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I did not enjoy this as much as the first two volumes. The best part of the comic is seeing Thor's compassion for humanity and for Dr. Jane Foster.

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Co byste byli ochotni obětovat za skutečnou svobodu?

Zpola člověku a zpola bohu, odsouzenému k věčnému konání násilí, známému jako B., se po absolvování řady experimentů a misí konečně vracejí vzpomínky. Ovlivní to jeho budoucnost? Nalezne B. konečně svobodu? Možná. Avšak vzdá se americká vláda svého největšího pokladu?

Keanu Reeves pokračuje v tvorbě svého komiksového debutu s uznávaným scenáristou Mattem Kindem a legendárním výtvarníkem Ronem Garneym.

Fabian Nicieza is almost always a delight to read, and this was no exception. Solid Juggs story moving the character in fun and interesting directions and introducing a great new powered WOC in D-Cel who I hope we'll see more of in the future.

I liked this better than the previous volume. I almost liked it much better than the previous volume. The story is interesting. I enjoyed how Matt worked to stop the villain from both his civilian and vigilante side. I enjoyed the character development of Sam and his motives for being a vigilante. I liked how Matt cared about Sam, and I especially liked the scene where Matt runs out of court because Sam needs him to the detriment of his job because that's such a Matt thing to do.

The thing I didn't like, that makes it hard for me to unequivocally enjoy this volume? Sam getting his eyes gouged out at the end of the arc. It creates some interesting parallels between Matt and Sam, but given how much I dislike Soule's handling of Matt mind-wiping the connection between Matt Murdock and Daredevil out of existence, I'm not sure how much I trust Soule to handle this in a way I won't hate.

Oh, dear. A change in the balance between violence and exposition has shifted this book from bloody, gory fun to dreadfully dull droning.

Not even Keanu's incredible charm can save a book intent on being about the world's most powerful ham radio.

That's not to say I won't be back for the next volume. Because Keanu.

Coming to this after Waid/Samnee's run on Daredevil, this is quite a departure with a much darker tone. Waid/Samnee could (and frequently did) get serious, but there were also always moments of humor. The humor has been excised in this run, so it suffers in my mind. I enjoyed the introduction of Blindspot, I enjoyed Matt working for the District Attorney's office, I just wish Soule/Garney didn't feel the need to undo absolutely everything from the previous run to the point that it might as well not exist for all the effect it has on Matt and his world. I'll continue with this run and try to judge it on its own merits, but I am not happy with its return to Matt's traditional status quo.

Loved all the bloody action! The cliffhanger really had me craving more.

Just kind of okay - it's fun, but it's missing some of the seriousness from earlier installments, and the art seems to be a big step down from earlier work.

A strong story overall, with a bit of a sad one-off story at the end.½

I haven't really decided how I feel about this yet. Maybe I'll read all three and see how I feel.

While I thought the art style fit the series (lots of heavy blacks and reds) I felt a little underwhelmed by it. Somehow, I'd seen a lot of this before and usually, I love it, but it didn't hit the mark with me. But then, I figured, it fits the series so...?

The thing that stuck out to me the most was the fact that the stakes didn't feel like they were high enough. Soule can be a slow to start writer and this just didn't feel tense enough for me. However, Soule is an attorney based in Brooklyn and New York City so the Matt Murdock parts of the graphic novel had lovely details that really added to the whole piece. He was also really sassy and reminded me of the Matt Murdock from the Netflix series, which I love.

I loved Blindspot, Daredevil's new protégé. I won't spoil his character or background because part of the joy of reading the novel is finding out who he is but he is an illegal immigrant living in Chinatown and wants to defend the defenceless.

This feels so... pertinent to America today and I adore the fact that they wrote a character who is fully formed and treated with respect, not just a side character. I want a Blindspot comic all of his own pls. Blindspot is great.

I plan to continue with the series. Soule has a habit of making volume two what volume one should have been.

In the previous comic, an evil villain named Tenfingers because he has ten fingers on each hand has started a church up in Chinatown promising much but demanding all the cash and stuff that his parishioners have to offer. Daredevil has taken on an apprentice named Blindspot, a young Chinese illegal immigrant man who has adapted a suit that makes him invisible but runs on batteries and can go out when the batteries run out. Matt Murdoch has wiped everyone's minds off his identity except Foggy's who resents it and Matt is now working in the D.A.'s office.

Matt's case against Tenfingers hinges on the testimony of Billy Li who is thrown in the river with Daredevil following to save him and then take care of the men who did it. He notices that these men fight differently like they have special powers. Blindspot comes in and helps him just in time. While Matt promises to protect Billy Li, on the day of the Grand Jury, Tenfingers men get to him and cut off his fingers convincing him to not testify which puts Matt in trouble with his boss who puts him on Night Court duty, which is the bottom of the ladder and will put a crimp in his nighttime activities.

Meanwhile, The Hand has arrived to take back what Tenfingers has taken from them as he was once a member of them but left to start his church. The Hand doesn't take kindly to them that steal from them and they attack his followers killing some before leaving for the time being. But they will be back with something worse than imaginable to finish off Tenfingers and his congregation. Blindspot is doing his best to protect the parishioners but its an uphill battle and Daredevil is trying to help him but he doesn't know everything as Blindspot is keeping secrets.

This is a really cool comic that has a surprise visit from Captain America who is older and can't really fight but keeps up with what's going on in his neighborhood and seeks out those who can help to clean out the bad guys and he and Daredevil go out on a mission together. Blindspot is an interesting and complex character that works well with Daredevil. This was a great book and I give it five out of five stars.

Lots of good stuff in this TPB. I find that on the whole when Jason Aaron is the main writer on a TPB it will be pretty good balance of humor and action.

We get to see Thor after his time away (fighting the God Butcher). He goes around the world getting reaquanited with those of Midgard, including Jane Foster. Those were cool scenes. He also meets a new SHIELD Agent (and environmental scientist) Roz Solomon. I would have liked to see more of her.

Then came the action. The King of the Dark Elves, Malekith the Accursed gets sprung from his prison and Thor has to lead a 'League of Realmos' to stop him. The League of Realms stuff was alternatively hilarious and super serious and I definitely didn't see the Dark Elf King twist at the end.

Following Waid/Samnee's run is no easy feat. Luckily, Soule and Garney are clearly doing their own thing here and it really pays off. I'm interested and will be back for more.

After watching season 1 of DD on Netflix, I felt the urge to get the comic book since I never read any DD(but was still familiar with the setting) So I got this TPB as a starting point and here is my review:

Story/writing: It's been a while since I stopped collecting any monthly comics, so Charles Soule is new to me as a writer, and I went into this completely blind(no pun intended, well, almost) and I must say I enjoyed his writing, mostly. Why mostly? I'll get to that later. So, the story of Matt coming back to New York, taking a sidek... err, apprentice and dealing with a new villain named Tenfingers really hooked me. I was glad this wasn't some typical story of the local hero meeting some old Marvel villain passing by(the Hand makes an appearance, but that's all good). The first 4 issues flew by and the plot moved along nicely, with a nice mix of Daredevil action and lawyer time. Seeing the mentor/apprentice scenes was also pretty good. But the last issue was a letdown for me. It seems Mr Soule has the same problem as many writers these days, he can do a nice buildup but simply just can't close a story without being somewhat anticlimactic (*Mild SPOILER* Remove Daredevil from the story and it would end exactly the same way. *END SPOILER*) Well, I am a bit unfair here, as this is the first story arc I ever read from him, but I hope this type of ending won't become a recurring thing. One other thing I noticed is that the TPB read fairly quickly, so I counted the pages per issue... 20. So, that's the new norm for comics these days? 20 pages for 4$? Yikes!! Glad I am patient enough now to get my comic fix from TPB edition. The cost is more in line with the value.
So, 3.5 stars for the story/writing. It would have been 4 if not for the poor ending to the arc. Eagerly awaiting the next chapter though.

Art: They went for gritty/noir and it shows. I am not the biggest fan of this style as as I find it difficult to decipher the emotions of the characters, but I have to admit it fit nicely here, and in the end, I really digged the overall style of Ron Garney on the pencils. The coloring is to puke for though. Yes, I hated it. It looks like those old 1940 comic books where you had all those round dots in the colors. Not a fan, not one bit, it annoyed me from beginning to end. Art is down to 3 stars because of it.

Overall, 3.5 stars. Hopefully by volume 2 it will be 4 stars material :)
This also got me enthusiast enough to start ordering/reading older runs. I love that Marvel has now so many TPB of their old stories :)½

Jason Aaron and Ron Garney's Ultimate Comics Captain America uses the Ultimate Universe to portray that incarnation of Cap, who feels like a War on Terror vision of the 1940s, fighting his Vietnam counterpart, Frank Simpson. Simpson appears in the regular Marvel Universe as a villain named Nuke, but here was a young man who signed up for a program attempting to replicate Operation Rebirth, but had his idealism destroyed in the jungles of Vietnam. In this way, Simpson serves as the Ultimate Universe's answer to the various retcons that explained the Atlas-era Captain America in the regular Marvel Universe.
Aaron's writing combines all the political awareness and social commentary that Mark Millar built into The Ultimates and which has shaped every facet of the Ultimate Universe save Ultimate Spider-Man. Garney's art works well at creating tension and driving the action without distracting the reader with more than they need to appreciate the scene. In addition, Garney draws Cap with a talent born of years of practice that both evokes and updates Jack Kirby's style. Fans of the Ultimate Universe and its version of Captain America will enjoy this story, but it may alienate those unfamiliar with The Ultimates or who only read the tradition Marvel Universe Cap.½

This "ultimate" Captain America comes off as a petty thug. He's more like the Punisher than Captain America.

This graphic novel does not involve as much action as other focusing more on the interaction between Cap and his foe which I personally quite enjoyed. But when it comes to the time Cap still kicks ass.

I've occasionally wondered if there's such as thing as overdone continuity in comic books-- they are, after all, a continuous medium, so surely continuity is always par for the course? How fortunate for me, then, that Heading into the Light has seen fit to give me the answer. This story has two big continuity elements. The first is that it spins out of the events of Identity Crisis, a story I haven't read. But I soon will, I know what it's about, and it had just came out when this story ran. So that's fine. What's not fine is that the Big Bad behind this story turns out to be some guy called Merlyn. Who the heck's that? Who knows, because this story never bothers to reveal who this guy is or why he might be so ticked off at Green Arrow. I guess they have a vendetta of some sort, but nothing here sells it enough to make me care.

Also: people often complain that the problem with writing Superman is that he's too powerful, and he's out of his antagonists' league. But the problem with Green Arrow is that he's not powerful, and his antagonists are always out of his league. This is at least the third volume is a row where I've seen Green Arrow and company just receive beating after beating from some antagonist with a huge advantage over him. I'm getting tired of it. And Connor is fricking hospitalized yet again. Get a new deal, Winick.

This book is penciled by four different people, but specific credits aren't given to specific bits, so I have no way of telling who did the bit of the book where the art ceases to be dire. Also, I've no idea which part J. Calafiore wrote, but it seems odd that he could write any issue here, as this is a pretty tight story arc all the way through.

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