself? en los inicios de esta etapa Miller comenzó dibujando los guiones de Roger McEnzie, tras unos cuantos números de adaptación pasó a hacerse cargo del guión y los lápices siendo entintado por Klaus Janson, Miller y Janson desarrollaron un estilo muy adecuado y efectivo para la serie que les proporcionó un gran éxito, al final de esta etapa Miller fue delegando en la parte gráfica, parcela en la que Janson iría ganando más peso cada vez. He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. A estas alturas de la vida no voy a descubriros el Daredevil de Frank Miller, pero como me hice de autoregalo por navidad este omnibus americano, que recoge el momento en que Miller se puso al frente de la colección, primero como dibujante y después como guionista, pues habrá que hacerle al menos una pequeña reseña.

In the interview in the back, Miller actually expresses a few times how he wanted to level the humour and violence so there was almost a balance, so one wouldn't become too much and make the book boring (shame he still doesn't take that approach, but I won't get into that). Frank Miller's run on daredevil is one of those legendary runs that you hear about as a comic book fan. Also note that, before Miller came along, the Daredevil comic was floundering on the edge of cancellation. The run finishes with the 11 issue arc following the lost DD coping with Elektra's death and wanting revenge on her killer, the Zenith is reached in 191 (in my opinion the best comic book ever printed) where DD plays Russian roulette with a quadriplegic Bullseye. The (maybe unintentionally) comical Otto Octavius might be an apt antagonist for a hero adequately adored by five-year-olds, but not for someone at war against social and political scheming in the underworld.